[mythtv-users] (LMs) Partial lock on DVB-S

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Tue Jul 13 00:15:35 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have had an issue with scheduled recordings vs. Live recordings on a
> DVB-S channel.
>
> After looking at the archives, I determined that I had to reset my Input
> Cards and Sources with a Delete All and start from scratch.
>
> So I recreated my input cards:
>
> DVB-T 1 (Nova T-500)
> DVB-T 2 (Nova T-500)
> DVB-S (Kworld DVB-S 100) and added Universal LNB in Diseq settings - On
> Astra 19.2
> DVB-T 3 (dual tuner usb stick)
> DVB-T 4 (dual tuner usb stick)
>
> I recreated my sources
>
> Freeview-EIT - Only EIT for DVB-T
> Sat-Kazer - Compilation of XMLTV or something like that, I have a cron
> job inserting data from kazer.org
>
> I associated my sources to the input cards.
>
> I scanned the DVB-T channels.
>
> I created some transports for the Sat-Kazer source.
>
> I scanned the transports and added the chosen channels manually using
> the suggested channel number. The scanning worked as expected.
>
> I edited the sat-kazer channels in the editor in order to remove EIT
> scanning and add the relevant XMLTVIDs.
>
> I exited the backend setup and ran the Kazer script.
>
> I launched the frontend.
>
> DVB-T is working flawlessly on all tuners, EIT is coming in.
>
> I have the program data for the DVB-S channels, but when I try to tune
> in, I get
>
> (LMs) Partial Lock
>
>
> That setup used to work, with proper DVB-S tuning/locking, less than an
> hour before. There was no reboot involved at any moment.
>
> What did I miss? What can I provide to debug this situation?
>

Double check that the polarity (horiz or vertical) is correct. There
was a bug at some point whereby the database setting got changed.

Sites like lyngsat have details to check against.


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