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This guidebook is designed for beginning users of AB IPBox 9000HD. 900HD and 910HD receivers. It describes some of the functions that are mentioned In Users Manual as well as some new functions that are included in the latest versions of the supported firmware. The guidebook comes out from AB r7700 and newer software. This guidebook does not replace the official User Manual and also does not describe all of the functions and controls of your receiver.
A little theory won't kill anybody... Let us explain some of the basic terms connected to theory of reception usage of HD signal. HDTV is abbreviation for High Definition Television. It involves a digital signal with higher picture resolution than recent SDTV (standard-definition television) PAL, SECAM a NTSC standards. Minimum HDTV resolution must be at least 720p (1280x720) – “720” means that the signal is recounted on the TV screen in 720 horizontal lines and “p” means progressive (uninterlaced) mode.
Here you can find description of all formats: Standard Definition: SD PAL 576i SD NTSC 480i EDTV High Definition: 720p camcorders 1080i 1080/24p HDV 1080i 720x576i 720x480i 576p/480p Transmission in PAL or SECAM standard Transmission NTSC standard Standard that is used by some DVD players 1280x720p HDTV format used in HDTV transmission or in HDV 1920x1080i The most often used HDTV format that is used in digital transmission and BlueRay discs - can be used in 50i or 60i version.
There are several kind of interfaces used for connection of satellite receiver and HDTV display/projector: YpBpR – analog connection of HD signal via so-called component cable. It is used in all HD devices because it provides compatibility with older HD ready TV-sets. It transfer just video signal – audio signal is transferred separately. DVI – Digital Visual Interface – digital connection of HD signal mostly used in computer devices.
HDMI version 1.0 1.1 1.3a 1.2 1.3 1.3b 1.2a 1.
Digital HDTV satellite receivers with Linux operating system AB IPBox 9000HD , AB IPBox 900HD , AB IPBox 910HD AB IPBox Number of tuners Plug&Play tuners DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 USALS Card readers CA slots LAN RS232 RF modulator SCART USB S/PDIF optical Power switch Display Channel memory max.
AB IPBox 9000HD DVB-S ,DVB-S2, DVB-T, DVB-C support Exchangeable (Plug & Play) tuners MPEG-2 MP@HL Video Decoder MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 HP@L4 Video Decoder MP3, JPEG playback Dolby Digital AC3 downmix decoder (Stereo output) HDMI v.1.2a with HDCP protection Multi-format Audio Decoder SDTV and HDTV standards support 2 Common Interface (CA) slots 2 smart card readers 3,5“ SATA HDD installation support Supported resolutions: 1080i, 720p, 576i USB 2.
Front panel of receiver: ■ 2 smart card slots ■ 2 Common Interface (CAM) slots ■ MVFD (Matrix Vacuum Fluorescent Display) – showing channel name, current time, receiver status and error messages.
Display of AB IPBox 9000HD rel.
Rear panel Antenna output for DVB C, DVB T version RS 232 Telephone MODEM CVBS and Audio L,R S-Video HDD chasis TV and VCR Power swith USB 1.1 Power plug HDMI Ethernet Tuner 2 USB 2.0 YPbPr output S/PDIF optical audio digital output LNB input for DVB S version Rear panel of STB equipped wit 2 tuners. Note: There is a modified AB IPBox 9000HD rel.3 receiver on market from April 2009. It is equipped with similar display as rel.2 receivers but the display is blue without red symbols.
AB IPBox 900HD/910HD DVB-S ,DVB-S2, DVB-T, DVB-C support Exchangeable (Plug & Play) tuners MPEG-2 MP@HL Video Decoder MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 HP@L4 Video Decoder MP3, JPEG playback Dolby Digital AC3 downmix decoder (Stereo output) HDMI v.1.
Front panel ■ 2 smart card slots ■ 1 Common Interface (CAM) slot (only 910HD) ■ MVFD (Matrix Vacuum Fluorescent Display) – showing channel name, error messages, current time, audio mode, recording status and other information.
I have got my new receiver – what doI do with it.... During the firts running of your receiver just press and hold the MENU button on front panel – preset video output appears on display. Select corresponding output: 1080/50 for HDMI, SD-PAL for SCART and press OK. AB IPBox 9000HD, 900HD and 910HD receivers are standardly equipped with AB software that originates from an upgrade of original DGS software. AB software contains a new webinterface and adjusted files structure for simple modification by users.
Addons are installed via webinterface of your receiver. Find the IP address of your receiver (or insert it manually) in menu before installation. Use any commander software (software for management of files – e.g. Total Commander) that enables ftp connection to connect to your receiver. Use: root, password : ipbox.
Example for Total Commander : Run Total Commander on your PC Select „Connect to FTP“ icon or use key short cut CTRL+F.
Select „NEW CONNECTION“.
Press OK and select „CONNECT“ A list of directories of your receiver appears: Copy installation file of corresponding addon (ipk extension) into /tmp directory in your receiver.
Run a web browser on your PC and insert IP address of your receiver into line for entering web address. Use name : root, password : ipbox.
The opening page of web interface of your receiver appears.
Select the „addons“ item and confirm by „INSTALL“. The addon will be installed automatically and your receiver will restart. Wait until your STB turns on. Connect to the webinterface again - Client, Server and Keys item appears in upper bar.
There is a newcs as server and mgcamd as client preset in addon. If a smart card is inserted into your receiver it will be automatically active after new running your STB. If you need to restart emulation you can do it by two ways: 1. press the green function button on your remote control when no menu or OSD information is displayed (if a menu or OSD information is displayed press EXIT button). 2.
New versions of images and SF addons From AB r9207 version there are images marked with DRE letters (e.g.: „AB_9000HD_r9207DRE_060409_usb_all_noboot.zip“) which are released together with common images. Such a marking means that the image supports only DRE CAM access module (e.g. Cryptoworks module will not work).
Installation: The way of installation is the same as for installation of an image. If you use USB flash memory rename the file into "usb_update.img" - instal just SF addon with Sifteam after installation of AB r9341image – you do not have to instal common SF addon - if you use cards in your receiver – PiP function and recording from 2 tuners shoul work without any problems - if you use “share” function you must set: there are three newcamd.
Network cooperation of receivers AB IPBox 9000HD/900HD receivers with installed addon can cooperate in a network as server and client e.g. for card sharing. This function enables sharing one access card for several receivers connected in the network. To activate the sharing it is necessary to configure newcs.xml (for server), newcamd.conf (for server and client) and mg.cfg files. We recommend to use pspad freeware to do that – the software is available at www.pspad.com .
init 192.168.1.10 1000 3001 yes MOJSERVER 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 /tmp/users.
Content of preset mg.
# network shares priority # 00 gbox, newcamd, radegast, camd3 (default) # 01 camd3, radegast, newcamd, gbox # 02 newcamd, camd3, gbox, radegast P: { 00 } # on screen display type # 00 No OSD (default) # 01 neutrino # 02 enigma # 03 relook # + user password for http auth O: { 00 } username password # on screen display Options, summ of: # 01 show emu ecm # 02 show network shares messages # 04 show decoding failed / fta # 08 show emm keys update # + web port to use for osd S: { 03 } 8080 # Log option, summ of:
# 00 off (default) # 01 debug ecm # 02 debug emm # 04 debug network ecm # 08 debug network emm # 16 debug network login # 32 show mem/cpu stats every 1 min # 64 add timestamp to log messages D: { 00 } # box type # 00 autodetect, change only if you think wrong type detected. # 01 dbox2 # 02 dreambox # 03 triple-dragon # 04 relook # 05 openbox B: { 00 } After copying configuration files it is necessary to restart your receiver or turn on corresponding combination of cardserver and emulator.
Software upgrade It is very important to upgrade your software regularly when using any linux based device. It brings a lot of new advanced functions or correction of possible errors.
- Press and hold Standby ( ) button on front panel and hold ( ) button at the same time. “serial upgrad” message appears on display. Continue in update via Flash tools. 5. Forced HDD formatting - Press and hold Standby ( ) button on front panel and hold ( )button at the same time. 6. Software update through USB (client) via Flash tools (only 9000HD) - Press and hold Standby ( ) button on front panel. “USB UPGRADE” message appears on display.
Software update via Flash tools (only 9000HD) Installation of USB Driver USB driver installation is to be done only before firs running of Flash tools software. 1. Download and install Flash tools software (1.0.2 version or higher) into your PC. The software is available on www.download.abcom.sk (registration is obligatory). 2. Turn off your receiver by power switch or simultaneously press Standby and OK buttons on front panel (cold turn off). 3. Connect the receiver to your PC by USB cable. 4.
Software upgrade through USB (klient) (only AB IPBox 9000HD) 1. PVR and PC mustbe connected by USB cable. 2. Press and hold Standby button, turn on the receiver by power switch and wait until "USB UPGRADE" message appears on display. 3. Run Flash tools in your PC. 4. Click on USB button on upper bar - "USB Connected" message appears in “Message" window. 5. Click on "File" and select demanded software to de downloaded into your PVR. 6. Click on "Down" – downloading of software shoul begin. 7.
Setting up of universal RC for operating with other AB IPBox models It is possible to set up remote controllers of AB IPBox 900HD/910HD and AB IPBox 9000HD for operating with other AB IPBox models. To change setting just press and hold “OK” button for about 10 seconds together with corresponding number button (see list below). Setting is finished when “STB” button blinks. Release the buttons.
21. Troubleshoting Problem Possible cause Solution Display does not display. Power cord is not connected into power plug. Check out the feeding. No picture / sound. Wrong A/V connection between receiver and TV. Check the A/V connection between receiver and TV. Mute function is active. Press Mute button on RC. TV is turned off. Turn on the TV. No signal Check wiring among LNB and other devices. A/V output is Incorrectly set.
Reinstall firmware of your receiver by „all_noboot“ installation file. Forgotten PIN code. No EPG data “ERR 80” or “ERR 81” message appears on front panel of your receiver. “ERR 82” or “ERR 83” message appears on front panel of your receiver Local time is not set correctly Press Time update in Local time setting menu Wrong communication Contact authorized service. between CPU and motherboard. Wrong contact of tuner in Unplug the receiver from mini PCI slot of motherboard.
Plugins for HD series Read me files for all plugins: Bitrate plugin This is a bitrate plugin for the AB IPBox 9xxxHD, which displays the current video and audiobitrate from the TV station. USAGE: ====== The plugin updates the values every 2 seconds, you can switch from a larger view, which displays current, average, min, max values and audiodata, to a smaller view with only current and average values with the "OK" button.
FavPip plugin This plug-in provides an alternative to the favourites channellist in the firmware. Its main advanteges ================== - Allows to switch channels in PiP or live mode (and filters channels which cannot be opened in PiP mode). So it can also be used as alternative to the Sub channel list.
RELEASE 0.6 ============= - show epg next to channel names RELEASE 0.6.1 (Mod by COoLoSER) ============= - missing features added in 0.5.2 RELEASE 0.6.2 (Mod by COoLoSER) ============= - features of all previous versions - added EPG bar which presents relation between passed time of current program to duration of that program - LEFT/RIGHT buttons don't roll the list - PgUp/PgDown switch whole page, don't roll the list RELEASE 0.6.
and cannot be show. If it is disabled then FILE key controls showing and hiding of that channels RELELASE 1.9.0 - RC for 2.0.0 =========== - whole code was rewritten and now is using widget libraries. - no more global variables - navigation is now 5 times faster then in previous ones. - new configuration options for fonts setting added. They still need to be fixed to check border values. RELELASE 1.9.2 - RC for 2.0.
- Starting plugin while recording shows available channels like in PIP mode. This version is mostly usable for those who have only one tuner. Having 2 recordings on boxes with 2 tuners will show full list, this will be fixed in next release. RELELASE 2.0.
HDDtemp plugin This is a very simple plugin, which displays the current temperature from the SATA disk. This plugin is basically a wrapper which executes the hddtemp binary with pfopen system call, and display the result in OSD from ipbox. INSTALL: ======== copy the files to the following directories on your box: binaries/hddtemp -> /var/bin/hddtemp binaries/hddtemp.db -> /var/etc/hddtemp hddtemp.plugin -> /var/plug-in binaries/galaxy-man-bg-hddtemp.jpg -> /var/plug-in/bg-hddtemp.
- you have now two background images (galaxy-man-bg-hddtemp.bmp and crash-bghddtemp.bmp) and can choose one of them and copy it as /var/plug-in/bg-hddtemp.bmp on the box - replaced hddtemp binary with stripped version from timelord 0.0.6 - does not crash anymore, when bg image is missing - changed parse method from hddtemp to strtok - use new JPEG_convert_to_BMP_plugin function to convert background image from from jpg to bmp on the fly (This function was added by Taehoon.Koo from DGSTATION on my request).
mailserver: imap.provider.ch description: myaccount line in configfile: myaccount:imap://user%40domain.ch:mypasswordk@imap.provider.ch COPYRIGHT ========= This software is distributed under the GPL license. CREDITS ======= This plugin uses the a lot of libraries from GNUmailutils Release-notes: ============== 0.0.1: - initial release 0.0.2: - added support to read plain/text messages 0.0.
TETRIS Plugin Controlling: Left/Right: go left/ fgo right Up, OK: Turn stone Down: Drop stone RED key: New Game PAUSE: Pause Points: You get points for: 1. each stone = 1 point 2. destroy: 1 line = 2 points 2 lines = 5 points 3 lines = 10 points 4 lines = 20 points WebTV plugin This add-on allows you to watch the tv stream from the AB IPBox 9xxxHD over an web interface. For usage you need original AB image without addon, or SF addon with Sif team addon included.
CREDITS: The server side code for the streaming is based on the streamts app. RELEASE 0.1.1: ------------------ fixes Internet Explorer 7 problem with vlc plugin RELEASE 0.1.2: ------------------ Many streamts server fixes - Deinterlacer added RELEASE 0.1.3: ------------------ fixed bugs with handling of timeshift files in streamts - fixed segfault under certain conditions in streamts RELEASE 0.
Requirements: =================== a working libmxml.so.1.4 has to be in /var/lib including symlinks to libmxml.so.1 and libmxml.so libmxml is not included in the source distribution. In the binary release, the lib is included. From release 0.2 this plugin only works on R8728 and probably newer. Installation: =================== From the binary distribution: Upload the shoutcast.tar.gz file to /tmp telnet to the box and enter the following commands: cd / tar -zxvf /tmp/shoutcast.tar.
Release 0.5 =================================================== Added features: - Some things are configurable now, see the shoutcast.config file to see how this works. - Stopping the TV station can now be stopped at starting the plugin or when really starting the stream. This can be controlled from the config file. - One can now choose to have a background picture, this can be controlled from the config file. Both picture and on/off - The current playing song is shown on the front display.
- responsivness of remote control, stopping a stream might take up to 2 seconds, depending on the stream. - closing of network connections to server after stop playing Release 0.2.1 =================================================== Fixed bug: - needed to reboot after usage, this is now fixed. Release 0.2 =================================================== First public binary release.
WEATHER Plugin Put weather.cfg in plug-in directory. Set config file: The config file has the following format: p=XXX&u=Y To set XXX go to http://weather.yahoo.com and type in your city. After choosing your city you get to a page like "http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/GMXX0007.html". Set as XXX the name of the html file, eg. GMXX0007. For Y you can choose two values: c for Celsius or f Fahrenheit. So in this case you a config file like: p=GMXX0007&u=c EPG9Kdld.plugin This program, "EPG9Kdld.
This software is ispired to mp_player.plugin for cuberevo by DGstation.co,Ltd EPG9Kdld.plugin version 0.1.0b of 12 August 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------RELEASE NOTES and CHANGELOG Version 0.1.
FPS - Fast Plug-in Starter Author: COoLoSER cooloser_at_users_dot_sourceforge_dot_net This plugin gives ability to start others plugins easily with any button on the remote. It has three ways of starting plugins: 1. Without any button pressed in TIMEOUT it will run plugin configured as default. 2. With shortcut button pressed during TIMEOUT it will run plugin which is configured with that shortcut button. 3. With not mapped button pressed during TIMEOUT it will run GUI to manage plugins.
FAQ 1. Software compatibility All the receivers are equipped with AB firmware. If you decide to use any other available firware (SiF Team, NLB etc.) you must always use „all_noboot“ installation file. If such a file is not contained in selected typeof installation use DGS firmware (available on www.dgstation.co.kr) as first and then demanded firmware. If you will not fallow these instructions your receiver may not boot after installation ! 2.
There is “HDD check during start” item in Menu – Advanced setting – HDD setting turned into no to quicken the start. If a problem with records occurs try to turn it into yes and restart your receiver. HDD checking performs automatically. If a problem resists try to format your HDD. 3. The receiver does not boot the system after installation of new software The most frequent reason is usage of incorrect installation file. Iinstall AB software and try to boot your receiver.
Links http://www.abipbox.com/ Official pages of manufacturer http://download.abcom.sk/ Official technical support of manufacturer http://www.satupdate.net/ Unofficial pages about AB receivers http://www.denktenk.com/ Unofficial pages about AB receivers http://www.ab-forum.info/ Unofficial pages about AB receivers http://www.parabola.cz/ Satellite technology page http://www.satcentrum.sk/ Satellite technology page http://en.kingofsat.net/hdtv.php Actualized list of HDTV channels http://kmplayer.kde.
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