Technicolor Mediatune Installation Guide
Mediatune
Installation Guide
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Introduction
This document will take you through a typical installation process for Mediatune, a new webbased interface for the COM1000 product enabling switched matrix control capabilities.
Mediatune can be used with an HD COM1000 system to direct content from any source tuner
to any output QAM channel, or allow for a simple tuning interface for IP installations or
systems which don’t utilize the Technicolor integrated EdgeQAM. They system is based on
the web server on the COM24 card, so any browser based device can interact and become a
control point, allowing for maximum flexibility for the users. You can have several PCs,
iPads, and other tablet devices which will all synchronize with the interface running on the
COM1000.
Installing the Mediatune Files
Mediatune is made up of several files which are transferred to one of the COM24 cards within
a COM1000 system. You can also use a COM24-FLX card if it has been upgraded to an HD
card. Transferring the Mediatune files is similar to the software upgrade process and utilizes
the TFTP mechanism. Please read through and understand this process in the Technicolor
COM1000 Integrator’s Manual if you are not familiar.
First, select the card in the system you wish to have the Mediatune files installed. Typically,
this is the first card in the chassis, but you can select any card in the system to become the
Mediatune card. Technicolor will process and deliver an “Authorization File” specifically
tied to the RID of this card. It will be called “authXXX.tga” with XXX being the last 3 digits
of the RID selected.
UPLOAD THE AUTHORIZATION FILE
1) From the PairingInfo page on the COM1000 interface, check the box in the Upgrade
column for the card you wish to upload the authorization file.
2) Select Usage: 1 = MT from the drop down list
3) Enter the IP address of the TFPT server
4) Enter the Filename: authXXX.tga
5) Mode: 0 = TFPT
6) Press SUBMIT
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Once this file has been successfully transferred, you will be able to make other transfers
including the Mediatune directory. You can quickly test to see if this transfer was successful
by opening a browser and typing XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/info/channels.xml in the address bar
where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP address of the COM24 card just authorized. In the example
above, this would be 10.45.48.5/info/channels.xml. In the browser, you will see this file
either downloaded or displayed depending on your browser settings.
UPLOADING THE MEDIATUNE FILES
Mediatune will be available as a “file.tg” file from Technicolor. In the same manner you
uploaded the authorization file, upload the “file.tg” Mediatune directory.
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Once uploaded, you will be able to browse to the Mediatune file. On a PC, using Chrome,
browse to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/mediatune.html where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP address of the
COM24 card containing the Mediatune files.
NOTE: The unzipping process may take 30 seconds to 1 minute to complete, so please allow
a little time for the Mediatune files to be accessible.
You should see something like this….
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