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I have seen a lot of request for help setting up new Enigma 2 boxes and found this when setting up mine.. i have put it all in this post and can it be made a sticky to help all those that need it!! thanks for Pheonix for putting it together.
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How to set up your new Vu+Duo. (also applies to other boxes running OpenVix images)
First let me congratulate you on purchasing what is easily In my honest opinion, one of the best supported satellite receivers on the market.
You have entered a world of many possibilities and I personally welcome you to my hobby.
ok so you have just received you new shiny Vu+Duo and you want to watch some TV but you dont know where to start !.
This tutorial aims to show you what you need to do to setup your new receiver from scratch to the point where you can at least watch FTA/FTV ( Free to Air and Free to View ) channels via Sky uk otherwise known as 28.2 East.
Areas covered will be as follows.
Unboxing the receiver.
Flashing the Bootloader (if required) Guide here is for Vu Duo, Follow instructions relevant to your receiver
Flashing the Image Guide here is for Vu Duo, follow instructions relevant to your receiver
Using the setup wizard to setup network etc.
Loading a Bouquet or Channel list.
Setting up a EPG or Electronic Programe Guide
Setting up a Softcam to use with a SKY UK FTV or Free To View card.
Getting started.
1. Unbox the receiver ( yes I know this is obvious but bear with me ).
2. Along with the receiver you should also have in the box a few other things as listed below.
a. Remote control and batteries
b. Vu+ instruction manual
c. HDMI cable
d. Internal Hard drive fitting kit including the cradle, screws, rubber grommets and power, data connection leads. ( These may be inside the receiver it self )
Before we go any further i am going to assume you have a HDD you wish to use with the receiver if not you can skip this step and return to it later.
If your using a new freshly unboxed HDD you can go ahead and install that into the receiver now, However if you are using a used HDD make sure it is formatted to FAT32 and all previous partitions removed.
To eliminate confusion as i have seen many forum posts about this the HDD sits on top of the cradle and the cradle then attaches to the body of the receiver.
OK so now the HDD is installed and the receiver has been closed back up we can start connecting the various leads and cables.
Flashing the Bootloader
(This is only required when a new bootloader is released. If it is not posted in download section of openvix, don't worry about it)
From time to time, the bootloader needs to be updated. Ignore this step unless it is required.
Before we get that far however you will need a few things.
1. A USB stick / key formatted the FAT32
2. The newest Vu+Duo bootloader ( duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip )
4A. A little patience and some ones hand to hold if you have a nervous disposition.
4B. A clean pair of underpants ( just in case ).
To start we are going to first flash the Bootloader ( duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip )
1. Power the receiver down by the power switch at the rear on the rear of the receiver.
2. unpack the bootloader file and place the folder ( vuplus and it's contents ) onto the USB stick. ( for this i use 7zip but winrar will do nicely. )
3. place the USB stick into any USB port on the receiver then power the receiver on by the power switch at the rear of the receiver.
Flashing the Image
The receiver will come with a standard factory produced image ( The firmware or operating system for the receiver ) unless you have asked the retailer you purchased it from to load a specific image first, For the purposes of this tutorial i will assume this is the case and will be flashing the latest ViX 2.3 image with the Linux 3.1.1 kernel.
Before we get that far however you will need a few things.
1. A USB stick / key formatted the FAT32
3. The ViX image ( Current public version is ViX-2.3.204-vuduo_usb.zip )
4A. A little patience and some ones hand to hold if you have a nervous disposition.
4B. A clean pair of underpants ( just in case ).
To start we are going to first flash the image
1. Power the receiver down by the power switch at the rear on the rear of the receiver.
2. unpack the image file and place the folder ( vuplus and it's contents ) onto the USB stick. ( for this i use 7zip but winrar will do nicely. )
3. place the USB stick into any USB port on the receiver then power the receiver on by the power switch at the rear of the receiver.
IMPORTANT
WARNING NEVER remove the USB stick from the box while flashing either the bootloader or any image without first seeing the VFD prompt to do so and only then after powering the receiver down first.
Failure to do so could lead to a very expensive hardware failure, more commonly known as a "BRICK". As your expensive receiver is now effectively now only useful as a house brick.
you should now see a message on the VFD display of your Vu+ Duo that the USB stick is being read once this part is complete you will see a message telling you to remove the stick and reboot.
Power off the receiver then remove the USB stick, once again format the stick to FAT32. Now decompress the image file ( ViX-2.3.204-vuduo_usb.zip ) again placing the folder named vuplus and it's contents onto the stick and follow the same procedure as above for flashing the bootloader.
you should see the following displayed on the VFD one at a time during the flahing proccess.
Reading USB, Erasing Flash , Programming , Finnished Remove USB and Reboot
Note that while the bootloader took only a few seconds to flash to your receiver, a full image flash will take a few minutes. Once this has completed and you see the VFD prompt you can again power down the receiver and remove the USB stick.
you can now power the box back on and allow it to boot, This process may take a few minutes but once complete you will be presented with a simple setup Wizard screen that will guide you through the various setup options helping you get started.
Setup Wizard
The First setup screen you see should be the Video input selection screen. Here you are asked to select the input port for your Tv as below.
HDMI
Scart
YPbPr
along with the ability to select your language via the red button, the default language loaded being English.
For example i select the HDMI PORT i am then asked to select the video mode from several choices.
720p
1080i
576p
480p
576i
480i
I am selecting 720p but this can be changed later if needed. once selected you then greeted with a language selection screen.
you will now be presented with the restore wizard. This can be used to restore settings backups made from a previous installation using the ViX backup manager, as this is a new setup i am selecting the Exit restore wizard option.
Again you will now be presented with another wizard that will allow you to set up some more of the basic features of your receiver.
you can exit from this or follow the wizard i am following the wizard.
The next screen asks me to setup tuner A,by pressing left or right on the remote.
as i am using a fixed sky uk dish for this setup i will choose as follows.
configuration mode. Simple
Mode Single
Satellite 28.2E Eurobird 1..Astra 1N/2A/2B/2D
Send DiSEqC No.
As I am using both feeds from a the same source ( a octo LNB I will set both tuners up with the exact same settings ).
now we are asked if we want to perform a automatic or manual scan, for this part i will select no as i will be loading a bouquet pack later.
and i select no to parental controls.
Setting up the internet connection.
This next part of the wizard asks me if i want to set up the internet connection i select yes ( my duo is connected to my broadband router via a cat5 network cable )
use interface Yes
USE DHCP if yes the box will scan your router and assign a ip address automatically, or if you select no you can set up a fixed ip address manually, i select yes for now.
thats it the box is almost setup.
now to setup a few things before we go any further.
The first screen you will see once out of the setup wizard is the channel list, however as it has no channel list or bouquet loaded yet this will be blank but we can come to that later.
you may notice that the menu or OSD ( On Screen Dispaly ) on your tv screen does not quite fit it may be stretched or off to one side, dont worry this is easy to correct as so.
first exit out of the channel list screen by pressing exit on the remote. you should see the Vu loading screen.
To set the OSD
menu > setup > OSD > OSD SETUP
here you can use the up / down buttons to select each option and the left / right buttons to adjust the setting them selves. once you are happy that your OSD is setup press green to save these settings.
Loading a Bouquet or channel List
To load a bouquet or channel list to your receiver you need a few things.
1. The IP address of the receiver menu > setup > system > network > Device setup > Adapter settings ( write down the ip address in this case we have 192.168.0.6 )
2. A bouquet pack or channel list, for this tutorial i am using the latest Silverfox E2 ( enigma 2 )pack.
3. a bouquet editor. i am using DreamboxEdit 5.0.0.3
4. a copy of winrar ( I personally use 7zip and it's free which is also a good thing )
before we go any further install DreamboxEdit ( DBE ) to your computer.
For this tutorial i am using the silverfox bouquet which is a special set that mirrors the SKY UK channel line up matching the channel numbers to those of a official SKY receiver. to set this up correctly you need to make some changes to DBE before you even download the bouquet pack.
Launch DBE
press tools > options > advanced. make sure the heading allow duplicate entries in ( user ) bouquets is selected then restart the program.
now we need to setup a profile for your receiver in DBE
tools > options > profiles.
first press the new profile button and you will see a new profile appear in the left hand coloum. click on this to open it out.
enter the ip address you noted down earlier keeping the default ports for HTTP and FTP as they already are ( 80 and 21 )
under the heading username on dreambox enter the name root
and for the password type password ( this is the default password until you change it ).
you can also enter a name for this profile, then press the save button. make sure you have it set as enigma 2 under the filepaths heading by pressing the enigma2 settings button.
Take the bouquet file you downloaded and uncompress it using winrar to some where you can easily remember, I create a folder on my desktop ( this can be deleted once the bouquet is loaded to the receiver ).
press file > open and navigate to the location you decompressed the bouquet to. then press ok to load the files.
now in the bottom left hand corner select the profile you just created then press file > fast FTP upload. you may need to reboot the box after this step so the settings take hold.
In the new version of VIX you can now you ABM (autobouqetmaker) that will create the bouquet automatically for you
you can do this buy going to Menu>setup>service searching>autobouqetmaker
you set this up in much the same way as EPG choose your download time and how often you want it set. make sure you choose your region and make sure freeview and sky is selected (you can also choose skyire)
Setting up a EPG or electronic program guide.
First of all I would recommend you use a dedicated USB stick for this process, I my self use a Sandisk Cruzor Blade 4GB stick for this purpose as it is very small and easily hidden away behind the receiver.
Format your USB stick to FAT32 from your computer.
Place the USB stick in to any of the USB ports on the receiver. ( I use a rear port as it's not in view and therefore hidden away. also as it's behind the receiver the stick is not so easily damaged. ). Then reboot the receiver.
when the receiver has booted up, navigate to the mount manager. Blue button> ViX> mount manager. your USB stick should be shown as Mount: /media/usb if it is not press the green button then highlight the stick and change the mount via the left and right buttons. Then press the green to save.
Exit from this screen using the back button and navigate to menu> setup> system> EPG.
you now have several options to setup your EPG using either CrossEPG or Rytek or both depending on your setup.
To setup CrossEPG as your EPG
press settings
change the EPG location to /media/usb using the left and right buttons. then press green to save.
scroll down to CrossEPG then press ok, Now scroll down to scheduled download and change this option to once a day then select your preferred scheduled download time, best pick a time when you wont be using the box. I use 04:15
you can leave the other options at their default values. press red to go back.
Now scroll to OpenTV providers and press ok. Highlight and select The sky uk options so you see a green tick next to them, then press the yellow button to download the epg. you will be taken to a radio page where the epg will download. This step will take a few minutes to complete.
You can select to use both 28.2 and 28.4 east in the settings but this consumes a lot of memory and is not needed only select the one that correspinds with your Bouquet pack. so for example if your bouquet points to 28.2 east select this option, The same goes for a bouquet that references 28.4 east.
To setup Rytek as your EPG
Select XMLTV-importer then as above set your preferred download time and set the daily automatic import option to enable. you can keep all other options at their defaults.
Now press blue and tick all the sky uk options once done press green to save. You can now press manual to download this EPG again as with CrossEPG This will take a few minutes, but once done you should have a fully working EPG setup.
Alos not that if you use Rytek as your EPG provider you must have a active internet connection to the receiver as it needs to connect to the internet to download the EPG data. If however you use CrossEPG you do not need a active internet connection as it uses the same source as SKY uk for it's EPG ( a radio channel previously known as the hip hip channel ).
Setting up a Softcam
In this part of the tutorial I am going to show you how to setup CCcam to work with a Sky uk FTV or Free To View card. We will not however show you how to setup a softcam for any thing to do with Card Sharing, If this is what you are looking for Use GOOGLE.
Before we go any further you will need a few things.
( you can place the card in the receiver now using any of the card reader slots but making sure the chip is face down )
1. The softcam you intend to use I am using CCcam for this tutorial.
2. A suitable FTP program, For the purpose of this tutorial I am using FileZilla as it is a free program.
3. A Sky UK FTV card, a deactivated White sky card will work here.
4. A copy of Notepad++ ( you can use the built in windows notepad program but it gives mixed results )
5. Don't forget those clean underpants.
First you will need to download the Softcam a copy of which can be found here.
http://www.4shared.com/dir/wnyHV50A/VIX_CAMS.html
I my self am using enigma2-plugin-cams-cccam.2.2.1_1.0-r0_mipsel.ipk but any version will work.
You will also need to download Filezilla, a copy of which can be found on the forum or direct from the authors here.
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
You want the Client version and not the Server version.
And of course not forgetting Notepad++ which can be downloaded here.
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v5.9.8.html
making sure your receiver is fully connected to your network and you have a copy of the IP address for the receiver you can proceed to the next step.
Install Filezilla onto your PC / laptop allowing any access your firewall asks of you, then launch it once installed.
For this step i am going to use the Quick connect option but you can at a later date create a profile for your receiver so you can connect at the press of a button or two.
Along the top of the program you will see the following boxes.
Host: ( enter the IP address of your receiver here )
Username: This is set to ROOT by default so enter that.
Password: by default this if left blank or password, unless you have changes this. for now enter password.
Port: The default port is 21 so enter that then press the connect button.
If all goes successfully you should now be connected to your receiver. the boxes on the left of the program are your PC those on the right are the internal file structure of your Receiver. navigate to the TMP/ folder on your receiver and drag the softcam file ( must be in .ipk format ) to this location. once done you can exit from Filezilla. ( although you will need to use it once more before we are done ).
On your receiver navigate to the ipk installer. this can be found as so. Blue button> ViX> install local extension. If your file transfer via filezilla went correctly you will see the file listed here. Highlight this file and press the green button to install the file, you should see a conformation box just follow the directions selecting yet to reboot once complete.
While the receiver is rebooting install and launch notepad++
make a new file by clicking on File> New. you do not need to enter any thing into this file for use with a FTV card but the file is needed by the cam.
with this new file open again click on file but this time select the save as option and you will see another box popup.
In this new box select the location you wish to save this file to using the icons on the left hand side then under the File name heading enter the file name as CCcam.cfg Making sure it is this exact spelling as it is case sensitive then under the heading Save as type select the following All types (*.*) and press the save button. Once again open your FTP program and login as above but this time navigate to /ETC on the receiver and copy the file you just created there, exiting the program once done.
Now we can activate the Cam via the blue button. Blue button> softcam manager. press green to start the cam and blue to enable auto start.
Thats pretty much it. you should now be setup to use your Sky uk FTV card Via CCcam.
So there you go, If you have made it through this tutorial and not needed to use those spare pair of underpants. Give your self a huge pat on the back and maybe go for a cuppa. you deserve it.
Big thanks to Pheonix for putting this together and letting me re-post it!!
MODS please edit codes for links as i dont know how to do it!!
sweet, thanks a lot, I just got my duo today, didnt know where to start :-)
i had the exact same problem and stumbled across this!!
Nice right up mate will help a lot of people including me I got an et9000 well over a year ago and running an old version of vix preinstalled so may have a go at updating it. I just git to find some clean undies first
jimmypegasus
30-12-12, 02:59
Fantastic guide, best one I have come across, many thanks :)
Is this guide still applicable for openvix-3.0.600 version..... bootloader etc?
Thanx
guide is still relevant but if you have already done bootloader do not need to do it again.
Excellent guide, very interesting. Would there be much difference for a Solo+?
Cheers,
Keith.
i used this guide on my TM-twin and it worked perfectly.. more applies to the image rather than the box :thumbsup:
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Flashing the Bootloader and Image
The receiver will come with a standard factory produced image ( The firmware or operating system for the receiver ) unless you have asked the retailer you purchased it from to load a specific image first, For the purposes of this tutorial i will assume this is the case and will be flashing the latest ViX 2.3 image with the Linux 3.1.1 kernel.
Before we get that far however you will need a few things.
1. A USB stick / key formatted the FAT32
2. The newest Vu+Duo bootloader ( duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip )
3. The ViX image ( Current public version is ViX-2.3.204-vuduo_usb.zip )
4A. A little patience and some ones hand to hold if you have a nervous disposition.
4B. A clean pair of underpants ( just in case ).
I'm just about to do this for the first time to my brand new vu+ Solo2. (gulp)
I have your guide printed out, my usb stick and I've downloaded the latest New ViX Team VU+ Solo2 OE3.0 Release but I'm unsure about duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip. Is this the right one to use for the Solo2?
Cheers,
Keith
having never done it on a solo2 myself where did you get the file from?
this may lso help http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?24773-How-to-USB-flash-upgrade-VU-Solo2&p=184083#post184083
having never done it on a solo2 myself where did you get the file from?
this may lso help http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?24773-How-to-USB-flash-upgrade-VU-Solo2&p=184083#post184083
Thanks, once again. I'll follow that guide :)
I got the image here... Literally, here. http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?24737-New-ViX-Team-VU-Solo2-OE3-0-Release
Cheers,
Keith.
Thanks, once again. I'll follow that guide :)
I got the image here... Literally, here. http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?24737-New-ViX-Team-VU-Solo2-OE3-0-Release
Cheers,
Keith.
that's the right one just extract as said in the guide and follow the instructions
Thanks, once again. I'll follow that guide :)
I got the image here... Literally, here. http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?24737-New-ViX-Team-VU-Solo2-OE3-0-Release
Cheers,
Keith.
You would be better off downloading the latest image from http://openvix.co.uk
OK, I'm going in, I maybe some time.
All loaded, thanks guys.
Cheers,
Keith.
Good glad to hear it all went smoothly!
Hi Guys,
I already have Vu Duo running VIX Image which I updated over 6 months ago.
Its unstable, stops working some times and the channels from the buquet doesn't work anymore. Its gives signal PAT error.
I thought the best course of action would be to re-flash the box and loads the buquets from the beginning.
Any suggestions?
try a re flash to the latest image and set up from scratch and see how it performs
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Setting up a EPG or electronic program guide.
First of all I would recommend you use a dedicated USB stick for this process, I my self use a Sandisk Cruzor Blade 4GB stick for this purpose as it is very small and easily hidden away behind the receiver.
Format your USB stick to FAT32 from your computer.
Place the USB stick in to any of the USB ports on the receiver. ( I use a rear port as it's not in view and therefore hidden away. also as it's behind the receiver the stick is not so easily damaged. ). Then reboot the receiver.
when the receiver has booted up, navigate to the mount manager. Blue button> ViX> mount manager. your USB stick should be shown as Mount: /media/usb if it is not press the green button then highlight the stick and change the mount via the left and right buttons. Then press the green to save.
Exit from this screen using the back button and navigate to menu> setup> system> EPG.
you now have several options to setup your EPG using either CrossEPG or Rytek or both depending on your setup.
To setup CrossEPG as your EPG
Hi,
Could use some help on this bit, after doing the USB install bit (all mounted fine) I can't use it because the Solo2 tells me that the USB isn't formatted to EXT2,3,4 or NFS partition. Help,
Cheers,
Keith
it should install fine if you formatted the usb to fat32 on your computer before putting the image on it.
there is an option to convert to ext3 or 4 in menu/setup/system/hard disk
Do I need to put an image on it? I'm not trying to install, just use the usb stick for timeshift.
I've got the EPG running from my PC now :)
The last problem, for now, is timeshift.
oh i see, sorry i thought you were trying to flash an image to the box.
once the usb is formatted it should be straight forward to 'point' timeshift to use the usb.
menu/setup/system/ timeshift settings
Nice right up mate will help a lot of people including me I got an et9000 well over a year ago and running an old version of vix preinstalled so may have a go at updating it. I just git to find some clean undies first
Lmao jay. I though i'd add that bit into the original tutorial as we all know how nervous a time it can be setting up a new receiver.
First post amended and updated with OP's new updated Tutorial.
Thanks for this - its superb:). I am a complete novice with my first install. Was up and running in a couple of hours.
All of the effort in putting this together is greatly appreciated :thumbsup:
This guide is very detailed, does the same procedure work for the solo2?
If not can i b pointed in the right direction to what is different
thanks
This guide is very detailed, does the same procedure work for the solo2?
If not can i b pointed in the right direction to what is different
thanks
yes it's pretty much the same process for all Vu receivers with the exception that the Uno, Ultimo and Solo2 dont have bootloader updates and when these receivers detect a image on the USB stick they ask you to press a button on the receiver it self to initiate the flash process.
excellent tut,i had a tm500s then updated to a solo2,this helped me set up the excellent epg on the solo
well done josh-g.
Cheers mate :) i found this from a post from Phoenix and put it here soo all thanks to him :thumbsup:
Brilliant thread this - very clear instructions.
Been using BH image but thought that I would try the new Vix image. Absolutely love it.
Congratulations to all coders, testers and other involved in compiling the image you have done a great job.
many thanks.
This is highly confusing.
This is highly confusing.
I dont see how. I created the original tutorial in such a way that even a total novice with no prior experience of enigma2 reveivers could follow. If you need help just ask for it.
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Big Thank You. i have read many guides accross but yours is far the best it's idiot proof.
well done mate
thanks
I used this guide on maxdigital xp1000 from sponsor, obviously missed out flashing the image part as it came preflashed, used a newer cccam version but seeing as id been told dont get an enigma2 box as its very compicated for first time users, this made it easy so thanks alot
abu baniaz
05-05-13, 18:37
With regards to the section about USB being formatted to fat32, it doesnt't have to be. Ext is fine. This is useful for anyone using a USB drive for timeshift and not wanting to be affected by filesize restrictions of the fat32 system.
Is this guide still applicable for openvix-3.0.600 version..... bootloader etc?
Thanx
yes it's still applicable, the reason i added the bootloader stuff in there was because some users would never have updated their bootloader, so i though it best to add that part in to make the tutorial as complete as possible while still keeping it as easy to follow for new users.
Excellent guide, very interesting. Would there be much difference for a Solo+?
Cheers,
Keith.
not much no, the basic flashing process would be the only difference, the image setup is pretty much identical on all ViX supported receivers.
I'm just about to do this for the first time to my brand new vu+ Solo2. (gulp)
I have your guide printed out, my usb stick and I've downloaded the latest New ViX Team VU+ Solo2 OE3.0 Release but I'm unsure about duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip. Is this the right one to use for the Solo2?
Cheers,
Keith
Thats not applicable to the solo2, only the Duo as the name in the file states.
Hi Guys,
I already have Vu Duo running VIX Image which I updated over 6 months ago.
Its unstable, stops working some times and the channels from the buquet doesn't work anymore. Its gives signal PAT error.
I thought the best course of action would be to re-flash the box and loads the buquets from the beginning.
Any suggestions?
yes just follow the tutorial and you should be ok, if you need further help just ask.
Do I need to put an image on it? I'm not trying to install, just use the usb stick for timeshift.
I've got the EPG running from my PC now :)
The last problem, for now, is timeshift.
Timeshift will only work from a Linux formatted device, if you want to use a USB stick for timeshift initialize it from within the image.
karl_everest
10-05-13, 20:32
This is amazing, just when i was becoming a bit overwhelmed i found this, its amazing for a newb like me.
This is amazing, just when i was becoming a bit overwhelmed i found this, its amazing for a newb like me.
Glad it helps, it was written specifically with the newbie in mind and a big thanks to josh for keeping it updated when i didnt have the time to do it my self.
Thanks m8 messed it first time and thanks too this tut all sorted out now as this is my first twin tuner
I have a solo2 running BH 2.0.2 rev E at the moment and would like to try out the latest vix image which I have already downloaded.
Do I have to flash the bootloader first or can go straight to flashing the vix image .
Do I transfere the solo folder to a usb key or put the file into root of the usb.
Thanks for any help given.
No need to flash a bootloader, just flash the image.
Get the latest one available from http://openvix.co.uk, extract it to the root of a usb stick, put the usb stick in the box & press the touch sensitive button when prompted to do so.
No need to flash a bootloader, just flash the image.
Get the latest one available from http://openvix.co.uk, extract it to the root of a usb stick, put the usb stick in the box & press the touch sensitive button when prompted to do so.
Thanks m8 I always like to double check before I start will be doing it tomorrow when her indoors leaves for the day.
Forgot one thing my hdd is formatted to ntfs would it be better in fat32 for the vix image or is it ok they way it is
I have a solo2 running BH 2.0.2 rev E at the moment and would like to try out the latest vix image which I have already downloaded.
Do I have to flash the bootloader first or can go straight to flashing the vix image .
Do I transfere the solo folder to a usb key or put the file into root of the usb.
Thanks for any help given.
Just make sure you use the correct image for your machine as the solo and solo2 are very different machines, other than that its a very easy process to flash these boxes.
if you follow this tutorial to flash your receiver you should be fine.
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chesterman
17-05-13, 11:47
Hi guys I have just got my Tm-T2 with pre installed vix 3.0 from wos i currently have a spiderbox 9900hd motorised system (h to h motor on a 1.2 meter dish) im having trouble setting it up for multi sat your tutorial sets the receiver on tuner a for single sat i need mine for motorised and cannot seam to get my dish to move i managed to download and send a multi sat channel list to my reciever but when i select a channel on 28e my dish does not move,when i removed my old receiver my dish was pointing at 13e and thats all i can get I have searched the forums but cannot find any info on what to do and what i have missed i tried putting in lat/long but still no joy can any one help please
Thanks. Had BH installed but HD channels with high SR didn't work. Found that the CI CAM was to blame. So softcam was the answer. But Softcam and BH was a no no.
So now I'm running wix with CCcam configured according to this post, and everything works. :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: Came accross this thread, whilst sufing several other forums. This is and must be the M*** N***, superb and in plain English. I am yet to buy a VU+ Solo2 but when I do this tutorial will be of great help. Am about to take the plunge into the real world of Sat TV.
Thank you again,
p :)
ps: is it will it be ok for me to copy and keep??
:thumbsup: Came accross this thread, whilst sufing several other forums. This is and must be the M*** N***, superb and in plain English. I am yet to buy a VU+ Solo2 but when I do this tutorial will be of great help. Am about to take the plunge into the real world of Sat TV.
Thank you again,
p :)
Thank you.
It took me a long time to get the wording just rite for this tutorial so that it would be suitable for novices and more advanced users alike, im sure the same is true for the amendments and additions made by josh.
Im currently in the process of updating my original work that this version is based on for the latest ViX images, when that is competed I will post it up.
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nice tut,but somewhere we are getting /bin/sh:syntax error:unexpected"(" execution finished!
on a solo with a fresh install of build of 683:confused:using filezilla it goes to temp as an ipk file and try to install it but error,i just use mg,any help to my problem.
nice tut,but somewhere we are getting /bin/sh:syntax error:unexpected"(" execution finished!
on a solo with a fresh install of build of 683:confused:using filezilla it goes to temp as an ipk file and try to install it but error,i just use mg,any help to my problem.
Presume you are talking about trying to install a plugin?
If so, which one? and maybe open a new thread rather than take this thread off topic.
no as its about the first post loading cams and newcamd is when i get the error.
i can if you wish start a new thread?
No worries, where are you getting the cam ipk from?
all supported cams shoud be on http://openvix.co.uk
yes everything from there only downloaded fresh today:confused:
yes everything from there only downloaded fresh today:confused:
Which cam from there are you trying to install & I'll try it out here.
yes everything from there only downloaded fresh today:confused:mg 1.35 m8
and using firefox 22 forgot to add that lol
Just tried here, enigma2-plugin-cams-mgcamd.1.35a_1.0-r3_mipsel.ipk (http://www.world-of-satellite.com/enigma2/openvix/index.php?dir=ViX-Softcams/&file=enigma2-plugin-cams-mgcamd.1.35a_1.0-r3_mipsel.ipk) ftp'd to /tmp/
Blue button -> ViX -> Install local extension & installed just fine.
After an E2 restart, it's showing up in Blue button -> Softcam Manager.
Try downloading it & adding it to your box again, maybe your download was corrupt?
possible,with what did you ftp with and with what browser as some dont play ball cheers.
abu baniaz
24-06-13, 00:30
I normally use Firefox to download and Filezilla to transfer. Never failed.
both of which i use:confused:my mind boggles :) cheers
both of which i use:confused:my mind boggles :) cheers
Are you sure you're using an up to date image on an original box?
Using Chrome & filezilla here, not that it should make a difference.
683 it says on box as it was 204 on the last install,going to try a virgin pc and windows 7 and have another go cheers.
zoomatomic
26-06-13, 19:20
Great guide,also relevent for my solo2,thanks
windows 7 worked perfectly sending the ipk file across,thanks cheers
I'm having an issue installing newcamd.list
Install it to /user/keys but when I try and run softcam setup, it says no config files found, please setup in /var/keys
If I try and do that through fillezilla, it keeps going to /user/keys
Any ideas?
Nevermind, realised I needed to add mg_cfg file too - all sorted now.
Hi,
I don't see the OSD menu on the Solo2. Can someone help?
Hi,
I don't see the OSD menu on the Solo2. Can someone help?
OSD menu was an old name for it.
Menu -> Setup -> System -> User Interface
Ok thanks!
The screen is stretched will this menu allow me to size or correctly?
Thanks :)
Ok thanks!
The screen is stretched will this menu allow me to size or correctly?
Thanks :)
Yes but its always best to disable overscan on the TV rather than adjust the OSD in the image because with overscan on your loosing upto 4 inches all around the edge of the picture in all modes.
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I have seen a lot of request for help setting up new Enigma 2 boxes and found this when setting up mine.. i have put it all in this post and can it be made a sticky to help all those that need it!! thanks for Pheonix for putting it together.
===
How to set up your new Vu+Duo. (also applies to other VIX boxes
First let me congratulate you on purchasing what is easily In my honest opinion, one of the best supported satellite receivers on the market.
You have entered a world of many possibilities and I personally welcome you to my hobby.
ok so you have just received you new shiny Vu+Duo and you want to watch some TV but you dont know where to start !.
This tutorial aims to show you what you need to do to setup your new receiver from scratch to the point where you can at least watch FTA/FTV ( Free to Air and Free to View ) channels via Sky uk otherwise known as 28.2 East.
#FF0000"]Areas covered will be as follows.[/FONT]
Unboxing the receiver.
Flashing the Bootloader and Image
Using the setup wizard to setup network etc.
Loading a Bouquet or Channel list.
Setting up a EPG or Electronic Programe Guide
Setting up a Softcam to use with a SKY UK FTV or Free To View card.
Getting started.
1. unbox the receiver ( yes i know this is obvious but bear with me ).
2. Along with the receiver you should also have in the box a few other things as listed below.
a. Remote controll and batteries
b. Vu+ instruction manual
c. HDMI cable
d. Internal Hard drive fitting kit including the cradle, screws, rubber grommets and power, data connection leads. ( These may be inside the receiver it self )
Before we go any further i am going to assume you have a HDD you wish to use with the receiver if not you can skip this step and return to it later.
If your using a new freshly unboxed HDD you can go ahead and install that into the receiver now, However if you are using a used HDD make sure it is formatted to FAT32 and all previous partitions removed.
To eliminate confusion as i have seen many forum posts about this the HDD sits on top of the cradle and the cradle then attaches to the body of the receiver.
OK so now the HDD is installed and the receiver has been closed back up we can start connecting the various leads and cables.
Flashing the Bootloader and Image
The receiver will come with a standard factory produced image ( The firmware or operating system for the receiver ) unless you have asked the retailer you purchased it from to load a specific image first, For the purposes of this tutorial i will assume this is the case and will be flashing the latest ViX 2.3 image with the Linux 3.1.1 kernel.
Before we get that far however you will need a few things.
1. A USB stick / key formatted the FAT32
2. The newest Vu+Duo bootloader ( duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip )
3. The ViX image ( Current public version is ViX-2.3.204-vuduo_usb.zip )
4A. A little patience and some ones hand to hold if you have a nervous disposition.
4B. A clean pair of underpants ( just in case ).
To start we are going to first flash the Bootloader ( duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip )
1. Power the receiver down by the power switch at the rear on the rear of the receiver.
2. unpack the bootloader file and place the folder ( vuplus and it's contents ) onto the USB stick. ( for this i use 7zip but winrar will do nicely. )
3. place the USB stick into any USB port on the receiver then power the receiver on by the power switch at the rear of the receiver.
IMPORTANT
WARNING NEVER remove the USB stick from the box while flashing either the bootloader or any image without first seeing the VFD prompt to do so and only then after powering the receiver down first.
Failure to do so could lead to a very expensive hardware failure, more commonly known as a "BRICK". As your expensive receiver is now effectively now only useful as a house brick.
you should now see a message on the VFD display of your Vu+ Duo that the USB stick is being read once this part is complete you will see a message telling you to remove the stick and reboot.
Power off the receiver then remove the USB stick, once again format the stick to FAT32. Now decompress the image file ( ViX-2.3.204-vuduo_usb.zip ) again placing the folder named vuplus and it's contents onto the stick and follow the same procedure as above for flashing the bootloader.
you should see the following displayed on the VFD one at a time during the flahing proccess.
Reading USB, Erasing Flash , Programming , Finnished Remove USB and Reboot
Note that while the bootloader took only a few seconds to flash to your receiver, a full image flash will take a few minutes. Once this has completed and you see the VFD prompt you can again power down the receiver and remove the USB stick.
you can now power the box back on and allow it to boot, This process may take a few minutes but once complete you will be presented with a simple setup Wizard screen that will guide you through the various setup options helping you get started.
Setup Wizard
The First setup screen you see should be the Video input selection screen. Here you are asked to select the input port for your Tv as below.
HDMI
Scart
YPbPr
along with the ability to select your language via the red button, the default language loaded being English.
For example i select the HDMI PORT i am then asked to select the video mode from several choices.
720p
1080i
576p
480p
576i
480i
I am selecting 720p but this can be changed later if needed. once selected you then greeted with a language selection screen.
you will now be presented with the restore wizard. This can be used to restore settings backups made from a previous installation using the ViX backup manager, as this is a new setup i am selecting the Exit restore wizard option.
Again you will now be presented with another wizard that will allow you to set up some more of the basic features of your receiver.
you can exit from this or follow the wizard i am following the wizard.
The next screen asks me to setup tuner A,by pressing left or right on the remote.
as i am using a fixed sky uk dish for this setup i will choose as follows.
configuration mode. Simple
Mode Single
Satellite 28.2E Eurobird 1..Astra 1N/2A/2B/2D
Send DiSEqC No.
As I am using both feeds from a the same source ( a octo LNB I will set both tuners up with the exact same settings ).
now we are asked if we want to perform a automatic or manual scan, for this part i will select no as i will be loading a bouquet pack later.
and i select no to parental controls.
Setting up the internet connection.
This next part of the wizard asks me if i want to set up the internet connection i select yes ( my duo is connected to my broadband router via a cat5 network cable )
use interface Yes
USE DHCP if yes the box will scan your router and assign a ip address automatically, or if you select no you can set up a fixed ip address manually, i select yes for now.
thats it the box is almost setup.
now to setup a few things before we go any further.
The first screen you will see once out of the setup wizard is the channel list, however as it has no channel list or bouquet loaded yet this will be blank but we can come to that later.
you may notice that the menu or OSD ( On Screen Dispaly ) on your tv screen does not quite fit it may be stretched or off to one side, dont worry this is easy to correct as so.
first exit out of the channel list screen by pressing exit on the remote. you should see the Vu loading screen.
To set the OSD
menu > setup > OSD > OSD SETUP
here you can use the up / down buttons to select each option and the left / right buttons to adjust the setting them selves. once you are happy that your OSD is setup press green to save these settings.
Loading a Bouquet or channel List
To load a bouquet or channel list to your receiver you need a few things.
1. The IP address of the receiver menu > setup > system > network > Device setup > Adapter settings ( write down the ip address in this case we have 192.168.0.6 )
2. A bouquet pack or channel list, for this tutorial i am using the latest Silverfox E2 ( enigma 2 )pack.
3. a bouquet editor. i am using DreamboxEdit 5.0.0.3
4. a copy of winrar ( I personally use 7zip and it's free which is also a good thing )
before we go any further install DreamboxEdit ( DBE ) to your computer.
For this tutorial i am using the silverfox bouquet which is a special set that mirrors the SKY UK channel line up matching the channel numbers to those of a official SKY receiver. to set this up correctly you need to make some changes to DBE before you even download the bouquet pack.
Launch DBE
press tools > options > advanced. make sure the heading allow duplicate entries in ( user ) bouquets is selected then restart the program.
now we need to setup a profile for your receiver in DBE
tools > options > profiles.
first press the new profile button and you will see a new profile appear in the left hand coloum. click on this to open it out.
enter the ip address you noted down earlier keeping the default ports for HTTP and FTP as they already are ( 80 and 21 )
under the heading username on dreambox enter the name root
and for the password type password ( this is the default password until you change it ).
you can also enter a name for this profile, then press the save button. make sure you have it set as enigma 2 under the filepaths heading by pressing the enigma2 settings button.
Take the bouquet file you downloaded and uncompress it using winrar to some where you can easily remember, I create a folder on my desktop ( this can be deleted once the bouquet is loaded to the receiver ).
press file > open and navigate to the location you decompressed the bouquet to. then press ok to load the files.
now in the bottom left hand corner select the profile you just created then press file > fast FTP upload. you may need to reboot the box after this step so the settings take hold.
In the new version of VIX you can now you ABM (autobouqetmaker) that will create the bouquet automatically for you
you can do this buy going to Menu>setup>service searching>autobouqetmaker
you set this up in much the same way as EPG choose your download time and how often you want it set. make sure you choose your region and make sure freeview and sky is selected (you can also choose skyire)
Setting up a EPG or electronic program guide.
First of all I would recommend you use a dedicated USB stick for this process, I my self use a Sandisk Cruzor Blade 4GB stick for this purpose as it is very small and easily hidden away behind the receiver.
Format your USB stick to FAT32 from your computer.
Place the USB stick in to any of the USB ports on the receiver. ( I use a rear port as it's not in view and therefore hidden away. also as it's behind the receiver the stick is not so easily damaged. ). Then reboot the receiver.
when the receiver has booted up, navigate to the mount manager. Blue button> ViX> mount manager. your USB stick should be shown as Mount: /media/usb if it is not press the green button then highlight the stick and change the mount via the left and right buttons. Then press the green to save.
Exit from this screen using the back button and navigate to menu> setup> system> EPG.
you now have several options to setup your EPG using either CrossEPG or Rytek or both depending on your setup.
To setup CrossEPG as your EPG
press settings
change the EPG location to /media/usb using the left and right buttons. then press green to save.
scroll down to CrossEPG then press ok, Now scroll down to scheduled download and change this option to once a day then select your preferred scheduled download time, best pick a time when you wont be using the box. I use 04:15
you can leave the other options at their default values. press red to go back.
Now scroll to OpenTV providers and press ok. Highlight and select The sky uk options so you see a green tick next to them, then press the yellow button to download the epg. you will be taken to a radio page where the epg will download. This step will take a few minutes to complete.
You can select to use both 28.2 and 28.4 east in the settings but this consumes a lot of memory and is not needed only select the one that correspinds with your Bouquet pack. so for example if your bouquet points to 28.2 east select this option, The same goes for a bouquet that references 28.4 east.
To setup Rytek as your EPG
Select XMLTV-importer then as above set your preferred download time and set the daily automatic import option to enable. you can keep all other options at their defaults.
Now press blue and tick all the sky uk options once done press green to save. You can now press manual to download this EPG again as with CrossEPG This will take a few minutes, but once done you should have a fully working EPG setup.
Alos not that if you use Rytek as your EPG provider you must have a active internet connection to the receiver as it needs to connect to the internet to download the EPG data. If however you use CrossEPG you do not need a active internet connection as it uses the same source as SKY uk for it's EPG ( a radio channel previously known as the hip hip channel ).
Setting up a Softcam
In this part of the tutorial I am going to show you how to setup CCcam to work with a Sky uk FTV or Free To View card. We will not however show you how to setup a softcam for any thing to do with Card Sharing, If this is what you are looking for Use GOOGLE.
Before we go any further you will need a few things.
( you can place the card in the receiver now using any of the card reader slots but making sure the chip is face down )
1. The softcam you intend to use I am using CCcam for this tutorial.
2. A suitable FTP program, For the purpose of this tutorial I am using FileZilla as it is a free program.
3. A Sky UK FTV card, a deactivated White sky card will work here.
4. A copy of Notepad++ ( you can use the built in windows notepad program but it gives mixed results )
5. Don't forget those clean underpants.
First you will need to download the Softcam a copy of which can be found here.
Code:
http://www.4shared.com/dir/wnyHV50A/VIX_CAMS.html I my self am using enigma2-plugin-cams-cccam.2.2.1_1.0-r0_mipsel.ipk but any version will work.
You will also need to download Filezilla, a copy of which can be found on the forum or direct from the authors here.
Code:
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client You want the Client version and not the Server version.
And of course not forgetting Notepad++ which can be downloaded here.
Code:
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v5.9.8.html making sure your receiver is fully connected to your network and you have a copy of the IP address for the receiver you can proceed to the next step.
Install Filezilla onto your PC / laptop allowing any access your firewall asks of you, then launch it once installed.
For this step i am going to use the Quick connect option but you can at a later date create a profile for your receiver so you can connect at the press of a button or two.
Along the top of the program you will see the following boxes.
Host: ( enter the IP address of your receiver here )
Username: This is set to ROOT by default so enter that.
Password: by default this if left blank or password, unless you have changes this. for now enter password.
Port: The default port is 21 so enter that then press the connect button.
If all goes successfully you should now be connected to your receiver. the boxes on the left of the program are your PC those on the right are the internal file structure of your Receiver. navigate to the TMP/ folder on your receiver and drag the softcam file ( must be in .ipk format ) to this location. once done you can exit from Filezilla. ( although you will need to use it once more before we are done ).
On your receiver navigate to the ipk installer. this can be found as so. Blue button> ViX> install local extension. If your file transfer via filezilla went correctly you will see the file listed here. Highlight this file and press the green button to install the file, you should see a conformation box just follow the directions selecting yet to reboot once complete.
While the receiver is rebooting install and launch notepad++
make a new file by clicking on File> New. you do not need to enter any thing into this file for use with a FTV card but the file is needed by the cam.
with this new file open again click on file but this time select the save as option and you will see another box popup.
In this new box select the location you wish to save this file to using the icons on the left hand side then under the File name heading enter the file name as CCcam.cfg Making sure it is this exact spelling as it is case sensitive then under the heading Save as type select the following All types (*.*) and press the save button. Once again open your FTP program and login as above but this time navigate to /ETC on the receiver and copy the file you just created there, exiting the program once done.
Now we can activate the Cam via the blue button. Blue button> softcam manager. press green to start the cam and blue to enable auto start.
Thats pretty much it. you should now be setup to use your Sky uk FTV card Via CCcam.
So there you go, If you have made it through this tutorial and not needed to use those spare pair of underpants. Give your self a huge pat on the back and maybe go for a cuppa. you deserve it.
Big thanks to Pheonix for putting this together and letting me re-post it!!
sorry for my ignorance but as this is a tm-twin-oe post/thread I am assuming that this also applies to the tm-twin as well? I am very new to this sorry again
Although the original Tutorial i wrote mentions the Vu+ Duo it is pretty much universal for any E2 receiver using the ViX image ( barring the bootloader and flashing sections, these are specific to the Vu+ Duo and must not be carried out on any other receiver as you will damage them ).
if you have any questions just ask.
But where is the duo bootloader?
But where is the duo bootloader?
The same place as all our images, cams & tutorials...
http://www.openvix.co.uk/
The same place as all our images, cams & tutorials...
http://www.openvix.co.uk/
Handy if it was mentioned in the tutorial for people who don't know or are new...
Fantastic tutorial. Many thanks
Handy if it was mentioned in the tutorial for people who don't know or are new...
I put this tutorial together well over a year ago which is before the openvix site even existed.
abu baniaz
20-10-13, 16:38
Is it possible to update the guide? Basically remove the duo flashing instructions and replace with something similar to: Download image and bootloader (if necessary) from openvix.co.uk. Flash receiver according to receiver specific instructions.
I have not seen any recent posts by Josh_G, so can't ask him.
Is it possible to update the guide? Basically remove the duo flashing instructions and replace with something similar to: Download image and bootloader (if necessary) from openvix.co.uk. Flash receiver according to receiver specific instructions.
I have not seen any recent posts by Josh_G, so can't ask him.
Yes I will be doing a major overhaul of my origin tutorial soon. It has been on my to do list for a while. I will remove all receiver specific advice instead making it ViX specific.
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HELP
I have a the xp1000 and until recently I had full list of suppliers from my mortised dish now I have very few, I did a full scan and it found loads but when I go to channel listings a lot of stuff missing Al jazeere etc what can I do to get all back?
Regards
Rab
Thanx for this guide. It has helped me make the leap and get rid of my sky account.
Gonna get a Linux reciever (TM Twin OE ) and set it up for the free to air stuff.
I live in The Netherlands and hope this wont cause me to many difficulties.
Cheers Dennis:p
We have a number of users from the Netherlands including our Very own Rob van der Does, so you should be fine operating a system there without too many issues.
Well here goes. I just ordered the VU+ duo reciever to replace my s*y box.
A lot more hassle than getting a Freesat non Linux receiver.
Looks like a lot more fun though! :D.
With the help u people give (and a lot of searching and reading) hope to have many pleasant hours of tweaking and enjoying good quality satellite tv.
Cheers Dennis
This is great...much appreciated. Was wondering if there is a NEXT CHAPTER to recommend an idiots guide to set up funky plugins, etc, etc (download sites) and what they do so we can really enjoy our box. I see so many options in many forums but no real positive feedback until Ive come across this thread. So basically recommened plugins for everyday use and cool features with descrition and download site would be really welcome by all here I guess! I can truely see this thread being a big hit!
Hemmingway
09-01-14, 09:46
will textwrangler on mac work for cam install instead of notebook++
I have seen a lot of request for help setting up new Enigma 2 boxes and found this when setting up mine.. i have put it all in this post and can it be made a sticky to help all those that need it!! thanks for Pheonix for putting it together.
===
How to set up your new Vu+Duo. (also applies to other VIX boxes
First let me congratulate you on purchasing what is easily In my honest opinion, one of the best supported satellite receivers on the market.
You have entered a world of many possibilities and I personally welcome you to my hobby.
ok so you have just received you new shiny Vu+Duo and you want to watch some TV but you dont know where to start !.
This tutorial aims to show you what you need to do to setup your new receiver from scratch to the point where you can at least watch FTA/FTV ( Free to Air and Free to View ) channels via Sky uk otherwise known as 28.2 East.
#FF0000"]Areas covered will be as follows.[/FONT]
Unboxing the receiver.
Flashing the Bootloader and Image
Using the setup wizard to setup network etc.
Loading a Bouquet or Channel list.
Setting up a EPG or Electronic Programe Guide
Setting up a Softcam to use with a SKY UK FTV or Free To View card.
Getting started.
1. unbox the receiver ( yes i know this is obvious but bear with me ).
2. Along with the receiver you should also have in the box a few other things as listed below.
a. Remote controll and batteries
b. Vu+ instruction manual
c. HDMI cable
d. Internal Hard drive fitting kit including the cradle, screws, rubber grommets and power, data connection leads. ( These may be inside the receiver it self )
Before we go any further i am going to assume you have a HDD you wish to use with the receiver if not you can skip this step and return to it later.
If your using a new freshly unboxed HDD you can go ahead and install that into the receiver now, However if you are using a used HDD make sure it is formatted to FAT32 and all previous partitions removed.
To eliminate confusion as i have seen many forum posts about this the HDD sits on top of the cradle and the cradle then attaches to the body of the receiver.
OK so now the HDD is installed and the receiver has been closed back up we can start connecting the various leads and cables.
Flashing the Bootloader and Image
The receiver will come with a standard factory produced image ( The firmware or operating system for the receiver ) unless you have asked the retailer you purchased it from to load a specific image first, For the purposes of this tutorial i will assume this is the case and will be flashing the latest ViX 2.3 image with the Linux 3.1.1 kernel.
Before we get that far however you will need a few things.
1. A USB stick / key formatted the FAT32
2. The newest Vu+Duo bootloader ( duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip )
3. The ViX image ( Current public version is ViX-2.3.204-vuduo_usb.zip )
4A. A little patience and some ones hand to hold if you have a nervous disposition.
4B. A clean pair of underpants ( just in case ).
To start we are going to first flash the Bootloader ( duo_cfe_3_0_usb.zip )
1. Power the receiver down by the power switch at the rear on the rear of the receiver.
2. unpack the bootloader file and place the folder ( vuplus and it's contents ) onto the USB stick. ( for this i use 7zip but winrar will do nicely. )
3. place the USB stick into any USB port on the receiver then power the receiver on by the power switch at the rear of the receiver.
IMPORTANT
WARNING NEVER remove the USB stick from the box while flashing either the bootloader or any image without first seeing the VFD prompt to do so and only then after powering the receiver down first.
Failure to do so could lead to a very expensive hardware failure, more commonly known as a "BRICK". As your expensive receiver is now effectively now only useful as a house brick.
you should now see a message on the VFD display of your Vu+ Duo that the USB stick is being read once this part is complete you will see a message telling you to remove the stick and reboot.
Power off the receiver then remove the USB stick, once again format the stick to FAT32. Now decompress the image file ( ViX-2.3.204-vuduo_usb.zip ) again placing the folder named vuplus and it's contents onto the stick and follow the same procedure as above for flashing the bootloader.
you should see the following displayed on the VFD one at a time during the flahing proccess.
Reading USB, Erasing Flash , Programming , Finnished Remove USB and Reboot
Note that while the bootloader took only a few seconds to flash to your receiver, a full image flash will take a few minutes. Once this has completed and you see the VFD prompt you can again power down the receiver and remove the USB stick.
you can now power the box back on and allow it to boot, This process may take a few minutes but once complete you will be presented with a simple setup Wizard screen that will guide you through the various setup options helping you get started.
Setup Wizard
The First setup screen you see should be the Video input selection screen. Here you are asked to select the input port for your Tv as below.
HDMI
Scart
YPbPr
along with the ability to select your language via the red button, the default language loaded being English.
For example i select the HDMI PORT i am then asked to select the video mode from several choices.
720p
1080i
576p
480p
576i
480i
I am selecting 720p but this can be changed later if needed. once selected you then greeted with a language selection screen.
you will now be presented with the restore wizard. This can be used to restore settings backups made from a previous installation using the ViX backup manager, as this is a new setup i am selecting the Exit restore wizard option.
Again you will now be presented with another wizard that will allow you to set up some more of the basic features of your receiver.
you can exit from this or follow the wizard i am following the wizard.
The next screen asks me to setup tuner A,by pressing left or right on the remote.
as i am using a fixed sky uk dish for this setup i will choose as follows.
configuration mode. Simple
Mode Single
Satellite 28.2E Eurobird 1..Astra 1N/2A/2B/2D
Send DiSEqC No.
As I am using both feeds from a the same source ( a octo LNB I will set both tuners up with the exact same settings ).
now we are asked if we want to perform a automatic or manual scan, for this part i will select no as i will be loading a bouquet pack later.
and i select no to parental controls.
Setting up the internet connection.
This next part of the wizard asks me if i want to set up the internet connection i select yes ( my duo is connected to my broadband router via a cat5 network cable )
use interface Yes
USE DHCP if yes the box will scan your router and assign a ip address automatically, or if you select no you can set up a fixed ip address manually, i select yes for now.
thats it the box is almost setup.
now to setup a few things before we go any further.
The first screen you will see once out of the setup wizard is the channel list, however as it has no channel list or bouquet loaded yet this will be blank but we can come to that later.
you may notice that the menu or OSD ( On Screen Dispaly ) on your tv screen does not quite fit it may be stretched or off to one side, dont worry this is easy to correct as so.
first exit out of the channel list screen by pressing exit on the remote. you should see the Vu loading screen.
To set the OSD
menu > setup > OSD > OSD SETUP
here you can use the up / down buttons to select each option and the left / right buttons to adjust the setting them selves. once you are happy that your OSD is setup press green to save these settings.
Loading a Bouquet or channel List
To load a bouquet or channel list to your receiver you need a few things.
1. The IP address of the receiver menu > setup > system > network > Device setup > Adapter settings ( write down the ip address in this case we have 192.168.0.6 )
2. A bouquet pack or channel list, for this tutorial i am using the latest Silverfox E2 ( enigma 2 )pack.
3. a bouquet editor. i am using DreamboxEdit 5.0.0.3
4. a copy of winrar ( I personally use 7zip and it's free which is also a good thing )
before we go any further install DreamboxEdit ( DBE ) to your computer.
For this tutorial i am using the silverfox bouquet which is a special set that mirrors the SKY UK channel line up matching the channel numbers to those of a official SKY receiver. to set this up correctly you need to make some changes to DBE before you even download the bouquet pack.
Launch DBE
press tools > options > advanced. make sure the heading allow duplicate entries in ( user ) bouquets is selected then restart the program.
now we need to setup a profile for your receiver in DBE
tools > options > profiles.
first press the new profile button and you will see a new profile appear in the left hand coloum. click on this to open it out.
enter the ip address you noted down earlier keeping the default ports for HTTP and FTP as they already are ( 80 and 21 )
under the heading username on dreambox enter the name root
and for the password type password ( this is the default password until you change it ).
you can also enter a name for this profile, then press the save button. make sure you have it set as enigma 2 under the filepaths heading by pressing the enigma2 settings button.
Take the bouquet file you downloaded and uncompress it using winrar to some where you can easily remember, I create a folder on my desktop ( this can be deleted once the bouquet is loaded to the receiver ).
press file > open and navigate to the location you decompressed the bouquet to. then press ok to load the files.
now in the bottom left hand corner select the profile you just created then press file > fast FTP upload. you may need to reboot the box after this step so the settings take hold.
In the new version of VIX you can now you ABM (autobouqetmaker) that will create the bouquet automatically for you
you can do this buy going to Menu>setup>service searching>autobouqetmaker
you set this up in much the same way as EPG choose your download time and how often you want it set. make sure you choose your region and make sure freeview and sky is selected (you can also choose skyire)
Setting up a EPG or electronic program guide.
First of all I would recommend you use a dedicated USB stick for this process, I my self use a Sandisk Cruzor Blade 4GB stick for this purpose as it is very small and easily hidden away behind the receiver.
Format your USB stick to FAT32 from your computer.
Place the USB stick in to any of the USB ports on the receiver. ( I use a rear port as it's not in view and therefore hidden away. also as it's behind the receiver the stick is not so easily damaged. ). Then reboot the receiver.
when the receiver has booted up, navigate to the mount manager. Blue button> ViX> mount manager. your USB stick should be shown as Mount: /media/usb if it is not press the green button then highlight the stick and change the mount via the left and right buttons. Then press the green to save.
Exit from this screen using the back button and navigate to menu> setup> system> EPG.
you now have several options to setup your EPG using either CrossEPG or Rytek or both depending on your setup.
To setup CrossEPG as your EPG
press settings
change the EPG location to /media/usb using the left and right buttons. then press green to save.
scroll down to CrossEPG then press ok, Now scroll down to scheduled download and change this option to once a day then select your preferred scheduled download time, best pick a time when you wont be using the box. I use 04:15
you can leave the other options at their default values. press red to go back.
Now scroll to OpenTV providers and press ok. Highlight and select The sky uk options so you see a green tick next to them, then press the yellow button to download the epg. you will be taken to a radio page where the epg will download. This step will take a few minutes to complete.
You can select to use both 28.2 and 28.4 east in the settings but this consumes a lot of memory and is not needed only select the one that correspinds with your Bouquet pack. so for example if your bouquet points to 28.2 east select this option, The same goes for a bouquet that references 28.4 east.
To setup Rytek as your EPG
Select XMLTV-importer then as above set your preferred download time and set the daily automatic import option to enable. you can keep all other options at their defaults.
Now press blue and tick all the sky uk options once done press green to save. You can now press manual to download this EPG again as with CrossEPG This will take a few minutes, but once done you should have a fully working EPG setup.
Alos not that if you use Rytek as your EPG provider you must have a active internet connection to the receiver as it needs to connect to the internet to download the EPG data. If however you use CrossEPG you do not need a active internet connection as it uses the same source as SKY uk for it's EPG ( a radio channel previously known as the hip hip channel ).
Setting up a Softcam
In this part of the tutorial I am going to show you how to setup CCcam to work with a Sky uk FTV or Free To View card. We will not however show you how to setup a softcam for any thing to do with Card Sharing, If this is what you are looking for Use GOOGLE.
Before we go any further you will need a few things.
( you can place the card in the receiver now using any of the card reader slots but making sure the chip is face down )
1. The softcam you intend to use I am using CCcam for this tutorial.
2. A suitable FTP program, For the purpose of this tutorial I am using FileZilla as it is a free program.
3. A Sky UK FTV card, a deactivated White sky card will work here.
4. A copy of Notepad++ ( you can use the built in windows notepad program but it gives mixed results )
5. Don't forget those clean underpants.
First you will need to download the Softcam a copy of which can be found here.
Code:
http://www.4shared.com/dir/wnyHV50A/VIX_CAMS.html I my self am using enigma2-plugin-cams-cccam.2.2.1_1.0-r0_mipsel.ipk but any version will work.
You will also need to download Filezilla, a copy of which can be found on the forum or direct from the authors here.
Code:
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client You want the Client version and not the Server version.
And of course not forgetting Notepad++ which can be downloaded here.
Code:
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v5.9.8.html making sure your receiver is fully connected to your network and you have a copy of the IP address for the receiver you can proceed to the next step.
Install Filezilla onto your PC / laptop allowing any access your firewall asks of you, then launch it once installed.
For this step i am going to use the Quick connect option but you can at a later date create a profile for your receiver so you can connect at the press of a button or two.
Along the top of the program you will see the following boxes.
Host: ( enter the IP address of your receiver here )
Username: This is set to ROOT by default so enter that.
Password: by default this if left blank or password, unless you have changes this. for now enter password.
Port: The default port is 21 so enter that then press the connect button.
If all goes successfully you should now be connected to your receiver. the boxes on the left of the program are your PC those on the right are the internal file structure of your Receiver. navigate to the TMP/ folder on your receiver and drag the softcam file ( must be in .ipk format ) to this location. once done you can exit from Filezilla. ( although you will need to use it once more before we are done ).
On your receiver navigate to the ipk installer. this can be found as so. Blue button> ViX> install local extension. If your file transfer via filezilla went correctly you will see the file listed here. Highlight this file and press the green button to install the file, you should see a conformation box just follow the directions selecting yet to reboot once complete.
While the receiver is rebooting install and launch notepad++
make a new file by clicking on File> New. you do not need to enter any thing into this file for use with a FTV card but the file is needed by the cam.
with this new file open again click on file but this time select the save as option and you will see another box popup.
In this new box select the location you wish to save this file to using the icons on the left hand side then under the File name heading enter the file name as CCcam.cfg Making sure it is this exact spelling as it is case sensitive then under the heading Save as type select the following All types (*.*) and press the save button. Once again open your FTP program and login as above but this time navigate to /ETC on the receiver and copy the file you just created there, exiting the program once done.
Now we can activate the Cam via the blue button. Blue button> softcam manager. press green to start the cam and blue to enable auto start.
Thats pretty much it. you should now be setup to use your Sky uk FTV card Via CCcam.
So there you go, If you have made it through this tutorial and not needed to use those spare pair of underpants. Give your self a huge pat on the back and maybe go for a cuppa. you deserve it.
Big thanks to Pheonix for putting this together and letting me re-post it!!
Hemmingway
10-01-14, 15:57
hi on setup i accidently used oscam instead of cccam in softcam setup can i just overwrite or do i need to delete oscam first then re install ccam
or can i just add cccam to file
Thanks
abu baniaz
10-01-14, 17:10
In softcam manger, you select which cams you want to start. You do not have to remove it. You can do if you want to.
Hemmingway
10-01-14, 17:59
Thanks sorry for multi posts just lost the plot a bit
Thanks so much great help
Regards
pete
Hi, newbie here.....nearly set up but looking at the epg is there not a favourites button? Having to scroll through is hard work surely there's something like aj list?
Hi, newbie here.....nearly set up but looking at the epg is there not a favourites button? Having to scroll through is hard work surely there's something like aj list?
You have to create your own favourite list in a program like dreambox edit then upload back to your box.
Then tick keep bouquets in ABM
Use autobouquetsmaker (ABM) to generate a new bouquet.
Press menu/setup/service searching/ABM and set it up to your region
Use autobouquetsmaker (ABM) to generate a new bouquet.
Press menu/setup/service searching/ABM and set it up to your region
Yes did that straight away matie but when I go into epg there's no favourite button so have to scroll page after page :( is this really how most people use it? if so sky f5s box has a better epg lol
What box are you using? Its always blue button for favourites on any E2 box I've used. I have noticed in the past when I've flashed a new image I have to press the green button for satellites first then blue before the bouquets show up.
What box are you using? Its always blue button for favourites on any E2 box I've used. I have noticed in the past when I've flashed a new image I have to press the green button for satellites first then blue before the bouquets show up.
I'm on vu+solo2 mate
TV button first, then blue button
Post a screen shot it might give us a better idea of where you're getting stuck.
If your meaning crossepg screens, forgot to mention to scroll quickly use buttons 2 and 8 (up and down effect).
Thanks for this. Will be using this as my guide once my solo 2 arrives
let me know hoe you get on. as am wanting to use this guide
Code:
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v5.9.8.html making sure your receiver is fully connected to your network and you have a copy of the IP address for the receiver you can proceed to the next step.
Install Filezilla onto your PC / laptop allowing any access your firewall asks of you, then launch it once installed.
For this step i am going to use the Quick connect option but you can at a later date create a profile for your receiver so you can connect at the press of a button or two.
Along the top of the program you will see the following boxes.
Host: ( enter the IP address of your receiver here )
Username: This is set to ROOT by default so enter that.
Password: by default this if left blank or password, unless you have changes this. for now enter password.
Port: The default port is 21 so enter that then press the connect button.
If all goes successfully you should now be connected to your receiver. the boxes on the left of the program are your PC those on the right are the internal file structure of your Receiver. navigate to the TMP/ folder on your receiver and drag the softcam file ( must be in .ipk format ) to this location. once done you can exit from Filezilla. ( although you will need to use it once more before we are done ).
On your receiver navigate to the ipk installer. this can be found as so. Blue button> ViX> install local extension. If your file transfer via filezilla went correctly you will see the file listed here. Highlight this file and press the green button to install the file, you should see a conformation box just follow the directions selecting yet to reboot once complete.
While the receiver is rebooting install and launch notepad++
make a new file by clicking on File> New. you do not need to enter any thing into this file for use with a FTV card but the file is needed by the cam.
with this new file open again click on file but this time select the save as option and you will see another box popup.
In this new box select the location you wish to save this file to using the icons on the left hand side then under the File name heading enter the file name as CCcam.cfg Making sure it is this exact spelling as it is case sensitive then under the heading Save as type select the following All types (*.*) and press the save button. Once again open your FTP program and login as above but this time navigate to /ETC on the receiver and copy the file you just created there, exiting the program once done.
Now we can activate the Cam via the blue button. Blue button> softcam manager. press green to start the cam and blue to enable auto start.
Thats pretty much it. you should now be setup to use your Sky uk FTV card Via CCcam.
So there you go, If you have made it through this tutorial and not needed to use those spare pair of underpants. Give your self a huge pat on the back and maybe go for a cuppa. you deserve it.
Big thanks to Pheonix for putting this together and letting me re-post it!![/QUOTE]
Hi thanks for this excellent post,
it was great to get started on my octagon SF8 box which i purchased. Just a small problem i encountered in connecting the box to my laptop...which took me the best partof 5hours to figure out as it wouldnt connect.. using Filezilla as mentioned in the above post;
username: is "root" not ROOT in caps, this was the issue for me which i did not realise, 5 long hours later after changing the password, downloading dream centre, trying other options and changing the password in various forms, it worked!! :)
finally have some channels to watch!!
just thought id post in case someone needed help!
Thanks for guide. As I'm a newbie and just received my Solo2 from WOS:thumbsup: I had no idea where to start. Do I just follow the same procedure for Solo2?
yes as its based on enigma2 boxes vu boxes are also done the same.
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