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Cronyx DVB VP-1020 User Manual (English)

1. Cronyx DYB Software ReadMe File BHMMAHME B KHAA MH POPMALLMA NORATYMCTA NPOUMTAMTE 1 FEKOMEHAYETCA He peke OOHOrO pasa 6 TPH MeCAWa NOCeWATE CaNT http AA ChORWS TU YCTAaHaBOHBATS CaMbIe NOCAEAHHE BEPCHH NporparmnMHoro OOecneyeHHA 2 KomMinaHHa hb EpOHHEC HE OCYLWECTBAAET TEXHHYECK YO noggemKKY MNO elntervided WInDVEs B cayyae BOSHHKHOBEHHA po nem o pata Tecb E CAyw yY NMAEPWEKH NONbSOBETENE kOMNAHHH Interideo lac http rwm intervideo com 3 Ana npoAGhHHyTbs nonbsogatenet ph HenoNbS06AHHH ChegcTBea Micrasott Driver Vertien 6 apasepe CroneDvbBundle sys 544ET OWH OJHO O HApPYWXHEATbCA HecootTeeTcTEHE IAP MJ POWERIRP_ MAL SET POWER s cneyapheauha WOM Sto ABNAETCA COE CTBHEM OLWH KH E KOMMOHEHT ax ONEPauMOHHbIe HETEM Windows 2000 Windows sP Windows Server 2003 Destination folder selection screen Cronyx DYB Software Destination Location Setup will install Cronys OVE Software in the following folder To install into a different folder click Browse and select another folder Tou can choose not to install Cronys OVE Software by clicking Cancel to esit Setup Destination Folder C Program Files Cronysx DB Browse Cancel Currently the WinDVB program developed by the InterVideo company 1s included in the package for viewing satellite TV channels Since this software does not comply with our quality requirements we do not recommend you to use it For Copyri
2. Found New Hardware Wizard If you have decided to install the drivers this way then follow the instructions of the Found New Hardware Wizard If required use your Windows Guide and the built in Help system DVB VP 1020 Receiver Found New Hardware Wizard Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers A device diver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device Op Multimedia Video Controller A device diver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for pour new device To locate driver files and complete the Installation click Nest what do vou want the wizard to do Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended C Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver Back Cancel In order to search for drivers insert the CD ROM disk supplied with the adapter and tell the Wizard that the drivers are located on it Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 25 C 2 O NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Specifying the location to search for drivers Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files Where do wou want Windows to search for driver tiles Search for driver files for the following hardware device oy Multimedia Video Controller The wizard searches for suitable driv
3. An empty PCI slot with a 5 Volts supply and the capability to hold a full scale PCI adapter Intel Pentium II or compatible CPU 64 megabytes of RAM CD ROM drive 800 x 600 256 color video adapter Windows 2000 or subsequent version Windows XP Windows Server 2003 etc operating system Minimum system requirements for viewing satellite TV programs Intel Pentium II or compatible CPU with at least a 750 MHz clock frequency 128 megabytes of RAM 800 x 600 True Color video adapter Windows 2000 or subsequent operating system DirectX 8 1 or higher Sound card 14 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Installation Software and driver installation may be performed either before or after PCI adapter installation into your computer In any case you must log on into the system with administrator rights You may install several VP 1020 adapters into a single computer but only one of those will be operable serviced by software Driver and software installation is performed using the setup exe program located in the root folder of the supplied CD ROM If the adapter is not installed before running setup exe then the installer will not install drivers and will only specify their location to Windows Then after the adapter is physically installed Windows will detect new hardware device and prompt you to continue driver installation C Attention You may insta
4. CRONYX DVB receiver VP 1020 Satellite Internet access Satellite Internet Access and Digital Satellite TV reception PCl adapter Installation and Operations Guide Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineereing Revision 1 1 December 2003 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Contents C I E E E E E IE A A O E E EE E 2 TOO a EnA EAO EA AE E E EEEE AE EEE T E EERE 4 Summary of satellite Internet access principles 0 0 cccccssssesessseesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 5 Bree QOS SA a E EA AEE EAEE A TE AE 7 ALG TE ooren noe a a EA E EEEE E E EET AE EENE EE AE AE E 7 Ea E e EE E E A T A A T OAE E A E T 7 DTT ee A E E A 7 Switch positioner DiSEqC switching and control procedures 7 Transponder frequency and polarization symbol rate FEC ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 8 PID and network address seroren unin n nA on rA ISI OER NEn 10 Technical and operational Characteristics ccccccccsssssssseeecccceeeecsaesseeeeeccceeeseaanseeeees 1 Dik eich OS ee 13 IN UGTA ES Ure CAS seascapes EE eS EREE TE 14 Minimum system requirements for satellite Internet access ccccceeeeeeeeeees 14 Minimum system requirements for viewing satellite TV programs 0 14 AS Ge AU O arra E EE A A S E EEEE E EE NEE EA AEE ES 15 Installation of the adapter into the computer eeenennnnossessseeeeeeenneonnnnnnsssssssssssssee 5 Drivers and software installation cissssessessacccadersonaessaaseaencevossevseradedacsecosadacdsa
5. Sharing IRQ for prevention conflict with other devices Dimensions excluding mount and PCI contacts 125 x 95 mm PCI full profile Operating conditions Operating temperature 5 to 65 C Storage temperature 55 to 85 C Humidity 0 to 95 without condensation 12 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Delivered items Software and drivers are supplied for Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems only Outdated operating systems such as Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT 3 51 and Windows NT 4 0 are not supported The Linux OS driver and software supply is on the planning stage The delivered items include VP 1020 PCI adapter card The driver and software CD ROM This Guide Box package Pp Attention The WinDVB program documentation 1s supplied in English only and the program is not supported by the Cronyx Engineering company In the future the program will be replaced by a more advanced software package If you have any problems and or trouble using WinDVB contact the support department of InterVideo company or consult the built in Help system in English Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 13 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Minimum requirements Minimum system requirements for satellite Internet access PC platform computer with a version 2 PCI bus 2 0 2 1 or 2 2 specifications
6. Average Speed 40 06 M 0 Received bytes 0 f49 613 Losses Ratio 4 0 00 0 00 0 00 Total recened 4 984 513 426 signal Level 0 nm DWE packets errors r gar Signal H uality O0 g O Oef Data errors 260 FEC rate Miterby a4 CAC errors z Signal Lock O0 w O Rejected 0 fO Turn off amp Quit Enable changes You must note that the Cronyx DVB VP 1020 adapter does not belong to the measurement equipment class and is not designed to measure analyze or diagnose satellite equipment So such values as Signal level Quality of Service Errors ratio may differ for different adapters under same conditions and cannot be transformed to EIRP or other formally defined characteristics The upper area of the diagram shows the following Signal level from the point of view of the adapter on a apne ne linear scale from 10 to 100 Signal quality from the point of view of the adapter on ECORD a linear scale from 10 to 100 General errors ratio ERA SONE E na logarithmic scale from 0 to 50 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 4 C 2 O NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Data reception speed In green color logarithmic scale from 0 to 1 Mbytes per second The information is refreshed once per second The diagram has two horizontal scales with the same scale ratios for your convenience the upper moving together with the picture and the lower one staying
7. Notice the DVB errors counter which displays the errors which were not corrected by the correction circuits If the number of errors is steadily increasing then the quality of signal is insufficient and most probably you will not be able to use Satellite access to the full extent You should then check the correctness of LNB satellite and transponder parameters alignment of the antenna and quality of cable connections If signal level is low or the number of errors 1s high you may try to align the antenna more precisely using the displayed signal level and error number graphs But be very careful and do not rotate the antenna for more than a few parts of a degree You should not strive to obtain maximum signal level during antenna adjustment because various interferences and noise also contribute to the measurement You should try to obtain an even flat signal level graph and the minimum number of errors Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 47 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver See page 41 for more details about the meaning of information displayed in the Statistics panel Selecting streams for data reception After having locked on the selected transponder the Data streams panel will show the detected streams PIDs The active stream search 1s performed automatically and continuously as long as the tuner is able to receive a satellite signal In order to receive data you must specify which parti
8. Satellite name Hrian 100 LAB Frequency 5 50 00 MHz DISEgE port No Transponder name Maker DAD Taskorn Transponder frequency 3645 00 MHz Symbol rate 20 000 Mbps Polarization Horizontal or Left ae Viterbi FEC rate Auto detection Pelete Ehange Adad satellite Ada transponder FF fO Turn off amp Quit Enable changes The following four buttons are always available in the bottom area of the window Turn off amp Quit Turns off the receiver completes the current communication session and closes the SaNet program You must run the SaNet program again to resume Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 27 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Allow changes Allows protecting the user from inadvertently Disable changes changing reception parameters or the currently received transponder Cancel Cancels the last changes Lock Applies the parameter changes switches the Switch receiver to another transponder and or locks on Done the signal In the Done state the SaNet program is minimized to a taskbar tray icon Most of the window is occupied by control and informational panels arranged as tabs There are six panels but not all of them may be accessible to you Tuner designed to maintain the satellite and transponder list set LNB parameters and antenna switch method Data
9. satellite provider and whether you have made correct network address settings on the Network address panel see pages 35 and 49 See page 41 for more details about the meaning of information displayed on the Statistics panel 51 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Frequently encountered problems and their solutions If no signal is locked on when tuning to a transponder No signal message will be displayed in the status bar If this situation arises for all satellites and transponders 1 Check the integrity of the antenna LNB unit cables and connectors 2 Check antenna alignment 3 Check whether the LNB is properly connected to the adapter 4 Check whether LNB parameters and the antenna switching method are properly specified If this situation arises only with transponders of a single satellite 1 Check whether satellite and LNB parameters and the antenna switching method are properly specified 2 Consult your satellite provider it may be possible that the transmission from this satellite 1s temporarily down If this situation arises only with a single transponder 1 Check whether the transponder parameters are specified correctly 2 Consult your satellite provider it may be possible that the transmission from this transponder is temporarily down The receiver properly receives the signal the DVB packets and IP packets counters increase steadily and the error ratio is insignificant B
10. send your suggestions and comments concerning this Guide and operation of software to info cronyx ru Sincerely yours Leonid Yuriev Cronyx Engineering Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 3 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Introduction The Cronyx DVB VP 1020 adapter is designed for reception of digital satellite channels primarily for satellite Internet access and reception of digital video and audio programs In the low budget satellite receiver class the VP 1020 adapter has one of the best price quality ratios in the market The supplied software allows you to maintain a list of satellites and transponders automatically detecting active data streams The unique capabilities of the adapter include tracking of signal quality error level and received data baud rate the mechanism to detect illegal use of your account and a built in incoming P packet firewall Visual signal control allows you to quickly evaluate and eliminate any negative factor influence External view of Cronyx DVB VP 1020 adapter E WiN The adapter has a hardware QPSK demodulator a self adjusting FEC decoder and the Reed Solomon error correction unit The adapter tuner has an additional antenna output which allows to daisy chain several DVB receivers or to use the VP 1020 adapter in combination with other equipment 4 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX Summary of satellite Internet access principles The sch
11. sends requests from his computer to some server and the server responds to his requests Since the data stream from the satellite provider to you and to the violator is the same SaNet will also notice the server replies to requests not send by you Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 39 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver When such situation is detected the corresponding message is displayed based on which you may communicate with your satellite provider Warning message example CronyH SaNet Detected extraneous streams of the information x WARNING Inthe information received from the satellite an unexpected dataflows are detected It can be consequence of illegal use by the third party of your account for satellite access to the Intemet In such cases it is recommended to contact your satellite provider to find out the reason and itis possible to prevent further use of Services at WOU expense This warning i generated by the mechanism of detection of illegal use of pour account which is built into Lronys Sabet Use of this mechanism copes an option Detecting and warning about illegal usage of your account on panel Security At the turned on option observation of datatlowe to which there does not 30 12 2003 12 53 05 TCP 21 17 761 95 3125 144 206 151 178 3138 40 30 12 2003 12 53 05 TCF 217 177 161 595 3126 144 206 151 178 3202 40 30 12 2003 14 33 08 TCF 217 17 161 98 3128 144 2
12. setting 34 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Description of the Network address panel The Network address panel is optional and may be inaccessible 1f your activation code provides for a fixed network address only or it may be entirely absent in your software version The Network address panel Cronyx Engineering Satellite Internet http www cronyH ru x Turned off a Tuner th Data streams BM Network Address Security ale Statistics ve Activation Setting f From network adapter f Manual entry 3 SaNet Moscow Russia co j 20 z 65 s 5 j 64 74 C By IP address in network E 144 206 181 178 3Com EtherLink FCI C By custom IP address By lEaddiess of dialup connection The address which will be used 00 09 94 01 00 08 fO Turn off amp Quit Disable changes The network address MAC address 1s used to filter data directed to you from the whole information stream generated by the selected streams Attention To establish a connection with you chosen satellite provider it must inform you of the network address MAC address of your adapter The network address 1s printed on the label next to the activation code After entering the activation code you may also see the network address in the Identifier field of the Activation panel Your satellite provider must also inform you of
13. the more precise is the positioning of the system Az E mount Azimuth fixed mount The antenna is rigidly attached to the mount It is simple to install you may perform installation by yourself Beam The polar pattern defining the coverage area This is the main characteristic of satellite transmission reception Different transponders may have different beams CAM Conditional Access Module The module is constructed as a PCMCIA card slot installed into Cl equipped receivers The CAM may have already been installed into the receiver C Band pronounced Tse the centimeter band around 4 GHz used by older satellites and Russian broadcasting It has extremely wide beams From the point of view of a simple consumer it may still be used for viewing non coded free television CI Common Interface A PCMCIA slot connector for the CAM in the receiver 53 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver DiSEqC digital equipment sequence control The protocol not yet standardized for controlling external receiver devices over an antenna cable DiSEqC switches allow using a single cable to connect many different heads DiSEqC 1 2 allows controlling the positioner 2 3 has a reverse receiver channel Dish The mirror of the receiving antenna the receiving antenna Prime focus The classic round dish the head is fixed in the center on three spokes Offset With a shifted focus has a vertically stretched elliptical shape The h
14. Open non coded digital channels IF S E W Input Frequency Intermediate Frequency Tuning Extended Wideband Standard intermediate input frequency The factor determining the capabilities of receiving different bands by the head S Standard 950 1 750 MHz FSS DBS E Extended 950 2 050 MHz FSS DBS Telecom Astra1D W Wideband 700 2 050 MHz FSS DBS Telecom Astra 1D IF Bandwidth The width of the bandpass The standard value is 27 MHz but 18 MHz 13 MHz and other values are also possible The narrowing of the bandwidth allows to pull up the quality of a poorly received signal Ku Band pronounces Coo 10 70 12 75 GHz the most popular band for direct satellite broadcasting 95 of the audiences are using this band and the band itself is subdivided into 3 sub bands 1 Ku FSS Fixed Satellite Services 10 700 11 700 GHz currently carrying the most of the broadcasting 2 Ku DBS Direct Broadcast Services 11 700 12 500 GHz 3 Ku Telecom or Ku BSS Broadcast Satellite Services 12 500 12 750 GHz Usually reserved for digital broadcasting LNB Noise The LNB noise in dB decibels for the Ku band or in K Kelvin degrees for the C band the lower the better A head with a level of 0 7 dB or lower is considered to be a good one 55 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver LNB Low Noise Blockconvertor the head A low noise receiver of the dish focused signal amplifie
15. and avoid using software applications or components which cause problems When blocking an P packet all of its components are blocked which makes it difficult to use some dangerous types of network attacks Illegal usage detection this option allows you to employ a mechanism designed to detect illegal usage of your account with the satellite provider in case when the computer is not used as an incoming gateway for a network When this option is checked the network driver traces P packets not corresponding to TCP connections opened on you computers or the UDP sockets being listened Such IP packets may be received only when someone else creates parallel network activity Right clicking on the Security panel brings up a menu containing three items Recommended settings Turn off security and Show incoming streams Correspondingly it is possible to quickly switch to default security settings completely turn off the protection or look through information on data streams currently being received from the Internet ty Cronyx SaNet Internet information streams from Satellite PEPE The window showing data streams being received from the Internet Sender TEP Z TCP Z TCP Z TCP Z TCP TEP TCP TCP TCP Z TCP Z TCP Z TCP Z TCP 217 177 161 985 217 177 161 986 217 177 161 9 217 177 161 985 217 17 161 98 217 177 161 985 elf 17 161 98 el 17 761 58
16. elf 17 161 98 elf 17 161 98 elf 17 161 98 elf 17 161 98 elf 17 161 98 3128 3126 3128 3128 3128 3126 3128 3128 3126 3126 3128 3126 3128 Destination 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 175 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 175 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 178 144 206 181 178 3093 3094 3095 3056 3097 30595 3098 3100 3101 3055 a088 3056 a087 Volurne 492 Kb 3 20 Kb 35 46 Kb 1 30 Kb 1 66 Kb B04 0 64 Kb Tor 358 3 63 Kb 1 49 Kb 224 Kb 16 71 Kb Fackets 26 11 25 5 T 3 11 3 2 13 4 10 ee Begin 12 12 40 12 44 12 12 51 12 12 51 12 12 51 12 12 52 12 12 52 12 12 52 12 12 53 12 11 53 12 17 55 12 11 54 12 17 55 loj x Info prosp Qascom ru gt ly crony ru Drom gascom tu gt y crony ru prosp gascom tu gt ly crony ru prosp gascom ru gt ly crony ru prosp gascom ta gt ly crony ru prosp gascom tu gt ly crony ru prosp gascom tu gt ly crony ru prosp gascom tu gt ly crony ru prosp gascom ta gt ly crony ru prosp gascom tu gt ly crony ru prosp gascom ta gt ly crony ru prosp Qascom ru gt ly crony ru prosp Qascom ru gt ly crony ru Values in the Volume column are calculated without taking into account possible datagram fragmentation Suppose that someone unauthorized who gained access to your account
17. is waiting for data to come Automatically set stream for multicast Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 33 reception the stream is active data are coming C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Grey lamp 5 Inactive stream the system is waiting for data to come Yellow lamp io Active stream data are coming and being analyzed Blue lamp LS Active but unused data reception stream In order to receive data from a particular stream you have to assign the Multi protocol Encapsulation MPE format to the stream To do this you may use the Change and or Add buttons You may directly connect of disconnect a stream by clicking the corresponding check mark in the stream list Data stream parameter entry and edit window Stream 100 on transponder f a3K0M MHTEpHET x Stream options PID 1100 packet identifier Format tepe MAIN aaa a EA PE Information Standart ETSI EN 301 192 Muliprotocol Encapsulation DSM CC sections with private data ISOIES 13818 6 table_id 03E Cancel Beside this SaNet has the capability to automatically connect and disconnect the streams used for multicast transmissions The corresponding mechanism is controlled by the Auto set multicast PIDs checkmark Attention Your satellite provider must inform you which streams you must use and whether you should enable the Auto set multicast PIDs
18. mount A polar rotary mount for the reception of signals from different satellites By rotating around the vertical axis to the left and to the right the antenna circumscribes an arc which contains geostationary satellites The installation 1s very complicated since it requires precise alignment of the mechanism Polarization Polarization V Vertical H Horizontal LC and RC Left Circular and Right Circular Polarization separation allows using a smaller interval between transponder frequencies 57 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Polarotor Polarization rotator Allows using tuner voltage 0 to 12 V to smoothly or discretely change the polarization of the received signal The polarotor may be supplied separately but more frequently it comes built in into the head External smooth polarotor is controlled via a separate pair of wires The built in polarotor is controlled by supplying different supply voltages 13V 18V It is currently used in outdated or professional systems only Positioner The device controlling the operations of the actuator During antenna alignment it memorizes a certain position as a number and then when you press the corresponding button the positioner will extend the actuator dowel to the required length counting pulses from the actuator sensor The positioner may be built into the tuner or constructed as a separate unit The external positioner may be controlled either from its own control board or w
19. streams designed for the selection of streams PIDs into which the information is translated Network address designed to specify a network address filtering MAC address may be available as an option only after entering the activation code Security designed to specify network security related options available only after entering the activation code Statistics displays signal level and quality information received information volume statistics etc Activation designed to enter the activation code displays information about available options 28 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX All SaNet configuration information is stored in the CronyxSaNet ini file which is located in the same folder with the CronyxSaNet exe executable file If the user starting SaNet does not have the rights to change the configuration file then any configuration changes will not be allowed DVB VP 1020 Receiver If you have already configured SaNet then when you start it next time the program will automatically turn on the reception for the selected transponder disable changes and minimize itself to a taskbar tray icon In other words it tries to attract as little attention as possible SaNet minimized to the taskbar tray Pstart Asaj Bene SMe ws Depending on the current state the taskbar tray icon may have different appearances Blue antenn
20. the network address setting type to use Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 35 36 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver The following network address setting options are available From network adapter the address of the selected network adapter is used for filtering By IP address in network the address based on the IP address of the selected network adapter is used for filtering The network address is obtained by adding the 00 02 prefix to the four bytes of the IP address of the selected network adapter By IP address of dialup connection the address based on the IP address of the selected dialup connection is used for filtering Since the dialup IP address is available only after the connection has been established the network address is also generated only after the establishment of the connection Same as in the previous case the network address 1s obtained by adding the 00 02 prefix to the four bytes of the IP address of the selected dialup connection Manually a custom network address which you enter will be used By custom IP address the address formed on the basis of a custom IP address which you enter is used for filtering The network address 1s obtained by adding the 00 02 prefix to the four bytes of the IP address entered Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Description of the Security pa
21. using the Found New Hardware Wizard or press the Cancel button to exit the Wizard and simply run the setup exe installer 16 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX Installation of the drivers and software using the installer program DVB VP 1020 Receiver To install drivers and software using the installer program exit the Found New Hardware Wizard by pressing the Cancel button and run the setup exe located in the root folder of the CD ROM disk supplied with the adapter When you run the installer program a Welcome screen appears and then you must follow the installer instructions An installer Welcome screen Cronyx DYB Software Welcome to Crone OYE Software Setup program This program will install Cronys OVE Software on your computer Ibis strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup Program Click Cancel to quit Setup and close any programs you have running Click Nest to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program i protected by copyright law and International treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe cil and criminal penalties and Will be prosecuted to the masimum extent possible under law Cancel Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 17 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Important last minute readme information read it carefully
22. 06 181 178 3200 40 30 12 2003 12 53 05 TCF 217 17 161 98 31265 144 206 181 178 3201 40 Rene selected Close Values in the Volume column are displayed without taking into account possible datagram fragmentation To obtain more flexible and customizable protection we can recommend you to use such well known products as Outpost Firewall http www agnitum com and Norton Internet Security http www symantec com Using these and other products you may be sure that there are no conflicts and that these products are fully compatible with SaNet 40 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering DVB VP 1020 Receiver CLRONYX Description of the Statistics panel The Statistics panel displays all information related to the level and quality of the signal being received the information received and the software version The upper area of the panel graphically shows main communication quality parameters for the last two minutes and below are different information fields and counters The Statistics panel Aman 100 PasKom MntepuHet Cronyx Satellite Internet 2 O x 1 Mediocre signal reception fae 044 Kbptes Ul version 1 0 1 build 402 DEBUG DVB packets r 64 460 Driver version 1 0 0 build 25 DVB bytes 1 439 819 304 Cronys Web Site litho Ae COn TU IF packets 1 290 915 IF bytes fO2 66 659 Quality of Service O0 i ee Recerved packets U U S03
23. C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver PID and network address Each satellite has several satellite transponders and each of those may retransmit one or more information streams informational transponders These streams mat carry both analogue and digital information Each digital transponder transmits data in small parts packets and each packet is assigned a number PID or Program Identifier The sequence of such packets having the same PID makes up a data stream SO we may Say that a digital informational transponder has several data sub channels Each of these streams may carry its own data independently from the others for example program schedule digital video digital audio captions Internet data etc Each information type has its own format clearly specified by the standard If a data stream is used to transmit Internet information then data inside the stream are transmitted in sections which have the recipient address Thus a single stream may be used to deliver information to several addresses According to the network address specified the data addressed to you are selected filtered from the stream To make the description more intuitive let us represent the satellite as a city with many highways leading in and out of it The traffic on each of the highways is one way but on multiple levels Each of these highways represents a satellite transponde
24. a k Normal signal reception Red antenna E No signal or system error The receiver is not configured or Grey antenna amdon Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 29 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Description of the Tuner panel control of the satellite and transponder list This panel allows you to manage the list of satellites and transponders delete and add new view and change the parameters of existing satellites specify a satellite and transponder you want to switch to The Tuner panel Cronyx Engineering Satellite Internet http www cronyH ru x Turned off Tuner u Data streams B9 Network Address Security ate Statistics y Activation LNE power Ho Dish switching No switching BE A man 100 5150 00 MHz Oeroa 55 0 Satellite name Hran 100 LNE Frequency 5 50 00 MHz DiSEgC port No Transponder name Transponder frequency Symbol rate Polarization Viterbi FEC rate Delete Change Add satellite Add transponder The left area contains the list of satellites and transponders and the right area contains the parameters of the selected satellite and transponder When viewing you may select a transponder of any satellite the program will not perform a switch between satellites and receiver reconfiguration but will display the information about the selected object in the righ
25. al Quality Signal quality signal noise ratio averaged over the last few seconds Current FEC rate Viterby The Viterby code FEC Rate used Signal lock level Signal lock reliability in percent 42 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX Information fields and counters right side DVB VP 1020 Receiver DVB packets Total number of transport DVB packets received from the moment the computer was turned on DVB bytes Total number of DVB bytes received from the moment the computer was turned on IP packets Total number of all I P packets received during the current communication sessions after the control software has been started IP bytes Total volume of all P packets received during the current communication sessions after the control software has been started Received packets The number of received P packets which were addressed to your computer during the current communication session after the control software has been started in three fields the first field shows the number of broadcast packets the second field shows the number of multicast packets the third field shows the number of unicast packets Received bytes The total volume of received IP packets which were addressed to your computer during the current communication session after the control software has been started in two fields t
26. anslation within a certain frequency band More frequently however the term transponder related to the stream of information transmitted from the satellite using a certain frequency In other words a satellite transponder can retransmit using different frequencies and different polarization several streams which users also frequently call transponders It is this meaning that we apply the transponder term to in this Guide 8 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX Formerly before the development of technologies there was no such confusion because a satellite transponder could only retransmit a single information stream at a single carrier frequency DVB VP 1020 Receiver Frequency the amount of full oscillation periods within a unit of time The frequency used for modulation and data transmission is called the carrier frequency Polarization this term may be described as the position of electric and magnetic component vectors of electromagnetic field with respect to the surface of the Earth The polarization property of radio waves is used for the space division of radio signals Thus using different polarization for the reception and transmission channels it is possible to simultaneously receive and transmit signals at the same carrier frequency without mutual interference The horizontal vertical left circular and right circular polarization types are dist
27. cular transponder streams carry the required information The streams to select must be specified to you by the satellite provider see page 33 for more details 48 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Activation of the SaNet software Activation of the SaNet software may be performed at any time but before activation you will not be able to use SaNet for Internet access Moreover some options are unavailable without activation lt p Attention The activation code key is a confidential piece of information Your knowledge of the activation code confirms that you own a license and correspondingly are entitled to use the Cronyx SaNet software The divulgence and or transfer either voluntary or unintentional or as a result of theft and the loss of the activation code is equal to the loss of the right to use the Cronyx SaNet software For more details refer to the License Agreement Proper functioning of two or more Cronyx SaNet copies having the same activation code is not guaranteed This is also in violation of the Cronyx SaNet software usage license In order to perform activation switch to the Activation panel and press the Enter activation code button In the window that appears enter your activation code The activation code entry window Enter the activation code WARNING The activation code key is a confidential piece o
28. e installation No More Info Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 21 C 2 O NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver System warning that a specific driver does not contain a digital signature the screen may look different in your version of Windows Digital Signature Not Found x The Microsoft digital signature affirme that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works corectly with Windows Lronys Dvb Network Controller IF you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windoweupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation i No More Info Final installation completion screen Cronyx DYB Software Cronys OVE Software has been successtully installed Click the Finish button to exit this installation Bance The installation is complete In order to obtain satellite Internet access you should run the Cronyx SaNet program apply the required settings and enter the activation code 22 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX Installation of drivers without using the installer program You may install the drivers without using the installer program by running the
29. e license purchased provides customizable setting of the network address then after having entered the activation code the Network address panel becomes accessible The network address MAC address is used to filter the data directed to you from the whole information stream generated by the selected streams Pp Attention To establish a connection with your chosen satellite provider you must be informed of the network address MAC address of your adapter The network address 1s printed on the label next to the activation code After entering the activation code you may also see the network address in the Identifier field of the Activation panel Your satellite provider must also inform you about the network address setting type to use See page 35 for more details Setting up security options The Cronyx SaNet software has built in basic information security tools This protection is not a panacea from all trouble but allows you to protect yourself from many attack types and make difficult many other hackers attempts If you are not a specialist or are not experienced enough in the field of network information security then we recommend you to use the default settings See page 37 for more details Monitoring the data being received As soon as the receiver is tuned to the required transponder and locks on the signal you may use the Statistics panel to monitor data reception and the DVB
30. ead is mounted in closer to the lower edge at a certain angle Currently this is the most widespread type due to its low cost and higher convenience the dish is parallel to the wall and snow does not stick to it EIRP Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power with a typical separation of 53 dbW 50 dbW 48 dbW 45 dbW 40 dbW EPG Electronic Program Guide Nearby days hours TV transmission guide Some receivers are capable of reminding at the required time that you wanted to view a certain program Also carries the channel name the broadcasting company name and information about other channels by this broadcasting company FEC Forward Error Correction FEC RATE The redundancy ratio of an information packet used for error recovery FEC may be equal to 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 FEC 7 8 means that there is a single redundant correction bit for each seven information bits Feedhorn The feeding element Looks like a bellmouth Design may be different for different dishes Field Progressive Image enhancement system using synthesized interpolated frames with a rate of 100 Hz and an up to 800 lines vertical resolution Focus The more the focal length the better but usually the less convenient Crtical for feedhorn functioning 54 DVB VP 1020 Receiver CLRONYX The projection of the beam on the geographical map Gives the representation of the Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power EIRP boundaries FTA Free To Air
31. ee page 17 for more details Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 25 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Using Cronyx SaNet Functions The Cronyx SaNet program is designed to set up and control the Cronyx DVB VP 1020 receiver monitoring data reception and set security options The unique distinctive capabilities of the adapter include the graphical tracking of signal quality error level and received data baud rate during the last 10 minutes the mechanism to detect illegal use of your account and a customizable built in incoming IP packet firewall Visual signal parameter control allows you to perform the most precise antenna alignment and quickly evaluate and eliminate the effects of possible negative factors The control utility software allows you to Maintain a list of available satellites and transponders present on each of the satellites Maintain a list of PID streams from each transponder and select the used streams Switch between several antennas Select the reception of one of the transponders Automatically detect active data streams Monitor the most important communication quality parameters signal level error level number of losses Monitor data reception number of IP packets amount of information received data reception speed Set up options to block the reception of potentially unsafe data Optionally set the network address to be used for filtering sec
32. eeeeaeeeseeeeeeceseeeeaaaes 45 Ail Click SG GL AC CIV AUT a EE EEE EEE A vec EAE EE E E 46 Entering satellite and transponder information eseeeeesssssssssssssteeerrresessssssssssssses 46 Monitoring the received signal cccccccccsssssseecccececceeseeeeeecccceeeeeaaaeseeeeeeceseeeeaaaes 47 Selecting streams for date reCeptiON ccccccccsssssseeccccceceeecaeeeseeecccceeeeeeaaaeeeeeees 48 Activation OF the SaNet SOW Al C xis erencecsccczcnseosavexet otsvdesened SEn EPEE nE ERSE a ip Es EPSE 49 Configuring network address Optional ccccccccccccceeecseesseeeececceeecasaeeeeeeeeeceeess 50 2 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering DVB VP 1020 Receiver Setting UP security OPTIONS ccccccccccccceccssssssseeeccccceceeecsaaessseeeccceeeesseaaeeseeeeeeeeeees 50 Monitoring the data being received cccccccccccccccsssseeeeeeccceeeecaeeseseeecccceeeeeeaaaeneeees 50 Frequently encountered problems and their solutions 2 0 ccceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 52 Appendix DVB terms and abbreviations reference csseesssssssssssseseeeseseeeeeeeseeeees 53 Cronyx Engineering Company technical support service Phone 7 095 946 99 90 E mail info cronyx ru Website _ http www cronyx ru ftp ftp cronyx ru Cronyx Engineering Company office and sales department Phone 7 095 742 17 71 Fax 7 095 742 17 73 E mail info cronyx ru Prices http www cronyx ru price Please
33. eme of satellite Internet access may be described as follows DVB VP 1020 Receiver You as a user have a set of equipment designed for the reception of signals from a geostationary satellite and some ground based Internet connection When you request some information from the Internet your request goes from you through the ground based communication link for instance to the closest Internet Service Provider The information supplied in response to your request does not go directly to you but to your satellite provider first The satellite provider redirects the information addressed to you to its satellite and the satellite retransmits the information to you You receive the incoming information using your satellite antenna and Cronyx DVB VP 1020 adapter DVB based satellite Internet access Your Computer Internet Provider Since the volume of received information is usually much higher than that of transmitted information and the speed provided by the satellite 1s much higher Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 5 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver than that of the inexpensive ground based channel you receive a much wider range of capabilities and much higher quality of service for the same price Satellite Internet access information transmission technology uses the DVB a set of standards and technologies used for modern digital television This exp
34. er Description of the Data streams panel The Data streams panel 1s designed to specify the particular data streams transmitted over the transponder which are used for data transmission The Data streams panel shows the information corresponding to the transponder currently selected from the Tuner panel If a transponder to which the receiver 1s currently tuned is selected from the Tuner panel then the stream list will also show all currently active transponder streams PIDs During reception the transponder is constantly being scanned for the presence of active streams and the list shows the current state The Data streams panel Aman 100 Helios MET Cronyx Satellite Internet IOl x Unsure signal reception tuning is continuing h Tuner A Data streams Ss Network Address Security ae Statistics Activation Transponder Helios NET on the satellite Aman 100 Receiving Ooo FIC Format Her 1 Auto managed multicast mabe FOO Multiprotocol Encapsulation MPE o0z new undefined sutothanage Fils list M Auto Set Multicast PIDs Delete Hange 7 Add fO Turn off amp Quit Disable changes Meaning of icons in the data stream list Question mark a Newly detected stream with an unspecified format Grey star sf Automatically set stream for multicast reception the stream is inactive the Yellow star Fr system
35. ers in its driver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Nest IF you are searching on a floppy disk or CO AOM drive Insert the floppy disk or CD before clicking Next Uptional search locations T Floppy disk drives I CD AOM drives Sretcisseccsevarerissrsseceseccesesces Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update lt Back Cancel The Found New Hardware Wizard reports that is has found a compatible driver Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for your hardware device The wizard found a driver for the following device Oh Multimedia Wideo Controller Windows found a driver for this device To install the driwer Windows found click Hert e divers cronpedybbundle int Cancel 24 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLIONYX The Found New Hardware Wizard reports that it has completed the driver search and installation procedure Found New Hardware Wizard DVB VP 1020 Receiver Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard O Crony Oyb Hub Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish Bance After having installed the drivers you must install the software by running the setup exe file located in the root folder of the CD ROM disk supplied with the adapter S
36. f information our Knowledge of the activation code confirma that pou own 4 license and correspondingly are entitled to use the Cronys Sabet software The divulgence andor transfer ether voluntary or unintentional or as a result of theft and the loss of the activation code i equal to the loss of the right to use the Cronys Saet software For more details refer to the License Agreement Proper functioning of two or more Cronys Saet copies having the same activation code ts not guaranteed This ts also in violation of the Cronys Sabet software usage license Basic activation code Extended activation code DVB1 ve ve ve OO0000 Depending on the software license purchased and the software version the activation code may have either basic or extended format The basic activation code consists of three alphabetic fields and one numeric and the extended code consists of five alphabetic and two numeric fields Depending on the activation code format it must be entered in to corresponding fields of the form 49 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver After you have entered the activation code and if all information has been entered correctly the Apply button becomes accessible After pressing the Apply button the system will display the results In most cases you must restart your computer to complete the activation process Configuring network address optional If the softwar
37. fixed The largest points of the scales correspond to minutes the smallest correspond to tens of seconds and one pixel of the picture corresponds to one second The signal level measured by the adapter also includes interference and noise and may have non linear automatic gain control So you should not strive for the maximization of the signal level when performing any adjustments It is more desired to obtain the minimum possible error ratio together with a high signal level and an even shape of the graph If the signal graph contains clear periodic sinusoidal processes this in most cases 1s the evidence of the heterodyne frequency sweep in the LNB or the satellite transponder Sometimes this effect may appear when the antenna swings with a large period Information fields and counters left side UI version The user interface version of the control program Driver version Adapter driver version Quality of Service A percentage evaluation of the quality of service taking into account all errors Average Speed The first field shows DVB stream averaged total bandwidth the second data reception speed averaged over the last few seconds Losses Ratio The first field shows the losses by packets error the second the losses in tuner demodulator and the third result losses level Signal Level Signal level averaged over the last few seconds Sign
38. ght 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX the same reason we do not support WinDVB and do not supply any other documentation except the original online English documentation supplied by the developer company DVB VP 1020 Receiver In future we will supply another software package for viewing TV channels and video programs Select the required components by default only components required for satellite Internet access are installed Component selection screen Cronyx DYB Software Select Components In the options list M Cronys Saet networking support below select the l e ae Interideo Wind video support 6140k options that you would like to hawe Installed The disk space fields reflect the requirements of the options you have selected Disk Space Required Bay k Disk Space Remaining 3547574 k Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 19 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver The last screen before the installation starts Cronyx DYB Software Start Installation Tou are now ready to install Cronpe OVE Software Click the Nest button to begin the installation or the Back button to reenter the installation Information Cancel Installation progress screen Cronyx DYE Software Installing Current File Copying file C Program Files Cronys OYE Orvers CronysD vb4udio sys All Files Time Remaining U minutes 1 second TT TTT ITT During d
39. he first field shows the total volume of broadcast and multicast packets the second field shows the total volume of unicast packets Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 43 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Error counter Total received Total cumulative volume of data received over the whole time of use DVB packets errors The number of DVB packet errors not corrected by the FEC code and the Reed Solomon corrector during the current communication sessions after the control software has been started Data errors The number of data format errors detected during the current communication sessions after the control software has been started CRC errors Number of cyclical redundancy check errors in the DVB sections and P headers received during the current communication session after the control software has been started Rejected Number of IP packets blocked according to the configured security options during the current communication session after the control software has been started DVB packet errors these are DVB Transport Stream Packet errors which were impossible to correct using the FEC code and the Reed Solomon algorithm There must be no such errors during normal signal reception If DVB errors appear regularly this means that either the signal level 1s too low or there are many errors resulting for example from heavy clouds precipita
40. he receiver much cheaper Usually the LNB with one or two feedhorns is assembled into a single unit and placed into the focus of the antenna These units are frequently called heads or LNBF s Heads with multiple feedhorns allow receiving signals of different polarizations and sometimes have two LNBs installed allowing receiving both bands C and Ku Such complex heads are equipped with control circuits for polarization and band selection Switch positioner DiSEqC switching and control procedures Switch a device allowing to selectively connect one of the several antennas to the receiver input The antennas being switched may be correspondingly directed onto different satellites It would be more correct to say that the switch allows performing a selection between several LNBs since it is sometimes used to select LNBs of the same antenna Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 7 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Positioner a more complex device designed for alignment rotation of antenna In other words the positioner in combination with antenna actuator allows using the same antenna to receive signals from all available visible satellites DiSEqC a protocol according to which receiver sends commands to switch and positioner There are several DiSEqC versions none of which has been standardized yet which leads to certain problems Currently the following versions are most fre
41. hen using the DiSEqC via the antenna cable PPV Pay Per View paid programs selectable from a menu You pay either per channel or per viewing time Widely spread in hotels Receiver The heart of the system Sometimes is called a SAT Tuner The receiving part of the satellite equipment Stores channel information converts the LNB signal into video and audio signals controls the polarotor decoder positioner etc SCPC Single Channel Per Carrier A packet containing an ingle SR channel usually 1 3 10 Mbit S Not all digital receivers are capable of receiving low stream SCPC channels correctly Smartcard The Smartcard is used to access rooms for subscriber identification etc In satellite broadcasting the Smartcard is used as a replacement for official broadcaster cards Contains subscription codes SR Symbol Rate The speed of the transmitted data for a given package in MBit s Can be from 1 5 Mbit s 1500 Kbit s low quality To 15Mbit s improved quality including HDTV 16 9 STB Set Top Box A box usually set on top of the TV and including some decoder It 1s usually connected via a SCART connector 58 DVB VP 1020 Receiver CLRONYX A system of transmitting text simultaneously with TV images during the flyback of the cathode ray analog systems WST TOP FLOF MAC TEXT Digital systems end to end the teletext is added to the analogue video signal and is viewed on the TV main version the other ver
42. inguished Depending on the band the signal may be transmitted using horizontal or vertical polarization or left circular or right circular polarization The C band uses vertical or horizontal polarization and the Ku band usually employs circular that is left or right polarization Symbol rate the number of symbols transmitted during a unit of time The symbol means a change of signal properties according to the modulation method used In other words the symbol rate term means the same as the baud rate term Each symbol may carry a certain volume of information depending on modulation The QPSK modulation is used in DVB technologies when transmitting information from satellites and each symbol carries two bytes of information FEC Forward Error Correction this is a method of redundant information coding which allows correcting separately occurring errors The FEC code is specified by the ration of two digits FEC RATE such as 1 2 or 3 4 The digits specify the level of redundancy introduced into the information stream The more the redundancy level the more errors may be corrected and the more information must be transmitted So the most reliable level is 1 2 but it requires transmitting twice the amount of information and for example the 7 to 8 code requires transmitting only 15 more information Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 9
43. kets with the 255 255 255 255 broadcast receiver address Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 37 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Accept incoming multicast IP packets allows you to enable or block the reception of P packets with a multicast receiver address from 224 0 0 0 to 231 255 255 255 inclusive Accept incoming ICMP queries allows you to enable or block the reception of incoming ICMP queries Using this option allows you to hide your computer and the possible network connected to it from being queried from the outside using the ICMP protocol Enable only basic protocols optional and may be unavailable always enabled if you activation code does not provide for the corresponding capability The following are allowed with this option turned on Data sections without the LLC Logical Link Control only IP protocol Version 4 only IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol TCP Transmission Control Protocol UDP User Datagram Protocol and ICMP Internet Control Messages Protocol only JP packets without IP options only 20 bytes header size as a consequence Source Routing Record Route and other rarely used capabilities are prohibited All other data packets are prohibited and the Blocked counter on the Statistics panel increased when they are Using this option allows to protect your computer against some types of advanced network a
44. lains the possibility to use the same equipment for both satellite Internet access and for viewing digital satellite television programs 6 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Brief glossary Satellite Geostationary satellite a satellite with the circular orbit lying in the same plane as the Earth equator and which orbits the Earth in the same direction and with the same angular speed as the Earth itself rotates allowing the satellite to remain practically motionless with respect to the Earth This Guide uses the term Satellite also to denote a configuration item For example Satellite list DVB Digital Video Broadcasting a set of standards technologies and conventions for the transmission and reception of digital signals particularly for digital satellite television This is also the name of the organization specializing in development coordination and dissemination of the corresponding documents LNB Low Noise Block downconverter a converter which transforms the received radio waves into an electric signal amplifies this signal and performs frequency conversion The conversion of high frequencies 3 40 to 3 70 GHz for the C band and 10 75 to 12 75 GHz for the Ku band into relatively low frequencies 0 95 to 2 15 GHz allows transmitting signals to the receiver over an antenna cable without losses and makes the design of t
45. lected in the list in the right area of the Tuner panel and that all parameters are correct Then press the Lock Switch button which is the rightmost button in the lower area of the SaNet window SaNet will then switch to the required antenna and or LNB and begin setting up the tuner to the selected transponder Information about the current status will be displayed in the upper area of the SaNet window for example Switching then Tuning then Signal lock If all LNB parameters antenna switching method and satellite and transponder data are correct all equipment is correctly connected and you are located in the area of consistent reception then signal will be locked very quickly within 1 2 seconds However if reception is not consistent or the antenna is not aligned correctly or the satellite provider does not form the transponder with the required quality then the signal capture process may continue for 10 15 seconds and more During signal capture adjustment and reception processes you may monitor the signal level and other communication parameters To do this switch to the Statistics panel after the new transponder switching and signal search and lock process has begun As soon as the antenna is selected and the receiver is tuned the Statistics panel will refresh and show the information If required the receiver adjustment continues after the signal has been locked
46. ll adapter system drivers manually or trust the installer to do this However installation of the rest of the software may be performed by the installer only Installation of the adapter into the computer Contact technical support if you are unable to do this on your own 1 Turn off the computer 2 Open the computer case 3 Install the adapter into a suitable PCI slot and fix it 4 Connect the antenna cable LNB output to the adapter socket marked LNB IN palias 5 If required connect the antenna output of the adapter marked LNB OUT to other equipment 6 Close the computer case 7 After this you need to install drivers and software Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 15 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Drivers and software installation Turn on the computer wait for Windows to load and log on into the system with administrator rights If the adapter has already been installed into the system then Windows detects a new device and prompts you to install drivers for it Windows reports that a new hardware device is found Found New Hardware Multimedia Video Controller The Found New Hardware Wizard is started automatically Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Next Cancel After this you may install the drivers manually
47. nel From the Security panel you may control the settings affecting network information security SaNet does not have any advanced protection features built into many specialized products Nonetheless the basic security features built into SaNet allow you to easily close many dangerous ways the hackers might use to obtain access to your computer The Security panel with default settings Aman 100 Helios MET Cronyx Satellite Internet 2 O x Locking a a Tuner Data streams B4 Network Address Security Statistics Activation Seting aaa a ead more information Accept incoming broadcasts data sections IY Accept incoming multicast data sections Accept incoming IP broadcasts I Accept incoming IP multicasts Accept incoming ICMP queries W Enable only basic protocols W Enable incoming connections only for safe ports P Detecting and weaning aboutilegal usage of four account looking toran Unexpected TER and UDE packets Security control options this information is for experienced users and specialists only Accept incoming broadcast data sections allows you to enable or block the reception of DVB data sections with the FF FF FF FF FF FF broadcast receiver address Accept incoming multicast data sections allows you to enable or block receiver address Accept incoming broadcast IP packets allows you to enable or block the reception of IP pac
48. nter the network address and or change security settings Entering satellite and transponder information Select the Tuner panel the left area of which will show the list of satellites and transponders entered and the right area of which will show the parameters of the selected on the left satellite and transponder You should either find the required satellite and transponder in the list on the left or enter new ones 4 Attention The information about the satellite and the transponder must be provided to you by the satellite provider The information about the LNB converter and antenna switching method if you have more than one antenna may be found in the equipment User s Guide or obtained from the technical service which helped you install the equipment In order to edit the satellite and transponder list and change their parameters use the corresponding buttons on the Tuner panel LNB parameters may be accesses when editing satellite parameters See page 30 for more details 46 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Monitoring the received signal After you have selected the required satellite and transponder from the list in the left area of the Tuner panel or have entered the parameters of the required satellite and transponder you must set up the receiver and check signal reception Make sure that the required transponder of the required satellite is se
49. packets and DVB bytes counters begin to increase Note that the error level during consistent reception must not exceed a few fractions of a percent If the required data streams are selected from the Data streams panel then the IP packets and IP bytes counters also begin to increase During this process the Data errors counter must not increase more frequently than once in a few seconds If however the Data errors counter increases continuously or periodically then redundant streams are marked for use Your satellite provider 50 CLRONYX must inform you which streams to select See page 33 for a more detailed information DVB VP 1020 Receiver During this stage you will most probably have to set up other software to be able to use satellite Internet access For example you may have to configure settings in the Connection panel of Internet Explorer or create a VPN connection Your satellite provider and Internet service provider must tell you what and how to configure Now as soon as data start to arrive to your address the Received packets and Received bytes counters will display the volume of the received information and the diagram will display the load graph The Total received counter will also come alive If however no data arrive in response to your requests then you must check whether you have specified the correct network address MAC address to your
50. quently used Mini DiSEqC and DiSEqC 1 0 are used to control switches that 1s to switch between antennas DiSEqC 1 2 is used to control positioners that is to align the antenna 22 kHz Data Burst Tone Burst Low Voltage High Voltage all these are the LNBF unit control methods polarization switching band selection by selecting one of the two LNBs and sometimes selection of one of the two antennas The low voltage means voltage of 11 to 14 Volts and the high voltage means voltage of 16 to 18 Volts When using voltage control the LNB supply voltage may either have a low level or a high level or not be supplied at all When using the 22 kHz method a continuous 22 kHz tone is switched on Turning on Data Burst or Tone Burst leads to a continuous transmission by pulse modulation of the 22 kHz tone of units or zeroes respectively So the 22 kHz Data Burst and Tone Burst settings are mutually exclusive Currently the de facto standard is the voltage polarization switching horizontal left or vertical right and 22 kHz tone band selection C or Ku Transponder frequency and polarization symbol rate FEC Satellite transponder on board radio device including receiving antenna receiver frequency converter transmitter and transmitting antenna and designed for signal retr
51. r and each of the levels represents one of the informational transponders Each level contains several traffic lanes which are assigned PID numbers these are data streams The cars moving along each lane are transport packets or DVB packets Each car carries a load according to the waybill and the invoice these are data sections Each load has a destination address this is the network address 10 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering DVB VP 1020 Receiver CLRONYX Technical and operational characteristics Network capabilities Support of Multi protocol Encapsulation MPE protocol LLC SNAP support IP protocols supported all Pv4 and IPv6 Reception of packets up to 65 535 bytes in size MTU Controlled broadcasting and multicasting filtering on the MAC level Controlled broadcasting and multicasting filtering on the IP level Controllable blocking of potentially unsafe IP packets firewall Controllable mechanism for the detection of illegal use of the access service Unicast and multicast routing Compliance with the ETSI 301 192 Standard Monitoring Graphical display of signal level number of errors and reception speed for the last 10 minutes DVB stream reception statistics IP stream reception statistics Indication of the relative error level average and snapshot error levels detected by the DVB decoder total error level including uncorrected errors data errors and CRC er
52. rivers installation depending on Windows settings a screen warning you that the software does not contain a digital signature may appear 20 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering DVB VP 1020 Receiver CLRONYX If such warnings appear you must allow drivers installation by pressing the Yes button Otherwise the drivers will not be installed and you will have to install them manually The installer will also warn you about this Possible warning information Cronyx DYE Bundle Installation 2 manually Installing system drivers for Cronys OB adapter Please press Yes iF will appear the warming about digital signature of the driver otherwise the drivers Will not be installed and you should be do this System warning that the driver package does not contain a digital signature the screen may look different in your version of Windows Digital Signature Not Found x The Microsoft digital signature affirme that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is na guarantee that this software works corectly with Windows Unknown software package IF you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed sottiware visit the Windows Update web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue th
53. rors DVB error CRC error and blocked IP packet counters Total received data volume information Receptions speed snapshot and average signal level signal lock reliability FEC rate and quality of service evaluation indications Display of active data streams PIDs in the transponder Tuner Reception frequency 950 to 2150 MHz Automatic sensitivity adjustment range 65 to 25 dBm Input and output sockets F type 75 Ohm Decoder QPSK amp FEC QPSK filter with a cosine square root front edge and a 0 35 falling edge Symbol Rate 1 to 45 Msps MCPC and SCPC support FEC decoding automatic Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 1 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Converter and switch control LNB supply voltage selectable between 13 or 18 Volts with a 400 mA current overvoltage and short circuit protection DiSEqC support 1 0 1 1 1 2 22 KHz dish and LNB control Data Burst and Tone Burst support Demultiplexing Data reception rate up to 78 75 Mbit s Maximum number of simultaneously used streams PID filtering sections 8192 Stream capture PES and TS Filtering PES and TS Error control CRC Checksum32 parity PCI interface Compliance with the PCI 2 2 Bus Standard Peak transfer rate in the bus master mode up to 132 Mbytes s Bidirectional FIFO Other Drivers and software for Windows 2000 XP 2003 operating systems Easy Plug and Play installation
54. s required that the SR of the packet is more than 10 Mbit The standard SR for a MCPC packet is 27500 56 DVB VP 1020 Receiver CRONYX MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group The MPEG 1 standard also known as Video CD was developed during the 1980 s It had some internal deficiencies such as disintegrating squares and never became widespread for television broadcasting MPEG 2 TV TV broadcasting using the MPEG 2 video compression digital television Allows transmitting multiple channels a digital package from a single transponder The MPEG 2 tuners currently available on the market are still exclusively produced for digital television reception and even for the reception of certain digital packets of various television broadcasting companies MPEG 2 A significantly improved broadcasting version the sound sampling frequency is 48 kHz MPEG 2 has become the basis for the DVD Digital Video Disk standard and the mutually incompatible DBS DSS and DVB digital broadcasting standards The DBS is used in North America and the DVB Digital Video Broadcasting is used in Europe Asia Africa and Australia Near video on demand One program is transmitted over multiple channels with an increasing shift over several minutes so you may watch what is interesting PDC Program Delivery Control a teletext based system of VTR programming according to program codes Developed and mainly used in Great Britain Polar
55. s and converts the frequency to a lower band to eliminate signal losses in the cable May be single band dual band or full Digital receivers are by default configured to use the UNIVERSAL LNB that is a head with two bands the first with a Local Oscillator 9 75 GHz and the second upper with a L O 10 6 GHz Band switching is performed using a 22 kHz tone signal and the polarization 1s switched by a 13 18 V voltage Analogue heads are suitable for receiving digital signals but it is better to use LNBs with a higher heterodyne stability and a lower phase noise level These are LNB heads labeled Digital Such a head will be more sensitive with a digital DVB and have the same or a slightly lower sensitivity with analog signals Offset LNB LNB for an offset dish 99 of currently used LNBs Prime focus LNB LNB for a prime focus dish LNBF LNB with a built in polarotor and feedhorn They are currently sold pre installed in offset dishes Local Oscillator Adj S V F Adjustment for a particular head type for example for an offset head F Fixed not adjustable S Switchable adjustable over specified values V Variable continuously adjustable LOR Local Oscillator Range the generator range 9 750 GHz Astra 1 D 10 000 GHz FSS 10 750 GHz DBS 11 475 GHz Telecom MCPC Multi Channels Per Carrier Multiple channels within a single packet of the same frequency For MCPC it 1
56. sensesionse 16 Installation of the drivers and software using the installer program 17 Installation of the drivers without using the installer program cccccceeeee 23 NGI TOMY INGE concise NE E E E E A E EEE E REEE 26 PUNONOU Serene E E E E R 26 The control utility software allows you tO ccccccccccccccessssseeeecccceeeecasaasseeeeeceeess 26 Control utility software description eeesseseeeeeenesssssssssteeressssssssserrrsssssssserreeesssssse 27 Main SaNet VV OV sed ces pscdets toa srcetvsnc ee sa aaie EiT e n EEE 21 Description of the Tuner panel control of the satellite and transponder list 30 Adding editing satellite parameters changing converter parameters 31 Adding editing transponder characteristics cccccccccccccccescseseessseeseeeeeececeeeeeeeees 32 Description of the Data streams panel cccccccceseseeeeeccceeecceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeaaaes 33 Meaning of icons 1n the data stream list ccc ccccccceeeeeeeeasessessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 33 Description of the Network address panel 0 0 0 cccccccccccssssssssesssseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeees 35 Description of the Security panel 00 ccccccccccccccceccssessseeeccceeeeeeeaaeseeeeceseeeeeaaas 37 Description of the Statistics pannel cccccccccccccccccccsesssseeecccceeeeeeaaeseeeeeeeeeeeaaaes 4 Description of the Activation panel ccccccccccssssseseeeccccce
57. sion when the teletext is viewed from the receiver menu 1s very rarely used Threshold In SAT technologies the sensitivity threshold parameter measured in dB The main indicator of tuner reception quality The lower the threshold the better The standard value of the indicator if 6 7 dB High end devices have an extremely low threshold 4 dB Chinese and Korean devices have a passport threshold value of 6 dB but this is somewhat questionable VPS VPT Video Programming System the German standard for the transmission of program codes for VTR programming during the flyback of the cathode ray Does not require teletext 59 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Cronyx Engineering Company technical support service Phone 7 095 946 99 90 E mail info cronyx ru Website http www cronyx ru ftp ftp cronyx ru Cronyx Engineering Company office and sales department Phone 7 095 742 17 71 Fax 7 095 742 17 73 E mail info cronyx ru Prices http www cronyx ru price Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering
58. t area of the window To switch to the selected transponder you should press the Lock Switch button And if changes were previously blocked then you must press the Allow changes button to enable switching In order to cancel inadvertent or undesired changes you may press the Cancel button 30 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Adding editing satellite parameters changing converter parameters In order to add a new satellite to the list press the Add satellite button to change parameters of an already entered satellite select it from the list in the left area of the window and press the Change button The satellite parameter entry and edit window opens above the main SaNet window Add edit satellite parameters window Satellite Aman 100 x LAE options Power set powered Switch method No switching Eor an siterer jer T Frequency 1 5150 00 pHs Frequency He 0 00 MHz optional Satellite options Satellite name WASE Eoratude 0 00 degrees i 260 ane The program checks the correctness of the specified parameters and highlights unacceptable values The Frequency 2 value is unacceptable and highlighted PICU IL ti m E O y ry e Frequency He E 124 MHz optional lt p Attention For the opportunity to use all existing methods of connecting several LNBs to a recei
59. tion code the informational fields will show information corresponding to the purchased license See page 49 for more details concerning the activation process The Activation panel Cronyx Engineering Satellite Internet http wwe cronyHx ru Turned off E Tuner Data streams lt gt Statistics Y Activation Information Seral number N A Identifier N A Filtering eee option not available Network capabilities fy fey About Crony Sabet version 1 1 Copyright 2002 2004 Cronys Engineering Moscow Russia Autor Leo Yurev Atk leo pure 1 6 Tum off amp Quit Disable changes Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 45 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Initial setup activation After hav ng installed the adapter into the computer and the installation of the drivers and software you must perform the following 1 Specify the parameters and tune to the required satellite and transponder 1 1 Add the satellite you are going to use to receive data or select it from the list 1 2 Check and edit if required the LNB converter parameters and antenna and or LNB switching method if you have more than one of those 1 3 Add a transponder to the required satellite or select it from the list 1 4 Tune to the required transponder of the required satellite and control signal level 1 5 Select the required data streams 2 Enter the activation code 3 If required e
60. tions or connector contact malfunction Short lived error peaks may be resulting from gusts of wind deflecting the antenna or birds and other objects flying over the antenna Data errors these are evident abnormalities in the structure of the received information Usually such errors are resulting from repeated errors unnoticed by the correction circuits Thus the number of data errors depends on the DVB error level Such data errors are indicated when the appearance of the data section received does not comply with the ETSI 301 192 Standard Thus it 1s data errors that will be registered when using streams carrying non IP data 44 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX Si Attention Rarely the displayed error level percentage may differ from the real one this may result from incorrect system clock settings or when the real symbol rate of the transponder 1s slightly different from the one specified DVB VP 1020 Receiver In case of any suspicion you may use as a guide the number of errors registered by the counters DVB packet errors CRC errors data errors Indication of the error level equal to a few hundredths of a percent with no errors indicated by the counters 1s an example of such a situation Description of the Activation panel The Activation panel is designed to activate the software it also shows activation related information After having entered the activa
61. tions of data The Cronyx SaNet program has a clear intuitive interface complying with the Windows GUI recommendations 26 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Control utility software description Main SaNet Window The SaNet program detects the Windows localization settings during start up and depending on this information starts a Russian or English interface The main SaNet window name always shows the name of the satellite and the transponder for which the receiver is currently configured Just below the window name in the upper line the receiver status and signal quality information are shown In the upper left corner you may see the volume of data received during the current session from the moment the control program was started Main Cronyx SaNet window Aman 100 Maker 040 Taskom Cron x Satellite Internet iol x Excellent signal reception h Tuner u Data streame BM Network Address Security ate Statistics Activation E Aman 100 5150 00 MHz ie CTC 3594 10 MHz z Maket QAD Tasko 3645 00 MHz gt TENEGBHAEHHE TppkreHhcTaha 3547 00 M z APT PyockHa naket 3714 00 MHz H MTY 3702 00 MHz Helios NET 3796 00 MHz z askor blHrepherT 3469 00 MHz z Hopa Tomenras 3586 00 MHz H WTA Ty ephna 3922 00 MHz z TiomMedb 2 aaba 2582 00 MHz Triomenchoe spema 3576 00 MHz LNE power On Dish switching No switching
62. ttacks and hacker tricks The probability of problems arising when this option 1s checked 1s extremely low and according to our evaluations problems may arise only in rare cases when using specialized software Enable incoming connections only for safe ports the following is allowed when this option 1s checked Incoming data over already established TCP connections Incoming TCP connections to non privileged ports with numbers above 1023 Incoming TCP connections to ports number 113 auth Identification Protocol and 20 ftp data File Transfer Protocol Data Stream Incoming UDP datagrams over non privileged ports with numbers above 1023 Incoming UDP datagrams over ports number 53 DNS Domain Name Server and 123 NTP Network Time Protocol All other IP packets are prohibited and the Blocked counter on the Statistics panel increases when they are blocked Using this option allows you to protect your computer against the most widespread types of network attacks make it impossible to use many knows vulnerabilities contained in operating systems and widely used software 38 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering DVB VP 1020 Receiver CLRONYX applications There 1s a low probability of problems arising when this option turned on but such problems are possible with some software applications If you do not have adequate experience in network security it is recommended to turn this option on
63. ut no information is being received and the Received packets and Received bytes counters are not changing This situation my be due to several reasons 1 You have incorrectly specified the network address of your adapter to the satellite provider or the operator of the network provider has made an error 2 You have incorrectly configured the network address or its method of configuration according to the information supplied by the satellite provider 3 You have incorrectly specified the data streams which carry the required information 4 Itis possible that transmission is temporarily disabled by the provider in this case the selected streams on the Data streams panel become inactive 52 CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Appendix DVB terms and abbreviations reference 22 KHZ 22 kHz tone switching Switching by a 22 kHz is required for a two band LNBF Today it is a standard In any case nowadays such heads are switched between the two bands using a 22 kHz tone signal the supply voltage 1s used to switch older heads Actuator An extendable dowel like a lifting jack and very similar in appearance to a shock absorber which by extending itself moves the polar mounting of the dish The dowel length may be 6 8 10 12 18 or 24 The worm shaft of the motor has a sensor proximity or optical which provides a certain number of pulses over a unit of dowel length The greater this number is
64. ver the antenna and LNB frequency switching methods may be specified independently for each satellite Despite the fact that it is illogical in case of a single LNB Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering 31 C IO NYX DVB VP 1020 Receiver Adding editing transponder characteristics In order to add a new transponder select the required satellite from the left area of the window or one of its transponders and press the Add transponder button and in order to change parameters of an already entered transponder select it from the list and press the Change button The transponder parameter entry and edit window opens above the main SaNet window Transponder parameter entry and edit window Transponder askom FHTepHheT on satellite Aman 1 x Transponder options Frequency 3459 00 MHz Symbol rate 20 000 Mbps Polarization Horizontal or Left Viterbi FEC rate auto detection Cancel Same as in the case with satellite parameter entry the validity of values is controlled and unacceptable values are highlighted The Symbol rate value is invalid and is highlighted Frequency J400 UU MAZ Symbol rate 124 Mbps Polarization TH arnieantal ar ott If the Viterby FEC code is specified incorrectly and or the decoder can detect it automatically then the automatic scan is switched on 32 Copyright 2003 Cronyx Engineering CLRONYX DVB VP 1020 Receiv

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