[mythtv-users] Firewire Problems, was working

[Jim Westfall]

Allan Wilson <allanwilson at gmail.com> wrote [09.22.06]:
> Okay I got it compiled and I ran the command like you recommended and also
> two other ways. Node 0 works but Node 1 is hit or miss. I can unplug it and
> plug it back in but node 0 stops working. If I replug node 0 then both
> worked for 20 seconds and node 1 stopped working. I do have mythbackend
> running but I am not using the firewire ports. Any ideas? I didn't run
> mythbackend with the output because I haven't set backup the second firewire
> port since running your tool shows it is not working. Let me know what you
> think.

hrm, any chance I can get access to your backend to poke around?

> 
> sh-3.00$ ./firewire_tester -p -n 0 -v
> Testing P2P connection, node 0, channel 0
> p2p: success, 530 packets received
> 
> sh-3.00$ ./firewire_tester -p -n 1 -v
> Testing P2P connection, node 1, channel 1
> p2p: failed
> 
> sh-3.00$ ./firewire_tester -p -n 0 -r 5
> invalid command line
> firewire_tester <action> -n <node> [-P <port>] [-v]
> Actions: (one is required)
>    -b          - test broadcast connection
>    -p          - test p2p connection
>    -B          - attempt to fix/stabilize broadcast connection
> Options
>    -n <node>   - required
>    -P <port>   - default 0
>    -v          - verbose
> Testing P2P connection, node 0, channel 0
> p2p: success, 181 packets received

where did you get this version? The -r option was added before 0.20 came out.

jim