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Howto use the world wide web interface (webif) built into my DM box

The main Webif page

Every DM box has a built in world wide web server or webif as it is also known as, which allows you do to;

Change the channels on your set top box (also known as Zap)
Change the bouquets on your set top box (also known as Zap)
Change the network provider on your set top box (also known as Zap)
Change satellites you are watching on your set top box (also known as Zap)
Change the volume on your set top box
Setup your set top box as a Media Center client
Watch your set top box on your PC via the Web-X-TV link on your computer
Listen to your set top box on your PC via the APid option
Setup recordings on your set top box and change the recording timer functions
Mount network devices or computers to your DM box
Tune your dish with the Zoom and Satfinder options, with wifi to a notebook by the dish (only if you have wifi)
... and so much more.

In short the webif provides you with complete control of your DM box from a web browser like Firefox3 and from your PDA.

Howto do it (a very simple process)

click on the links to learn more

You need to know the IP address of your DM Box. Most important: Your DM box needs to be connected to your LAN for it to work
Open your web browser (on your computer) to the IP address of your DM box.

In this example below we will use the IP address of http://192.168.1.201 and this world wide web site in your DM box will appear.

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What are some of these settings?

click on the links to learn more

At the top of the screen we see

The current channel playing on your set top box
The Now: EPG
The Next EPG
A sliding bar where you can set the volume.

Then we will see;

A link to the WEB-X-TV where you can watch TV on your computer
4 drop down menus Box Control | Channel Info | Shutdown | About PLi® (where you find direct www links to this wiki)
Any hard disk information id you have one installed (No hard disk will show as N/A N/A)

Then at the top of the main screen you will see this line where it shows;

What menu you are currently on in this example the main Zap menu (default)
The all important SNR signal
The all important AGC signal
The all important BER signal (should as close to 0 (zero) as possible)
If you see two green dots (sync & lock) then you have connected to the channel you selected
The vpid option is another option to stream video and audio from your set top box to your computer
The apid option is another option to stream audio only from your set top box to your computer
The zoom option, will allow you to tune your dish with a wifi notebook if you have one

The ZAP options

change TV, Radio, movies and more

From this ZAP menu you can;

Change TV channels
Change Radio Channels
See what data channels are on the satellite you are using
See what movies are on your hard disk (if you have one)
See the inside file structure of your DM box
Set up the stream / movieplayer plugin

Simply click on the Box Control tab, and then the ZAP option.

If you select the TV option as shown below you can then further select

All services (every TV channel off every satellite loaded in your box)
Satellites - select the satellite you want to watch TV from
Providers - gives a lists of the TV channels providers in your set top box
Bouquets - select a bouquet you have set up to watch TV

then simply click on the TV channel name to change the TV channel on your set top box. A really cool feature.

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If you select the Radio option as shown below you can then further select

All services (every Radio channel off every satellite loaded in your box)
Satellites - select the satellite you want to listen to the Radio from
Providers - gives a lists of the Radio channels providers in your set top box
Bouquets - select a bouquet you have set up to listen to the radio

then simply click on the Radio channel name to change the Radio channel on your set top box. A really cool feature.

Tip: What is the best web browser to use with this Webif? Firefox3 is the best on all computer platforms, although others do work, but not as well.
Tip: You can port forward this Webif to the Internet, see your modem / routers user manual on how to forward port 80 to the WAN
Tip: The Webif is only as good as your LAN! If your LAN is mis-configured then expect problems with some of the Webif features!
Known Issues: On some Linux distributions Firefox does not always like our news ticker, but you can disable this feature on the drop down menu above.

Links related to your world wide web interface in this wiki

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