Reference: Using the STB’s Zoning Features (Cont.)Note: While a channel can be restricted from up to eight Zones, an STB can only ever be in (set for) one Zone. See also the FTG Channel Map Editor overview on page 52.
At the same time, keep in mind that the TV Zone designations are not mutually exclusive. That is, you may opt to place Zone restrictions on selected channels in the FTG Channel Map, but at the same time, you can choose to configure all STBs/displays at the site with the same Installer Menu and/or TV Setup Menu settings. For example, an FTG Configuration (.tlx) file being used to configure the STBs/displays at a site may contain multiple Installer Menu and TV Setup Menu profiles with different Zone assignments, as well as an FTG Channel Map with Zone restrictions on several channels. Each STB that still has the default TV Zone 0 setting will only be configured by the Installer Menu and/or TV Setup Menu profile(s) with a Zone 0 designation. If, on the other hand, the TV Zone # is set to 1, the STB will first look in the file for the STB-3000 Installer Menu and/or TV Setup Menu profile(s) with a Zone 1 designation. If none of the STB-3000 Installer Menu and/or TV Setup Menu profiles has a Zone 1 designation, the STB will then look for the STB-3000 profile(s) with a Zone 0 designation. For the FTG Channel Map configuration, when the TV Zone # is set to 0, the STB will ignore any Zone restrictions (1–8) that may be placed on channels in the FTG Channel Map. However, when the TV Zone # is set to 1, the STB will omit any channels that have been restricted from Zone 1 in the FTG Channel Map.
Using the TV Zoning Feature with Cloning Configuration
A location-specific configuration / TLX file may be saved (Learned) from an individual STB as part of a Master STB Setup and then be used during Teaching. For example, if the TV Zone # in the Master STB is set to 3 before Learning is initiated, the Master STB’s Installer Menu and TV Setup Menu profiles will be saved with the TV Zone 3 assignment when Learning is completed. In order to configure the Target STBs with the Zone 3 Installer Menu and TV Setup Menu profiles Learned from the Master STB, you must set the TV Zone # accordingly in the Target STBs before transferring (Teaching) the Master STB Setup. See “Set the TV Zone # and/or Wi-Fi Zone # in the STB” on the following page. Also, see “Cloning Procedures” on pages 42 to 47 for additional information on the cloning processes. TV Zone 0 is the default TV Zone #.
Wi-Fi Zoning Feature
The Wi-Fi Zoning feature enables you to use a TLX file to configure an individual STB or group of STBs with a particular Wi-Fi access point’s login data to create “Wi-Fi Zones” within the installation environment.
Using the Wi-Fi Zoning Feature with FTG Mode Configuration
The FTG File Manager may be used to create an FTG Configuration (.tlx) file with an FTG Installer Menu profile that contains login data for multiple Wi-Fi access points, each assigned a Wi-Fi Zone #. Up to 100 Wi-Fi Zones can be designated within each FTG Installer Menu profile, thus allowing for distribution of the Wi-Fi network load. For example, if a site has 50 STB-3000s within close proximity, you may wish to create 10 Wi-Fi Zones, each with its own access point that has unique login data, so that no more than five of the STBs are connected to one access point at any given time.
In order for an STB to be configured by the proper Installer Menu profile with the desired Wi-Fi access point login data for wireless networking (i.e., SSID, security type, and security key), you must set both the TV Zone
#and the Wi-Fi Zone # in the STB (see “Set the TV Zone # and/or Wi-Fi Zone # in the STB” on the following page for further information). If the Wi-Fi Zone # in the STB is set to 0 (default), the STB will not obtain access point login data from the Installer Menu profile with which it is configured unless the profile contains the global Wi-Fi Zone 100. Similarly, any STB that does not find its matching Wi-Fi Zone # in the TLX file, but that does find the global Wi-Fi Zone 100, will be configured with the global access point login data.
Refer to the Free-To-Guest (FTG) File Manager User Guide for further information on defining Wi-Fi Zones in the FTG File Manager.
