[mythtv-users] DCR-2650 setup

Aaron Russell aaron at therussells.me
Thu Sep 13 02:27:01 UTC 2012


On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Scott Bickford <bic1ster at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm having some problems getting the DCR-2650 setup on MythDora
> (Fedora 12).  It does not show up in mythtvsetup or have an ip
> address.
>
> In theory I've updated to .25 on MythDora ok.  I tried the .24 method
> with the file:/ and extra lineup, but it still does not show up.
>
> dmesg|grep 1-6
> usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
> usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=e300
> usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> usb 1-6: Product: Hauppauge OpenCable Receiver
> usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
> usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 20126686
> usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>
> Sep 12 19:07:28 localhost kernel: usb 1-6: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 2
> Sep 12 19:07:28 localhost kernel: dracut: Starting plymouth daemon
> Sep 12 19:07:28 localhost kernel: usb 1-6: New USB device found,
> idVendor=2040, idProduct=e300
> Sep 12 19:07:28 localhost kernel: usb 1-6: New USB device strings:
> Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Sep 12 19:07:28 localhost kernel: usb 1-6: Product: Hauppauge OpenCable
> Receiver
> Sep 12 19:07:28 localhost kernel: usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
> Sep 12 19:07:28 localhost kernel: usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 20126686
> Sep 12 19:07:28 localhost kernel: usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
>
> ifconfig -a
>
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:FE:7E:4C:D1
>           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> So, I created an ifcfg-eth1 file:
>
> cat ifcfg-eth1
> DEVICE=eth1
> BOOTPROTO=none
> ONBOOT=yes
> IPADDR=192.168.2.2
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> TYPE=Ethernet
> HWADDR=00:0D:FE:7E:4C:D1
> IPV6INIT=no
> USERCTL=no
>
> I can ping the ip ok.
>
> In mythtvsetup, I selected the HD Home Home Run and manually entered
> the above ip and set tuner 1.  Is that correct?  Is there anything
> else I am missing or can test with before I attempt to call
> Cablevision?
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If you put that IP in a browser on your computer you should get the Diag
menu which has activation stats and other stuff.
My config for eth1 is dhcp and i get a different vlan than yours but that
might not matter.
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