Dummies guide to setting up Vu+ Duo2

[LeeGW]

Dummies guide to setting up Vu+ Duo2 by Lee Goldwafers.com

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Useful Software
7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Winrar - http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Either of the above software can be used for unzipping the files.
VuCC - https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?168091-VuCC-Vu-Control-Centre-V0-8


1. Install image.
Download a USB image file, eg Blackhole Image from
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?715-Vu-Duo2-Images

Unzip the BlackHole-vuduo2_usb.zip file and extract the vuplus folder to a USB PEN Drive.

After unzipping to the pen drive you should have a folder on your pen drive named vuplus

In the vuplus folder is another folder named duo2

In the duo2 folder are 5 files.

initrd_cfe_auto.bin
kernel_cfe_auto.bin
reboot.update
root_cfe_auto.bin
splash_cfe_auto.bin

Power off Vu+ Duo2 with switch on the back
Open the front flap on the right hand side.
Insert USB Pen Drive into the front USB socket behind the front flap.
Power on Vu+ Duo2

When you see the "Update" message on the front display press the standby button (located behind the front flap)


Once the image has been successfully installed the receiver will reboot automatically.


2. 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
Select Service searching Press OK
Select Tuner configuration Press OK
Select Tuner A Press OK

Configure Tuner for Motorised Dish using USALS.
Use the < > buttons on remote to select Simple.
Use the down button to select mode and use the < > buttons to set to Positioner.

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.

3. 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

For motorised dishes you'll want to look for this thread "Catseye Enigma 2 Settings File 75 East - 45 West All Satellites"
Go to the last page in that thread to download the latest Catseye file.

Unzip the Channel List to your local HDD.

Example C:\Catseye E2 Settings File 75 East-45 West

Use VuCC to upload channel list to Duo2.

VUCC is an essential tool to have.
Download VuCC From
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?168091-VuCC-Vu-Control-Centre-V0-8

4. Install Cam

A) Download CAM TGZ file from https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?142280-VuPlus-Community-Black-Hole-Image-EMU-S


B) or the newer 2013 or onwards versions (like v2.30) from

https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?161009-Vu-Plus-community-BH-oe2-emus-(2013)

FTP the cam-filename.tgz or ipk file to the /tmp folder on Vu+ (usually this is var/tmp)

Press Green Button then Yellow Button on Vu+ remote control.
Select Manual Install Bh Package.
Select the cam-filename.tgz file or ipk file (in ipk installer) and press OK.
Message will appear - Do you want to install cam-filename.tgz (or ipk file)
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 bottom 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 bottom 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 bottom 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.

[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 in BH 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 linux 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


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

also ensure you have telnetted to the box 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)


The IP will only change if DHCP is set to yes in the box , and this really needs changing to no

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 to ip you want use the same one previously used saves me altering settings on pc.

DCC is Dreambox Control Centre , an ftp and telnet program (plus other duties)

DBedit is Dreamboxedit (used to load or save channel lists) - also used to edit existing channel lists (settings)

Dreamset is another dreambox (or linux boxes like the vu) channel editor / loader

VuCC is another useful tool including an ftp program (filezilla) - by author Lee

many dreambox tools and programs can be used on VU linux boxes

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



I use flash fxp and DCC as FTP programs

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

to stop ip addresses changing due to the switch on order of devices (like Ian 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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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

[echelon]

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

set it to usb in the mountpoints, then select it in crossepg

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Now for Crossepg , 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 update all the various providers first (rytec and opentv), then 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