[mythtv-users] External channel change not passing channel

duck tduckett at tdux.com
Sun Apr 1 18:25:22 UTC 2007


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 04/01/2007 04:25 AM, duck wrote:
>   
>> David Watkins wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> On 01/04/07, duck <tduckett at tdux.com> wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> For some reason Myth is not passing the channel number to the external
>>>> channel changer script.  I have removed all cards from my server except
>>>> the pvr-150 and tried several tests and cannot get the external channel
>>>> change to work.  If I run the directv.pl script by hand it functions
>>>> properly!  I am using the latest mythtv version .0.20 and I even tried
>>>> using an older version and it still did not work.  No errors in any of
>>>> the log files.  Thank you!!!
>>>>         
>>> you could edit your channel change script to echo the parameter into
>>> an file.  Then you would find out:
>>>
>>> a)  whether myth was actually calling the script.
>>> b)  what parameter (if any) myth is passing to it.
>>>       
>> I wrote a simple shell script:
>>
>> channel_changer
>> echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8  $9 > test
>> /capture/directv.pl box_type RCA_OLD setup_channel $1
>>
>> output in test
>> /channel/changer
>>
>> The channel number is never being passed.
>>     
> Chances are your command is not properly configured.  (PATH problem?)  
> So, without your providing info on how you've configured it, it's hard 
> for us to tell you how to fix the configuration...  ;)
>
> Mike
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Mythtv-setup for the external channel changer

/capture/channel_changer

Channel changer script

#!/bin/bash
echo $0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8  $9 > test
/capture/directv.pl box_type RCA_OLD setup_channel $1

the only output the test file shows is:

/channel/changer
/channel/changer
/channel/changer
/channel/changer

This is after several attempts to change the channel.
Notice only the $0 has output 


I have tried the following in the external channel changer command under mythtv-setup

/capture/directv.pl box_type RCA_OLD setup_channel


When I  run myth mythbackend with the "/capture/directv.pl box_type 
RCA_OLD setup_channel" setting
it complains that it could not set the channel and it says external 
channel changer exited with error 255

I have tried reinstalling older versions and newer versions of myth but 
all do the same.  I have removed all cards from my system except for the 
pvr-150 but this had no effect.

Triend everything I could think of.  If  I need to provide additional 
info please let me know.

Output from mythbackend

2007-04-01 07:37:34.635 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2007-04-01 07:37:34.696 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-04-01 07:37:34.706 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
localhost
2007-04-01 07:37:34.716 Current Schema Version: 1160
Starting up as the master server.
2007-04-01 07:37:34.735 New DB connection, total: 2
2007-04-01 07:37:34.737 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
localhost
2007-04-01 07:37:34.744 EITHelper: localtime offset -4:00:00
2007-04-01 07:37:34.753 New DB connection, total: 3
2007-04-01 07:37:34.754 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
localhost
Error excessive retries      <- this is output from the 
/capture/directv.pl box_type RCA_OLD setup_channel $1 line of my script.
2007-04-01 07:37:35.816 ret_pid(11761) child(11761) status(0x0)
2007-04-01 07:37:35.816 External Tuning program exited with no error
2007-04-01 07:37:35.849 New DB scheduler connection
2007-04-01 07:37:35.860 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
localhost
2007-04-01 07:37:35.865 Main::Starting HttpServer
2007-04-01 07:37:35.880 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2007-04-01 07:37:35.894 mythbackend version: 0.20.20060828-3 www.mythtv.org
2007-04-01 07:37:35.894 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2007-04-01 07:37:35.895 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 72 
MiB/min
2007-04-01 07:37:35.898 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 2.1 GB w/freq: 
10 min
2007-04-01 07:37:37.885 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2007-04-01 07:37:38.033 Scheduled 116 items in 0.1 = 0.05 match + 0.10 place
2007-04-01 07:37:38.039 Seem to be woken up by USER




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