VBrick Systems ETV v3.1 manual Set Top Boxes, Advanced Settings

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Advanced Settings

Advanced settings are enabled if you select a VBrick encoder or a VBStar. Note that the Portal Server will attempt to retrieve and autofill the Multicast IP addresses and Port numbers. You can modify these fields as necessary.

Note The following values are stored in the Portal Server database only. Depending on how a scheduled event is configured, they may be saved and written back to the VBrick device after the scheduled event runs.

Multicast IP	Destination multicast IP address.

Video Port	Destination video port.

Audio Port	MPEG-4 devices only. Destination audio port.

CC Port	MPEG-4 devices only. Closed captioning port.

Set Top Boxes

All STB (Set Top Boxes) must be configured in ETV Portal Server before they can be managed and used for scheduled events. Once configured, all STBs in the system are shown on the following window. The Select STB panel in the next screen shows STBs that have announced their presence on the network but have not been configured for use in the Portal Server.

TTo add an STB configuration:

1.Go to Global Settings > STBs.

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