<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Ronald Frazier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ron@ronfrazier.net" target="_blank">ron@ronfrazier.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">I actually don't remember for sure why I did that. I think the reason might have been at attempt at optimizing power/heat. As you say, when you set the channel to zero, it still says it is tuned, and if I recall correctly, it still reports a signal lock and a list of programs, correct? So I think I must have figured that if it's doing all that, then it must be doing some work to monitor the signal, parse the MPEG-TS packets, etc. Setting the frequency to zero would turn it off completely, potentially saving power and generating less heat. Never did any kind of testing, so I have no idea if the savings are significant or negligible.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Curious...what does ceton's demo apps do when you are done watching? Do they leave it tuned to a frequency, or do they zero it out too? Also, can you reproduce this problem via manually changing settings in the web interface?</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> 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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"></div><div class="gmail_extra">But I'm glad to know that, with that one change, everything works just fine. It confirms our suspicions that it would all be compatible. Now I wonder if it's a bug in the firmware, or a defect in your particular unit. And thanks for following through on this. I've been dying to know if it works, but my 4-tuner model has been working great and serving all of our needs, so I can't justify upgrading just to satisfy my curiosity.</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No problem... I needed another tuner, and figured it would be worth a shot. Plus, I bought it on a real credit card in case I had to return it :) </div><div><br></div><div>And for the record, I currently have all 6 tuners recording random shows, via CableCard. I've been recording a few other programs over night, but this is the first time I have had all 6 going at once.</div>
<div><br></div><div> --Matt</div></div></div></div>