[mythtv-users] Partly OT: Firewire changing Node ID

[N Dugas]

Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 2/23/06, N Dugas <normdugas at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
>>Steven Adeff wrote:
>>[...]
>>
>>>mental note: don't move to a territory Shaw provides cable...
>>>
>>>as for your issue, you shouldn't have to unload the firewire modules,
>>>unplugging the cable box from the firewire cable should be enough to
>>>reset it. As for the node change, from what I understand its something
>>>the 6412 determines, so it may not be possible to do anything about.
>>>Your best bet may be to minimize the possibility of the 6412 from
>>>turning off so you don't have this problem under normal conditions.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Steve
>>
>>Here's what normally gets me going but I may not thave the order right:
>>- stop mythbackend
>>- unplug the firewire cable from BOTH the pc and 6412
>>- plug the 6412 end
>>- plug the pc end
>>- plugreport to ensure it's on NodeID (this is the only one that will work)
>>- run the fix_node script (plugctl commands that were suggested by you
>>Steve some time ago which helped a great deal)
>>- test-mpeg2 - if stuff on screen, it's a go.  If not, do the dance again
>>- once all things are ok, restart mythbackend.
>>
>>The only time I'll unload modules is when I'm away from home and trying
>>to fix things remotely but this rarely works.  It's the cable reseat
>>that tends to make things right.
> 
> 
> Next time you have to do this, try setting the box up in mythtv-setup
> to broadcast (even if your script is using p2p currently). Then unplug
> everything restart both the cable box and the mythtv computer. I've
> been running like this for about a month now without a missed
> recording where as before I had mythtv using p2p, requiring the script
> to "improve" things. If your channel changes aren't working well try
> using 6200ch in the contrib folder with the "new" method, this new
> method has worked perfectly for me as well.
> 
I'll give this a try.  The reason I never used broadcast was even 
thought I had set broadcast in mythsetup, plugreport always showed it 
was set to 0.  Thanks for the tips.
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