[mythtv-users] Having trouble with diseqc

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Mon Oct 10 21:45:33 UTC 2011


On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:04 AM, Andrew Cowper
<andrew.cowper at slothrop.net> wrote:
> On Oct 10, 2011 2:24 AM, "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Andrew Cowper
>> <andrew.cowper at slothrop.net> wrote:
>> > Hello Mythtv people
>> >
>> > I'm having trouble setting up my new DVB-S tuner. It's a Technotrend
>> > S-2400 and its working fine with mplayer.
>> >
>> > My problem is when setting up the Capture Card DiSEqC. It comes up
>> > "(Unconnected)", so I select LNB and choose the Universal (Europe)
>> > preset.
>> >
>> > However, I can't make it persist into the DB. The diseqc_tree and
>> > diseqc_config table remain empty, and I cannot scan for channels. When
>> > I return to the Card Capture screen, it comes up "(Unconnected)"
>> > again.
>> >
>> > Is there a magic keypress I need to persist it? Or, can someone who
>> > has it working (with lnb) post the contents of the diseqc tables, so I
>> > can insert them manually?
>> >
>> > This is Ubuntu 11.04 - Mythtv 0.24
>>
>> I have had problems getting this setting to 'stick' - make sure you
>> are exiting the LNB setup page correctly. <esc> will cancel. I can't
>> recall exactly the buttons at the bottom of the page.
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> I did manage to get it to work, but I'm afraid I can't say how.
>
> I just kept fiddling with it and eventually the setting persisted.
>
> Andrew

yeah that's generally how I sort it too.


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