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    Dummies guide to setting up Vu+ Ultimo

    Dummies guide to setting up Vu+ Ultimo by Lee Goldwafers.com
    This guide assumes you are installing the Blackhole image.

    1. Install image.
    Download a USB image file from
    https://www.satpimps.co.uk/forumdisp...ack-Hole-Image

    Unzip the vuplus folder to the root directory of a USB Pen Drive.
    Power off Vu+ with switch on the back
    Insert USB Pen Drive into the USB socket on Vu+
    Power on Vu+
    You'll see the following message appear on the front display, "update file exist press the - button."
    update-file-exists-press-the-minus-button.jpg

    Press the "-" button on the front display to install the image from the USB Stick.
    press-minus-key.jpg

    Look at the display on the receiver, it'll display when the update has finished installing.
    Do not remove USB stick or power off receiver until you see the "Remove USB Reboot" message displayed on front display.
    remove-usb-reboot.jpg
    Now it's safe to remove the USB Stick.
    Power off receiver.
    Power on Receiver.

    Image is now installed.

    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
    setup.jpg
    Select Service searching Press OK
    service-searching.jpg
    Select Tuner configuration Press OK
    tuner-configuration.jpg
    Select Tuner A Press OK
    choose-tuner.jpg

    Configure Tuner for Motorised Dish using USALS.
    reception-settings.jpg
    Use the < > buttons on remote to select Simple.
    Use the down button to select mode and use the < > buttons to set to Positioner.
    reception-settings-3-positioner.jpg

    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/forumdisp...gma-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 Here
    https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...ol-Centre-V0-8

    5. Install Cam
    Download CAM TGZ file from https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...le-Image-EMU-S
    (for oe2.0 images use the ipk files here https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...e2-emus-(2013))
    FTP the cam-filename.tgz to the /tmp folder on Vu+
    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.

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    How to use the HDD in Vu+ Ultimo as a NAS drive?

    Whilst I find your dummies guide extremely helpful , unfortunately there is no description of the above question...

    I had to replace my ET9000 recently that became unusable from one day to another without any particular reason, most likely cause of death was the Security Board...

    I've had a 2 TB HDD in the ET9000 that we also used to share some files with my wife, i.e. practically served as a NAS drive.
    I've got the HDD moved over to my new Vu+ Ultimo and can see the HDD via ftp, but cannot figure out how to make it visible in explorer on my Windows 7 (64bit) PC.

    The ET9000 was used to appear under the Network as a network drive, but it is now not visible, although technically I'm using the same IP address for Vu+ Ultimo.
    I've found lots of information on how to share a drive from a PC in Vu+, but that's just the opposite what I wanted to achieve...
    I'd appreciate any advice!
    Last edited by pantelei; 25-04-2013 at 09:55 PM.

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    Here's how to set-up Windows 7 to connect to your Ultimo's internal HDD.

    Click on Windows Icon at the bottom left of the screen.

    Click on Computer.

    Right Click on Network.
    Click on Map Network Drive.
    Click on "Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your do***ents and pictures"

    You will see the "Welcome to the Add Network Location Wizard" box appear.

    Click Next.
    Click on "Choose a custom network location"
    Click Next.

    You'll see the "Specify the location of your website" box appear.

    In the "Internet or network address" box enter the FTP root and your receiver's IP address followed by /media/hdd/ like below:-
    ftp://root@192.168.1.3/media/hdd/
    Click Next

    You'll see the "What do you want to name this location" box appear.

    Enter a name for your network drive, Call it Ultimo in the "Type a name for this network location" input field.

    Then click Finish.

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    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:::
    Code:
    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

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