[mythtv-users] New HD HomeRun problem

[R. G. Newbury]

Bob Sully wrote:
> Jay Broussard wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Bob Sully <rcs at malibyte.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Check the Silicon Dust homepage and see if your power supply has been
>> recalled: http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/power
>>
>> There are a lot of problems attributed to that.
>>
>> Jay
>>
> 
>> This (or something very similar) happened to me recently. I had no
>> problems getting a windows PC to record off the HDHR, but no joy on
>> my Mythbox. In the end, removing the HDHR tuners from Myth and
>> adding them back in fixed it for me. Of course, now I have to redo
>> all of my channel assignments, but at least the HDHR works now.
>>
>> Justin
> 
>> Then, make sure that the router has not changed the IP address of the
>> hdhr.
>> Make sure that everything, including the channel standard is properly
>> set on the hdhr....
>> Most likely reason is that the router changed the IP of the hdhr. If you
>> can, reserve the hdhr's IP address by tying it to the MAC, since there
>> is no easy way to contact the hdhr under linux if the IP address keeps
>> changing.
>> If you cannot reserve an address, then reduce the allowed DHCP served
>> range to ONE address, and let the hdhr have it.
>> This does mean that you have to use static for everything else.
>>
>> Geoff
> 
> OK -
> Tried power-cycling the router - no joy (even a hard reset and re-set-up
> didn't change anything).  I don't think it's the IP address; I believe the
> HDHR has had the same IP addy for quite some time (192.168.1.67).  I can't
> really shut my DHCP server down to one address, as I have people coming in
> here all the time with laptops, and I need a working DHCP server.
> 
> What if it had changed?  How would I get Myth to find it?  Since the
> config utility can find it using the serial number, and Myth HAS the
> serial number, shouldn't Myth be able to find it no matter which IP it's
> on?
> 
> Next, tried removing all of the capture cards, then replacing them in the
> same order.  That didn't work either.  The QAM section of the pcHD5500
> works fine, though, so the "in the clear" video source I'm using appears
> to be OK.
> 
> Rebooted the Myth BE/FE box before, didn't matter, will try again after a
> long download finishes up.
> 
> SiliconDust DOES say my power brick needs replacement, so they'll be
> sending a new one (thanks, Jay!).  While I'm waiting for it to show up,
> any other ideas?  I find this really odd, since it was working fine last
> Friday, but not last night, and nothing else has changed.
> 
> Thanks for the help thus far - Bob

Ah HAH!
Try 'iptables -F' and then
'hdhomerun_config discover'

Sometimes the firewall gets borken and mungs things.
I have those lines in my mythbox' rc.local to ensure that the hdhr can 
be seen by the mythbox. Really screwed with my head for a while, that 
the &9$%&$%#$^&*(* hdhr would not work properly!

But it was, actually. The fault was at the mythbox end.....

Geoff


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