Dummies guide to setting up Vu+ Solo2

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This guide assumes you are installing the BlackHole image.

1. Install image.
Download a USB image file, eg BlackHole Image from
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?716-Vu-Solo2-Images

Download the image zip file and extract the vuplus folder to your USB stick.

You should have a folder on your PEN drive root like this

vuplus/solo2

Power Off Solo2
Insert USB Pen Drive in the front USB socket.
Power on Solo2

When prompted to update, press the Blue Circle (Power On) button on the front of the receiver.

Once the image has installed the receiver will automatically reboot.

2. Network
Connect an Ethernet LAN cable from your router to your Vu+ Ethernet port.
Press Menu
Select Set Up Press OK
Select System Press OK
Select Network Press OK
Select Network wizard and press OK.


3. Setup Motorised Dish using USALS
First get your longitude & latitude info from _http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm

Enter your post code into satsig.net and you'll get the correct LON & LAT info for your location.

Example if I enter the following UK postal code: SE1 6JZ into _http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm

I get the following LON & LAT:
Longitude: -0.1042°
WEST
Latitude: 51.4979°
NORTH

Press Menu
Select Setup Press OK
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Select Service searching Press OK
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Select Tuner configuration Press OK
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Select Tuner A Press OK
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Configure Tuner for Motorised Dish using USALS.
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Use the < > buttons on remote to select Simple.
Use the down button to select mode and use the < > buttons to set to Positioner.
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Configuration Mode: Simple
Mode: Positioner
Longitude: 0.104 (Make sure you enter your own Longitude settings here)
WEST
Latitude: 51.497 (Make sure you enter your own Latitude settings here)
NORTH

Press OK to save.

Press Menu
Select Setup Press OK
Select service searching Press OK
Select Positioner Setup Press OK
Select goto 0 Press RED Button

Dish should now goto 1w.


4. Download Channel List
Press Green Button then Yellow Button.
Select Settings.
Select Channel List you want to install and Press OK.
When prompted "do you want to install channel list" select "Yes"

4.a Upload a Channel List
Download a pre-configured channel list example catseye's from
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?724-Enigma-2-Settings
Unzip the Channel List to your local HDD.
Example C:\Catseye E2 Settings File 75 East-58 West

Use VuCC to upload channel list to Vu+.

Download VuCC from
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?168091-VuCC-Vu-Control-Centre-V0-8

(or you can use Dreamset or Dreamboxedit instead)

5. Install Cam
Download CAM TGZ file for older images from https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?142280-VuPlus-Community-Black-Hole-Image-EMU-S

(for modern oe2.0 images use the ipk files here)
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?161009-Vu-Plus-community-BH-oe2-emus-(2013)

FTP the cam-filename.tgz or ipk to the /tmp folder on Vu+ (usually this is var/tmp)
ideally use the cccam v2.30 to avoid problems
Press Green Button then Yellow Button on Vu+ remote control.
Select Manual Install Bh Package.
Select the cam-filename.tgz file and press OK.
Message will appear - Do you want to install cam-filename.tgz
Select "Yes" and press OK.
Message will appear - Installed.
Press the exit button on remote a couple of times to come out of all the menus.

6. Activate cam
Press the Blue button and use the < > buttons on remote to select the CAM
Press OK to run the CAM.

the cccam cfg file is located in var/etc after the correct cam emu has been installed
( On E2 Boxes the 3C.config is Located at /etc with Attributes set to 755 or All config files can be found in /etc )

These instructions are for Blackhole Image other images button configurations might be slightly different.


How to setup Vu+ with VBox II DiSEqC 1.2 Positioner.
If your VBox II already has the satellite positions stored and your changing from an old receiver to Vu+ then follow this procedure.

Write down your VBox II satellite position numbers. These are the numbers displayed on the front of the VBox II when moving to a
specific satellite position. These position numbers can also be found in your old receivers motor setup menu.

Example lets say...
Position 1 on VBox II = Astra 19e
Position 2 on VBox II = Eutelsat W2 16e
Position 3 on VBox II = Hotbird 13e

You get the idea...

First send the dish to Astra 19e using Vbox II.

On Vu+ Remote Press Menu
Select Setup Press OK
Select Service Searching Press OK
Select Tuner configuration Press OK
Select Tuner A Press OK

Now set Configuration Mode to Advanced. Use Left or Right keys on remote to select.

Configuration Mode: Advanced
Satellite: Astra 19e
LNB: 1
DiSEqC mode: 1.2

Scroll down to botton of the page with the down arrow on remote.

Use USALS for this sat: No
Stored position: 001

Press OK to store.

OK that's Astra 19e setup now to setup Eutelsat W2 16e

Now send the dish to Eutelsat 16E using Vbox II.

Select Setup Press OK
Select Service Searching Press OK
Select Tuner configuration Press OK
Select Tuner A Press OK

Configuration Mode: Advanced
Satellite: Eutelsat W2 16e
LNB: 2
DiSEqC mode: 1.2

Scroll down to botton of the page with the down arrow on remote.

Use USALS for this sat: No
Stored position: 002

Press OK to store.

OK that's Eutelsat W2 16e setup now to setup Hotbird 13e

Now send dish to Hotbird using Vbox II

Select Setup Press OK
Select Service Searching Press OK
Select Tuner configuration Press OK
Select Tuner A Press OK

Configuration Mode: Advanced
Satellite: Hotbird 13e
LNB: 3
DiSEqC mode: 1.2

Scroll down to botton of the page with the down arrow on remote.

Use USALS for this sat: No
Stored position: 003

Press OK to store.

You get the idea, now repeat for the rest of the satellites and your done.

This is enough to get you started, the fun starts learning the rest.

ps:- TsPanel install help is here https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?161307-installing-TSpanel

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use a fixed ip address ideally so the box remains on the same local LAN ip all the time

then use VuCC 0.8 (or later) or DCC to telnet to the box and type passwd (press return) to change the password from the default or blank one to one of your choice

more info on setting a password in this thread

ie:- setting a password on a VU box (or any linux box)

https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?170782-filezilla-not-connecting/page2

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share a folder or volume on a Windows machine on a fixed lan IP

On your PC setup your folder or volume for sharing and give it a share name - keep it simple for now with no space eg. films for a folder and drive letter for the volume

Then on your linux box

setup - network > MountManager > Add new network mount point


Mount using: FSTAB (mount using linux)

Active: enable

Local share name: film (for example)

Mount type: CIFS share

Server IP: 192.168.0.2 (whatever your PC IP is)

Server share: /films (what you shared as on PC)

use as HDD replacement: no

Mount options: rw (or ro for read only)

Username: user (account name on PC with share rights)

Password: pass (account names password)

Press OK

check its mounted in the mount manager as it should show green on each side

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for a NAS , do the same again but use the login name and pass of the nas web interface (admin panel),
and the volume name for where the folder normally goes (Server share: )

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SETTING UP CROSSEPG IN BH IMAGES

PREPARATION

ESSENTIAL TASKS BEFORE STARTING TO SETUP CROSSEPG

Firstly, ensure you have a suitable usb stick and have formatted it on the duo using the format procedure in the BH image (blue button)

Insert this stick when prompted AFTER THE IMAGE HAS BOOTED UP (ie:- do not insert the usb stick at all until prompted)
I would recommend a stick of 16 gig or 32 gig and a branded make too (like the tiny red PNY 32 gig usb sticks from mr.memory), BH seems fussy about sticks and they can fail even if formatted correctly and you cannot really tell until you use them

or try the ones in this thread

https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?171803-Open-TV-EPG-storage-issue-on-USB-stick

When the stick is formatted you will be prompted to reboot so do so, and then MOUNT the stick as usb in the mountpoints manager
The stick will be chosen and used for the epg download, and is also where you should store your picons too (not the hdd or the flash)

format it as 1 partition using the modern EXT4 (for usb sticks - or the older EXT2) as your formatting options

Now for Crossepg 0.6.2_GIT, which is embedded into BH images

MENU - SETUP - CROSSEPG - CONFIGURE

setup the following

STORAGE DEVICE - USB STICK
ENABLE CSV IMPORT - NO
FORCE EPG RELOAD ON BOOT - YES
SCHEDULED DOWNLOAD - DISABLED (or set to say 06.00am - once a day)
SHOW AS PLUGIN - YES
SHOW AS EXTENSION - YES
SHOW FORCE RELOAD AS PLUGIN - YES

press GREEN to save it

now go back and setup the following

XMLTV PROVIDERS

RYTEK UK XMLTV - GREEN TICK HERE (OK)
(its the second choice from the bottom of the list) - GREEN to save it

exit (back)

use either the rytec above, or use opentv below , or use both if you need to

OPEN TV PROVIDERS

SKY UK OPEN TV (ASTRA 2 ON 28.2E) - GREEN TICK HERE (OK)
(third choice down) - GREEN button to save it

XEPGDB PROVIDERS - NOTHING SELECTED

SCRIPTS - NOTHING SELECTED

MHW2 PROVIDERS - NOTHING SELECTED

PROVIDERS START ORDER (this can be your choice, or only use one option)

RYTEK UK XMLTV
SKY UK OPEN TV (ASTRA 2 ON 28.2E)

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setup fast plugin using GREEN and GREEN by selecting crossepg reload

or press GREEN (plugins) - RED (panel setup) and choose FAST PLUGIN SETUP and set crossepg download using the red button to select it

this now allows you to quickly press GREEN TWICE to force an epg download/reload

exit when the plugins menu shows over the top of BH RADIO or your plugins panel

CROSSEPG should now be working and displaying more than now and next in extended epg and graphical epg

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use the coolmans plugin if you want an epg representation more like the vix image version

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XMLTV settings in VIX 3

Here’s the settings that work best using XMLTV

First go to EPG setup … menu/setup/system/epg/settings …the only thing you really need to do here is set the EPG location to USB on the top row

EPG Location - /media/usb/

Then … menu/setup/system/epg/settings/setup/system/epg/settings/XMLTV-Importer

You will notice that daily automatic import is disabled, this is because some people have found this causes problems (but you may not)

instead of using this option enable “start import after booting up” and use power manager to reboot the box daily (see power manager)


Daily automatic import - DISABLED
Automatic start time - 0700
Standby at startup - disable
When in deep standby - skip the import
Show in plugin browser - NO
Show in extensions - NO
Start import after booting up - ENABLE
Load long dexcriptions up to X days - 7


Then choose your sources (blue button)


RYTEK UK BBCI XMLTV - GREEN TICK HERE (OK)
RYTEK XMLTV - GREEN TICK HERE (OK)


After you’ve chosen your sources … green button to ok then yellow to start a manual import.

When import is finished you should have a populated EPG

As referred to earlier use power manager to boot the box daily to update the epg

Menu/setup/system/vix/power manager


Enable Power Manager - YES
Enable Standby - YES
Standby time - 0900
Retry after cancel (mins) - 30
Enable Deep Standby - NO
Enable GUI Restart - NO
Enable Reboot - YES
Reboot Time - 0800
Retry after cancel (mins) - 30


Set reboot and standby time to suit

Once you’re finished setting everything up press epg button then the menu button to set the look of the epg to suit your needs


View Mode - TEXT
Show bouquet on launch - NO
Picture in graphics - YES
Service title mode - Service Name
Info button (short) - Channel Info
Info button (long) - Single EPG
OK button (short) - ZAP
OK button (LONG) - ZAP + EXIT
Channel 1 at Start - NO
Skip empty services - NO
Base time - 15 MINUTES
Primetime Hour - 20
Primetime Minute - 0
Number of rows - 12
Event font size - -4
Service font size - -1
Service Width - 248
Picon Width - 58
Timeline font size - 0
Timescale - 180

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SETTING UP THE TUNERS FOR FIXED DISHES OR DISEQC SWITCHES

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so if tuner A is hotbird

menu - service searching - tuner config - tuner A

SIMPLE
SINGLE
13.0e eutelsat hotbird 13a/13b/13c
SEND DISEQC - no

Tuner B

SIMPLE
SINGLE
28.2e EUTELSAT + ASTRA 1N/2A/2B/2F
SEND DISEQC - no

reverse if the feeds are the other way round

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and if using a diseqc switch on either feed use:-

DISEQC A/B/C/D

THEN CHOOSE PORT A and choose the satellite it uses , repeat for ports B and C and D too

set voltage + 22 khz tone - YES
SEND DISEQC................. - NO

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how to view the duo or solo2 etc in vlc on your laptop or pc

put the lan ip address of the duo into firefox
the web interface should present itself
now click on the tv bouquet containing the channel you wish to view
click on the 2 tv,s on the right of that channel in the onscreen list
select vlc as the player in the popup

vlc will now open and the programme will be displayed and will stream into vlc

[echelon]

vix tutorial published on the forum by one of our newer members "the gaggsy"

many thanks go to him and anyone else who help other members in this manner

thank you



My solo2 setting up with VIX

How to set up your new Vu+Duo/Solo2 I will not go into setting up a motorised system like other tutorials as I have not set mine up yet, more fun to come yet?
I have had my sat box for around 3 months so no expert, like some on here, who I might add thanks too for their invaluable help and input, which they give to all us learner sat drivers.
Ok, you got your new shiny Vu+Solo2 and you want to watch some TV but you don’t know where to start !. I had my image pre-installed but soon had it broken due to me messing with it, that’s what you got it for right?

This information is what I found to be the most helpful as I started out, it 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 Sly UK otherwise known as 28.2 East. And although I now have BH image on my box. I did start learning, using the VIX image if you use the other tutorials and read the information given in the forums you should not be in a position “of not having something to watch” unless you break it and that is hard unless you start trying to flash the firmware of the box itself (DON’T GO THERE)
Areas covered will be as follows.
Flashing the Image
Using the setup wizard to setup network etc.
Loading a Bouquet or Channel list.
Setting up a EPG or Electronic Programme Guide
Setting up a Softcam to use with a SLY UK FTV or Free To View card.

Before we go any further I am going to assume you have a HDD you wish to use it 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. OK so now the HDD is installed and the receiver has been closed back up we can start connecting the various leads and cables. (The HDD sits on top of the cradle and the cradle then attaches to the body of the receiver internally.)

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, like I did, For our purposes I will assume this is the case and will be flashing the latest Backup copy ViX image you have downloaded .
Before we get that far however you will need a few things.
A. A USB stick formatted FAT32
B. The ViX image ( Current public version is ViX-xxxxx solo2_usb.zip )

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 which will be ( vuplus and it's contents (Solo2)..) onto the root of the USB stick. ( for this I use winrar . )
3. place the USB stick into front 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 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 "Door Stop".

You should now see a message, it will ask to read image, press white power button on front of your set and it will read USB, On the VFD display of your Vu+ solo2 it will show the progress of the USB stick being read, Ubiffs ect, once this part is complete you will see a message telling you to remove the stick and it will automatically reboot take out the USB stick, although if you forget don't panic, if you leave it in, as it will just continue to load the image if you have not touched power button.

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, 1080p, 576p, 480p, 576i, 480i.
I am selecting 1080p but this can be changed later if needed. Once selected you are 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 if you wish. 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 Sly UK dish for this setup, I will choose as follows.
Configuration mode (tuner A). Simple Mode Single Satellite 28.2E Eurobird 1..Astra 1N/2A/2B/2D Send DiSEqC No.
As I am using both feeds from the same source (a quad LNB I will set both tuners up with the exact same settings so tuner B will be equal to tuner A).
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. You will grow old waiting for it to scan. And I also select no to parental controls.

Setting the internet connection.
The next part of the wizard asks me if I want to set up the internet connection I select yes ( my Solo2 is connected to my broadband router via an AP router using WiFi and cat 5 cable from it to my Box )
Use interface Yes USE DHCP if yes! the box will scan your router and assign a ip address automatically, or if you select NO (I suggest no) you can set up a fixed ip address manually, if no select a number for your ip of say 192.168.0.20 or something higher (you can go up to 255)
That's, that 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 Display ) on your TV screen does not quite fit, it may be stretched or off to one side, don't 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 go to> 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 themselves. Once you are happy that your OSD picture 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 I have 192.168.0.20 with my box)
2. A bouquet pack or channel list, I am using the latest Rat's ( enigma 2 )pack.
Download a pre-configured channel list example Rat's enigma2 from here in Enigma 2 settings.
3. A bouquet editor. I am using DreamboxEdit 5.0.0.3 download from Dreambox tools section on here.
4. a copy of winrar (or use 7zip and it's free ) before we go any further install DreamboxEdit ( DBE ) to your computer.
As I said I am using the Rats bouquet, to set this up correctly you need to make some changes to DBE before you download the bouquet pack to the programme.
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 column. 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 or leave blank.
You can also enter a name for this profile I just use solo2, 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 uncompressing it using winrar to some place where you can easily remember, I create a folder on my desktop for this purpose called CH List’s, and if I try any other channel list’s I create another folder within it.
Press file folder in toolbar of DB edit 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. You can alter the channel lists to suit your preference at a later date, I suggest you look at some tutorials for DB edit.
In the new version of VIX you can use 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 it is freeview and sly is selected (you can also choose slyire)
Setting up an EPG or electronic program guide.

First of all I would recommend you use a dedicated USB stick for this process, I use a Kingston 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. 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 won’t 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 Sly 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, I only select the one that corresponds with my 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 (Rytek) 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 Sly 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.
Also note that if you use Rytek as your EPG provider you must have an 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 an active internet connection, as it uses the same source as Sly UK for its EPG.

Setting up a Softcam.
In this part I am going to show you how to setup CCcam to work with a Sly UK FTV or Free To View card. I cannot however show you how to setup a softcam for anything to do with Card Sharing, as not allowed in this forum, If this is what you are looking for have a good read on here as it’s there in one form or an another or search on other forums.
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 use CCcam (downloaded).
2. Your FTP program, For the purpose of this tutorial I am using FileZilla as it is a free program. (VuCC it is built in)
3. A Sly UK FTV card, a deactivated White sky card will work here.
4. A copy of Notepad++ (I now use this for better results )
First you will need to download the Softcam a copy’s of which can be found on forum.
I myself used enigma2-plugin-cams-cccam.2.2.1_1.0-r0_mipsel.ipk but any version will work.
I use VuCC to access my setup which can be found here in tools section,
Open Vucc add your ip address and click connect, then click on FTP, once connected to your receiver. The boxes on the left of the program are your PC files those on the right are the internal file structure of your Receiver. Navigate to the /TMP/ folder on your receiver which is in root directory, and drag the softcam file (must be in .ipk format, just use winrar to unpack it to folder on desktop) to this location. Just left click hold and drag to the right hand sidein TMP folder window, once done you can exit from Filezilla. ( Although you will need to use it once more before you are done ).

(or alternatively if its an ipk file just place it/them, on a formatted pen drive and plug it into the USB port of VU+ box later images of VIX will detect it and ask if you would like to install it, if you use this method just press OK on remote.)

On your receiver navigate to the ipk installer. This can be found like 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 confirmation box just follow the directions selecting yes to reboot once complete.

While the receiver is rebooting, launch notepad++ or just notepad up to you, 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. If for anything else again use Google it’s your fiend in need.
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 too, using the icons on the left hand side of notepad++ 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 in root directory of the receiver files and copy the file you just created there, again just drag it across, 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.
That's pretty much it. You should now be setup to use your Sly UK FTV card Via CCcam.

Alternatively, you can just download a UK back up Image from the forum, there are a few on this forum and other forums (Ten Below is a great one) everything is already set up for you, for alternate use, and using the same methods as above navigate to /ECT in root directory highlight CCcam.cfg file right click and open as read/edit, in notepad, paste your information into it and then select save, close notepad, hit yes when pop up appears, and leave FTP programme clicking yes on exit, Reboot your box. This was the route I went down at first, make sure you perform a complete back up once set up how you like you system. You can mess with the box once you're confident you won’t be left without any TV and your full backup is on USB stick or saved to a file on your PC for later use. There are no pitfalls to it, just a learning process above all don’t “PANIC” if everything has gone pear-shaped and beyond recovery, or understanding, Just re-flash your box with backed up image chill out and start over when you think you understand the bit that failed. I hope the above is helpful? Even though I have limited knowledge myself and am still learning all the time.

[echelon]

Anybody with a windows pc or laptop can use this tool to determine the box was actually on the network -

Advanced IP Scanner.

See it in action and/or download from here:::
http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/index.php

It's free for home use and it's quite a handy little tool.
With just one button to click it becomes an extremely user friendly tool.
A right click on an entry in the results pane opens up a list of options and tools such as ping, tracenet, telnet and ssh.

It just takes a couple of seconds to scan a network and gives you the
STATUS, NAME, IP, MANUFACTURER - and- MAC address of everything on your network in the results pane.

Armed with this information it just is not possible to enter the wrong IP address in any software -
either in the VuCC by Lee or in any ftp program such as filezilla without using the VuCC.

thanks go to teduk for telling this forum about it

[echelon]

consider the following forum comments to be preferred when setting up a VU box (any) or a dreambox (any) or any similar linux box

I prefer to call it MANDATORY myself , but consider it "best practice" , especially for newbies to these boxes


I ALWAYS set a password using telnet in DCC on any linux box using BH or VIX or OpenPLI

I also ALWAYS fix the IP address too, always have done on my old dm800 and tm9100 boxes

so ALWAYS set a fixed ip and always change the password too , as soon as you install an image

in this case I would set the box to something like 192.168.1.51 or higher and change the password from say "blank" where no password was used, to a proper lower case password like say for example "satpimp" using telnet in DCC and the passwd command


ensure you have fixed the IP on the box , dont let it just choose its own in DHCP AUTO as this will tend to change regularly depending on the order devices connect

also ensure you have telnetted to the box in DCC or similar and changed the password , or used the tuxbox commander password changer plugin

then check your router admin panel and ensure you know the correct ip address for the box and that its logged onto the router (lan devices connected) - ping the box i p address using a command prompt to prove its "talking" over the LAN


The IP will only change if DHCP is set to yes in the box (this really needs changing to no and a manual i p address set)

But this can only happen if the box has been turned off then on again in a different order to the last time it was used,ie last time was pc first then box,this time box first then pc.

With DHCP set to on the router will automatically assign the lowest available ip,so if last time the pc was turned on first that would get 192.168.1.2 and the box would get 192.168.1.3

just in case go into the router and look at the attached devices,this will tell you the IP thats assigned to the box,then go into the settings of the FTP program and ensure they match.if not change these settings to match the IP shown in the routers attached devices.


set it to dhcp so all settings are correct , then untick dhcp and just alter it to the ip you want (using the same one previously used saves me altering settings on pc)


when checking the network on these boxes, you should use DCC , as DCC will tell you more about failures and DCC will allow a connection to any linux box , not just dreamboxes

DCC is also used to telnet to the box and change the password using the passwd command

routers can reserve the IP address you have chosen so that it always uses the same one anyway as the mac code is saved

other programs like VuCC may also help with the above

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I use flash fxp and DCC as my main FTP programs (but filezilla is a useful alternative)

DCC can also be used for telnet purposes which allow you to change the password and in my opinion it is imperative that people change the password as soon as possible after flashing an image. I have done this for about 7 to 8 years now, starting with my dreambox and also with vu boxes too

it is the height of stupidity NOT to set a password on your box, same as the same can be said if you dont password your pc login or bank login or paypal login

bear in mind if doing this for somebody else, you may not know the password so may have trouble due to not knowing what they have used, or have trouble setting one yourself (these tutorials assume you started fromn scratch and no password was set, or the image maker provided the password in his notes about the image or firmware)

so , to stop ip addresses changing due to the switch on order of devices (like was said earlier) then you should fix the lan ip address of your vu box (or dreambox) and that way your FTP program will be set to use the same ip address , same name and same password each and every time you log into the box using it

if it all stays the same, nothing changes, therefore is easier , simpler and no room for errors

it would also stop somebody accessing your box and playing april fools on you by changing your box password (same applies to your router too)

if you think about it, those default logins are what caused all the phone hacking scandal too (in simple terms)

all seems common sense to me, nothing clever about it at all, its the K.I.S.S. principle

I believe in setting a password so that the laptop or pc or dreambox or vu are "happy" , same with setting a fixed ip on all boxes, including non-linux , plus on a NAS too (its obvious to set login password and fixed ip address on a NAS)

its important to do regular backups of your vu and your laptop or pc etc , if you dont , on your heads be it

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also try changing the audio settings to stop NAR working

AUTO LANGUAGE

1 - English
2 - undetermined
3 - Original
4 - any

prefer ac3 = YES
prefer audio stored service - NO

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ACRONYMS and Glossary of terms :-

D.C.C. = Dreambox Control Centre - file manipulation

VuCC = Vu Control Centre - file manipulation

Filezilla - file manipulation

DBedit - DreamBox Edit - channel list installer, save and backup too

F.T.P. = File Transfer Protocol (in DCC and VuCC plus other programs)

Telnet - a command box similar to the dos command box on a pc (in DCC)

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image login name - nearly always root

image login password - could be blank, or set by the author ,
or use DCC and set it yourself using the telnet command passwd

i p address, either the one used by DHCP from the router, or the one you have set manually

port, if required, this will be set by yourself or have a default number which can vary

[echelon]

short tutorial on flashing the box from usb stick

try BH 216 (or the latest BH file if using BH) from here
(or you could try the new openvix hades 11 from the openvix firmware site)

THEN

download the file, UNPACK it with 7zip

format a usb stick that is between half a gig to 8 gig in size to fat32 on your laptop or pc using windows explorer

copy and paste the previously unpacked folder VUPLUS to the stick

switch the solo2 box off completely using the mains switch

place the usb stick in the FRONT usb socket

turn the solo2 box on, and wait while it reads the stick

if all goes well it will program the box

then it will tell you to remove the usb stick and reboot

turn the solo2 box off at the mains and remove the stick

turn the solo2 box back on again and see if it boots up

if it does follow the onscreen wizards

bear in mind these procedures are nothing like your old boxes , there will still be a lot of work to do, which is why the tutorials are here

if it fails, assume the box is faulty (or a clone) -
but try several usb sticks before deciding this, these boxes can be VERY fussy about usb sticks

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Removing unwanted channels from your bouquet (channel list)

you can either :-

go onto the channel you wish to remove
press the down button on the remote
press menu - this brings up the onscreen channel editor
make sure you are still on the unwanted channel
now select "remove from bouquet"
this will remove that channel
repeat for any others you wish to remove from your channel list (bouquet)

OR

import into the latest dreamboxedit on your pc or laptop
delete (remove) the unwanted channels
save to pc (or laptop)
send the amended list back to the dreambox (to your VU in this case)

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then restart enigma 2 from the menu (or restart or reboot the box)

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typical c line



C: satpimps.gotdns.com 12345 pimps1name pimps1password yes



typical n line



N: someserver.dyndns.org 12345 pimps1name pimps1password 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14