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

[Matt Mossholder]

<sigh> Just realized I responded to the list, and not to Ceton.... trying
again!

     --Matt

     --Matt


On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Matt Mossholder <matt at mossholder.com>wrote:

> 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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