SATIP-AXE server questions

Josu Lazkano

Hello, I buy a Telestar Digibit R1 SAT>IP device and installed SATIP-AXE server 201705251043-14 in internal memory.

I open this thread to ask about this great firmware.

My first questions:

1. I try to change the root password with passwd command, but after reboot the password continue "satip". How could I change the root password? And the hostname of the device?

2. My house SAT cable is a community installation and I only get Astra 19.2E vertical polarization and low frecuencies. There are all channels I need. The 4 tuners will have same signal, how could I configure minisatip?

Hope people find interesting this thread and could help each other.

Kind regards.

Saen Acro

You can add unicable lnb to ignore 4 cables or use something as this
http://www.primesat.eu/satellite_cable_premade.php

Josu Lazkano

Thanks saen,

So I will need something like this to feed 4 tuners?

http://assets.tequipment.net/assets/1/26/DimLarge/5153.jpg

Regards.

Saen Acro

Just this http://www.inverto.tv/products/product.php?id=160

noggin

https://github.com/perexg/satip-axe/blob/master/dist/minisatip.md

There is no need for any external hardware to feed the same LNB feed to multiple inputs as your Digibit R1 appears to have an internal matrix. If you only have one LNB feed with LoV (i.e. fixed polarisation and frequency band) you can route that feed to all four internal tuners from a single external connector.

I think you need to look at slaving tuners 1-3 to tuner 0?

-7 0:1,0:2,0:3 for minisatip7

-L 0:1,0:2,0:3 for minisatip5

Looks to do what you want - the two options are based on the two versions ?

Josu Lazkano

Thanks saen, but I can not touch the comunnity antena installation, I just have one coaxial cable.

I add the distrubution device from above and it really work great.

Stephen, your option is very interesting for me, I am going to try it tomorrow, I will use less cable in the back of the TV.

I am using minisatip7 binary in the device.

Thanks for all your help.

Kind regards.

noggin

Josu Lazkano wrote:
> Thanks saen, but I can not touch the comunnity antena installation, I just have one coaxial cable.
>
> I add the distrubution device from above and it really work great.
>
> Stephen, your option is very interesting for me, I am going to try it tomorrow, I will use less cable in the back of the TV.
>
> I am using minisatip7 binary in the device.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>

> Kind regards.

Good luck - let us know how you go. I don't have an R1 - and may have got the config code wrong. However the documentation really does say that there is a matrix between the F-type connectors and the internal tuners - so it should be possible to route the same LNB feed to all 4 tuners (rather than having to split it) - accepting that they will all be in the same polarisation and band.

Saen Acro

Josu Lazkano wrote:

> Thanks saen, but I can not touch the comunnity antena installation, I just have one coaxial cable.

This is other information...

So device as INVERTO UNICABLE SWITCH 8FACH must be put be-twin current lnb and multiswith

and client cables to be rearranged ;)

SMATV system is so old, but not implemented massive.

Unicable is new generation.

noggin

saen acro wrote:
> Josu Lazkano wrote:
> > Thanks saen, but I can not touch the comunnity antena installation, I just have one coaxial cable.
>
> This is other information...
>
> So device as INVERTO UNICABLE SWITCH 8FACH must be put be-twin current lnb and multiswith
> and client cables to be rearranged ;)
>
> SMATV system is so old, but not implemented massive.

> Unicable is new generation.

I think saen - like many people - is living in an apartment or housing development where he doesn't control the satellite distribution. As the platform he uses is cleverly all in one 1/4 of the Universal band (some operators do this to make distribution easier in large buildings - I believe either Fransat or TNTSat do in France) - he doesn't need to be able to switch betweeen polarisations or Hi/Lo bands - so actually the set-up he already has is a very neat solution to feeding lots of receivers simply. (No need for multiswitches or Quattro LNBs in the master head-end either - just a single output LNB tuned to the right 1/4 of the band)

Unicable is a great solution for more complex installations where you need full H/V Hi/Lo availability but that is not the case here - so no need to replace an already working system.

As I posted - I think the Telestar has an internal matrix, allowing you to internally route one F-type input to all 4 internal tuners, rather than having to split the feed externally, as saen has already (and which has worked for him - albeit with a lot of cable splitting!)

Saen Acro

@Stephen Neal
usualy situation is same everywhere
1/2 antennas 1/2 quad LNB 4/8 cables to multiswith with 8-16-32-64 individual exits, and multiple single cables to any Household/apartment

same situation is with hotels and etc. also IPTV Headend with TVHeadend ;)

He need to connect to support, and they to install this device and connect his cable to new unicable exit.

Josu Lazkano

Stephen, you are my hero!

I connected just one coaxial in the first tuner and all tuners works!!!

I configured this way:

# cat /etc/sysconfig/config | grep MINISATIP7_OPTS MINISATIP7_OPTS="-7 0:1,0:2,0:3 -Z --nopm * -L *:9750-9750:12000"

Best regards.

noggin

Glad it worked and glad to help. The R1 looks like a really nice device with the modified firmware.

Josu Lazkano

Hello,

Do you know how to change the root password?

Regards.

noggin

I'm not an expert - and don't have this set-up - but looking at the github repo with the source code, it looks like the file system contains a password file with an encrypted root password in it. You may be able to replace this - but I'm not sure how you'd generate the new encrypted/hashed password.

noggin

BTW - I've just purchased a Digibit R1 from Conrad (£10 back to school offer was to good to resist)

The stock firmware has lots of unicast and multicast stuff and a DLNA server, but the SATIP Axe firmware (which you can run from a USB stick without reflashing the box) adds a lot more config flexibility. I have a single spare LNB feed - and with one config line was able to make this input available to all 4 tuners (via the internal matrix). Tell TV Headend that the first tuner is master and the other three are slaves (so it knows that the master tuner's Hi/Lo H/V status controls the other 3 - and you have a better set-up than just a single tuner - thought not as flexible as a Quattro sure.)
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Roisiano Roisiano

Hello:

I didn't know if it was better to start a new topic or continue on this one, and I have finally decided to continue here.

Right now I have TVHeadend working with a Digibit R1 with modified firmware ( https://github.com/perexg/satip-axe ), with a single cable from a universal LNB that collects Astra 19.2E channels.

However, I want to change this, and:

1) Use an unicable LNB (1 single cable, connected, for example, to "physical tuner 1" of Digibit R1) in 3 of the 4 "software tuners" of Digibit. This unicable LNB would be used by watching Astra 19.2E channels (H/V simultaneously).

2) At the same time, I want to use an universal (normal) LNB pointing to Hispasat 30W, with a single cable physically connected, for example, to Tuner 4 of Digibit R1.

How can I configure this, either in the original firmware, or in the alternative, and also in TVHeadend, so that 3 tuners are "occupied" with the unicable LNB of Astra 19.2E and a single tuner for Hispasat 30W?

Does anyone think of a more efficient setup?

Kind regards