On 11/29/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">nik gibson</b> <<a href="mailto:nik.gibson@gmail.com">nik.gibson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Is there a sure fire reliable firewire method for the 3250 cable boxes?<br><br>Thanks<br><br>On 11/27/06, Yeechang Lee <<a href="mailto:ylee@pobox.com">ylee@pobox.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Tom Greer <<a href="mailto:trgreer@gmail.com">
trgreer@gmail.com</a>> says:<br>> > I've experimented with multiple DCT-6200s and multiple DCT-6412s. I<br>> > have observed no difference in the reliability of the firewire<br>> > output between the models. Both are require persistence in
<br>> > establishing a reliable connection. Then they will work *extremely*<br>> > reliably for an unforecastable period of time. Then they switch<br>> > ports (or just decide to be flaky again) for no obvious reason.
<br>><br>> This--weeks, or months, of 100% reliability[1], followed by an hour or<br>> two of frustration with migrating ports or whatnot before working<br>> again for weeks or months--is exactly my experience with FireWire with
<br>> my two 6200s . . . *Before* I swtiched, as per Jim Westfall's advice,<br>> to the method I outlined at<br>> <URL:<a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/233570#233570">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/233570#233570
</a>><br>> (from one week ago).<br>><br>> [1] Excluding channel switching, which always has and probably always<br>> will fail once every 20-30 recordings.<br>><br>> --<br>> Yeechang Lee <<a href="mailto:ylee@pobox.com">
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<br>I have 99% reliability using one 3250 box but reliablility goes out the window if I try to use two 3250 in one box. I think I am going to try one 3250 on one box and another or another frontend and see if that is reliable. Pretty much what I have gathered from playing with firewire and these cable boxes is on box is reliable on a 3250 and a 6200. If you are having problems it probably has more to do with your setup such as firewire cards( ie bad modules, I have a builtin firewire port that won't work reliably) or a bad setup, (not using the priming software or having the right modules loaded). I haven't seen as much on the list about the 6412 so I don't know about it but if you have a 3250 or a 6200 I would say there is light at the end of the tunnel and if you have a 6200 there is multiple tunnels.
<br><br>Allan<br>