Set Top Box SnapShots

Introduction

This article describes saving and restoring the state of set-top boxes.

Prerequisites

  • Encoded Media IPTV Manager Pro

Overview

You’re able to save the current state of one or more boxes by creating a SnapShot that can be saved to disk and loaded back in at a later date. The SnapShot is plain text file and containing the following comma-separated values (.CSV):
  • Unique device ID
  • Volume level
  • TV channel
These allows you to perform out-of-hours configuration tasks on any number of target boxes, and be certain that the devices in question can be easily returned to their original viewing state.

Process

To create a SnapShot for one or more boxes
  1. Highlight one or more target boxes individually, in a range, or by selection
  2. Right-click any of the highlighted entries and choose SnapSnots followed by Create SnapShot
  3. Select a destination folder and provide a filename for the new SnapShot file
To restore a SnapShot
  1. Highlight one or more target boxes individually, in a range, or by selection
  2. Right-click any of the highlighted entries and choose SnapSnots followed by Restore SnapShot
  3. Once the SnapShot file has been successfully restored, the relevant boxes will have their volume levels and active channel adjusted accordingly