[mythtv-users] 3. Re: Ceton infinitv 6 eth, anyone using it? (David Engel) & (Matt Mossholder)

Gary Buhrmaster gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
Sat Feb 27 19:17:37 UTC 2016


On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Peter Bennett (cats22)
<cats22 at comcast.net> wrote:
....
> A few tips -
> 1. It has a slow memory leak, so I reboot it once a week. You can do
> that with a script.

The rumor that I recall (which may or may not be accurate) was that
the memory leak was in the various beta firmwares (and not in
the "production" revisions), but if you need the beta....

> 2. You may need updated firmware ceton_infinitv_beta_fw_15_1_13_152 or
> later to get around a problem with newer cable card firmware. It is not
> on teh ceton website, get it from here
> http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=8352

That Beta firmware, as I recall, was mostly to deal with specific
Cisco CableCARDs and turning CCI=none into CCI=<not_specified>
which initially required CGMS to be respected until CableLabs
updated the specification again and allowed Ceton (and others)
to ignore CGMS.  If you do not have a Cisco CableCARD, that
particular issue does not currently manifest itself.

I presume since the OP already has a pcie version, if they
need that beta firmware they already have it.

I also recall someone saying that the beta firmware has broken
some part of the web output.  All in all, the beta may be
necessary, but Ceton should consider cleaning up the issues
and making it the new standard.  It has a been a long time now
since it was initially released (but Ceton has always worked
in mysterious ways regarding their firmware updates and
schedules).

> 3. It runs very hot, the labels peel off because of the high
> temperature. Although that did not cause any malfunction, I got a cheap
> fan to put underneath it which solves the problem. It may be designed to
> run hot but i am not sure if the cable card is also designed to run so hot.

The environmental specifications require a CableCARD to operate
in an environment up to 55C, although parts of the card itself
are allowed to get hotter (65C) as long as the exposed part
(that wetwear can touch) does not exceed 50C for metal, and
60C for non-metal (don't want to burn the fingers of the consumer).

As I recall there are some tuner temperature values available
from the device, but I have no idea how that relates to the
temperature at the CableCARD itself (just like there is commonly
a difference between the CPU temp and the planar temps for
most systems).

I will also note that (if you recall your old STB with a CableCARD)
STBs also got very hot (at least the early generations, later ones
ran cooler), and they worked OK with CableCARDs.


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