[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Prime with CableCard on Myth 0.29 via External (black box) Tuner

[David Engel]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:27:02PM -0400, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:14:25AM -0500, David Engel wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:40:37AM -0400, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote:
> > > What I don't understand is:
> > > 
> > > * Why does my HDHomerun Prime show up as having 25 ATSC channels when
> > >   it doesn't have an ATSC tuner so it can't have any ATSC channels?
> > 
> > Those are unencrypted channels on your cable.  They are typically
> > local channels or on-demand streams.
> > 
> > > * Why does my HDHomerun Prime show up with the IP address 172.x.y.62
> > >   as an hdhomerun_atsc_4 tuner when this is the IP address and
> > >   identity of my HD Homerun connect device?
> > 
> > The IP address shown in mythtv-setup is purely informational to help
> > you identify your devices.  The IP address can change from time to
> > time unless you have configured your DHCP server to give static
> > addresses to your HDHRs.  The HDHR, device ID is what MythTV actually
> > uses when recording from them.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Here's a portion of my dhcpd.conf file:
> 
> ```
>             host hd-homerun-00 { hardware ethernet 00:18:dd:xx:yy:00; fixed-address hd-homerun-00.vindaloo.com; }
>             host hd-homerun-01 { hardware ethernet 00:18:dd:xx:yy:01; fixed-address hd-homerun-01.vindaloo.com; }
>             host hd-homerun-02 { hardware ethernet 00:18:dd:xx:yy:02; fixed-address hd-homerun-02.vindaloo.com; }
> ```
> 
> What's throwing me off is that the IP address that I see in the
> mythtv-setup UI is not the IP address of the HD Homerun Prime, and the
> Prime is a model atsc_3. I'm not sure which information in the UI I
> should ignore and which information I should pay attention to. :-)

Can you post some screenshots from mythtv-setup showing all of your
HDHRs and their IPs?

David
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David Engel
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