[mythtv-users] Ceton infinitv 6 Eth & mythtv?

[Matt Mossholder]

The reason for tuning to a 0 frequency in the past was that this was how
you "turned off" a tuner. Is there a new way to turn a tuner off?

    Thanks,

      --Matt

     --Matt


On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Matt Mossholder <matt at mossholder.com>wrote:

> I just got the following (expected) unhelpful reply from Ceton:
>
> Hello Matt,
>
> Thank you for contacting Ceton Support.
>
> According to OpenCable specifications, The Forward Application Transport
> (FAT) tuner is to have a frequency range of 54-1002 MHz.
>
> Otherwise, this is an unsupported set up therefore it is at your own risk.
>
> Please let us know if you have any other questions we can help with.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ceton Support
>
>      --Matt
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net>wrote:
>
>>
>>   I'll check the demo app when I get home, but it uses a completely
>>> different API (UPnP/SOAP/etc. ).  I did search through the python code to
>>> see if there was anything that looked like it was trying to de-tune, but
>>> didn't find anything. It might be handled internally to the device via the
>>> new API.
>>>
>>>
>> The name for it is the DRI (can't remember what it stands for...google it
>> if you care). When I was writing the code, I had trouble figuring out how
>> to get the DRI to work, so I just stuck with the web interface. I spoke
>> with Austin Foxly from Ceton and asked him about if there was any
>> functionality difference but he said no. Behind the scenes, the DRI
>> interface and the web interface both invoke the same code. So I never
>> bothered trying to figure it out since it was working as is.
>>
>>
>> I have a Kill-a-Watt, so we can see what the difference in power
>>> consumption is, if we can figure out how to de-tune w/o hosing things.
>>>
>>
>> It starts off in a de-tuned state, so probably just reboot, let it sit
>> for  a few minutes to make sure it settled, take a watt reading, start
>> playback, stop it, and (with your code patch it will stay tuned to a
>> frequency) take one more reading. That will tell you the difference between
>> fully turned off and partially turned off (just make sure that commflagging
>> or other tasks aren't still running in the background).
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I can definitely reproduce via the Ceton web interface. I didn't even
>>> mention MythTV in the ticket, since it would just be a red herring for them.
>>>
>>
>> Smart move. If they give you any unhelpful response (like "well, then
>> just don't do that") let me know and I can always contact Austin and get
>> his input on the matter.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ron Frazier
>>
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