Guides

Flashing a new image (WIP)
These guides will show you how to flash a new enigma2 image to your receiver.

Flash via Spark
First of all choose an image to put on your receiver. The list here shows some of the popular ones.

Flash the image

 * 1) Boot into Spark
 * 2) Open the Spark e2_plugin.
 * 3) Select directory where image is located
 * 4) Flash the image
 * 5) Boot into enigma2 by:
 * 6) going to menu -> system -> basic setting -> factory default -> then quickly press 'epg 5 2 1 0' keys OR
 * 7) turning off machine, hold [OK] on the front of the box and turn it on. Release OK when FORC appears. Press [DOWN] to show ENIG. Press [OK].

Flash directly from USB stick (TBD)

 * 1) Put the image in a directory named "enigma2" on the root of a compatible USB stick
 * 2) Turn off machine, hold [OK] on the front of the box and turn it on. Release [OK] when FORC appears. Press right to show '???'.

Flash via Ethernet (WIP)
If you can't flash an image via USB, it is possible to do so via Ethernet as follows:

Preparation:
 * 1) Install TFTP tools [csicotftp11.rar] to your PC.
 * 2) Set your PC IP addr to [192.168.40.19].
 * 3) Connect your PC to STB by LAN (not WLAN).
 * 4) Set default booting system to [spark].

Upgrade:
 * 1) Copy [mImage] and [userfsub.img] to any folder of your PC, for example [C:\spark]
 * 2) Select folder in TFTP tools:
 * 3) Keep Pressing [OK] Button in Front Panel, then power on STB.
 * 4) After 5 seconds you will see [Forc] in LED, release [OK] button and press [Right] Button.
 * 5) If everything is okay [T LD] will be displayed on the receiver LED display and you will see some debug information in TFTP Server.
 * 6) if the upgrade is successful you will see [SUCC] and the receiver will reboot automatically.
 * 7) If the upgrade has not finished in 5 minutes then there must be something wrong. Please check your configuration and re-try.

Cisco TFTP can be downloaded from http://www.swtools.biz/tools/.

Installing plugins and skins (WIP)
These guides show how to install plugins and skins into enigma2.

Automatic install

 * 1) Go to menu -> plugins -> download plugins (green button).
 * 2) Select whichever plugins you wish to install.

Automatic install via software
Your plugin should install
 * 1) Use an FTP program to transfer the ipk file to the /tmp directory on the receiver.
 * 2) Go to menu -> plugins -> Software management.
 * 3) Press OK to advance to next screen.
 * 4) Press green to place a check mark against any plugin you wish to install.
 * 5) Press OK.

Automatic install via telnet
opkg install [name-of-ipk] As a shortcut, you can type the beginning of the .ipk file then press TAB to autocomplete its name.
 * 1) Use an FTP program to transfer the ipk file to the /tmp directory on the receiver.
 * 2) Use a telnet program to open a command window to your receiver.
 * 3) Type cd /tmp to switch to the tmp directory.
 * 4) Use opkg to install the plugin by typing:

Manual install
Often, plugin ipk files are written for mipsel-based receivers and don't install correctly on the SH4-based STI7162 receivers. However, you can still try to install the plugin as follows:
 * 1) Extract the ipk file using 7 zip, or another programme that can read .ipk files.
 * 2) Use an FTP program to transfer the extracted files to your receiver. This will typically be a directory named /usr. copy this to the root of the receiver to ensure the files go in the correct location.
 * 3) Restart enigma2.