[mythtv-users] Questions about conversion from analog to digital recording (PVR500 to Ceton InfiniTV 6 ETH)

[Peter Bennett]

On 12/24/2016 09:36 AM, Craig Huff wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Peter Bennett <cats22 at comcast.net
> <mailto:cats22 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     I have a Ceton ETH 6 and it has been working well for about two years
>     now. Unfortunately Ceton seem to have gone out of business, but if you
>     can get a used one I would recommend it. The setup on MythTV is easy,
>     there are web pages served by the Ceton that give the information
>     needed
>     for pairing it with the cable card.
>
>     I bought the Ceton because I was having endless problems with a HD
>     Homerun Prime (Hangs and Watchdog reboots), which were not
>     resolved in a
>     replacement unit I received under warranty.
>
>     If you have any specific questions I can help. I also have a saved
>     copy
>     of the latest firmware from January 2015 that addresses a copy protect
>     problem mentioned by Gary.
>
>     Some tips -
>     1. It gets hot enough to peel the label off. I stand it on a small fan
>     which keeps it nice and cool, although others say that is unnecessary.
>     2. There is a memory leak in the firmware. I reboot the Ceton once a
>     week. If you don't do that it runs out of memory after a month or two,
>     and may hang or reboot itself.
>
>
>
> Peter,
>
> Thank you again for your feedback and advice.
>
> Now that the dust is settling (figuratively) with my transition to a
> used Ceton InfiniTV 6 ETH box, I wanted to compare the firmware
> version it has to the revised version you mentioned you have archived.
>
> My box has version 14.10.3.163, with a release date of Friday, 03.
> October 2014.  It was installed on my box on Mon Jan 5 01:45:02 2015.
>
> Casting about on the Ceton website, the best information I could find
> was that the latest firmware version for InfiniTV 6 products is only
> 14.4.6.21 (lower that what I've got!).
>
> If what I have is older than what you have, what issue(s) might I
> encounter that would prompt for upgrading my box?
>
> -----------
>
> As a separate issue, in looking at the system log on my Ceton, I
> noticed that the system log date/time started at 1/1 00:00:02 and
> never corrected to current time, even though there are log entries like:
>         Jan  4 17:50:05 ocur[21]: ocur: STT time Sat Dec 24 14:11:25
> 2016 UTC
> Do you know if there is a way to fix this? (It makes it challenging to
> figure out when [what time] the Ceton did/didn't do things.)
>
> Finally, I'm thinking of putting the Ceton box on my "smart" power
> strip with my MythTV backend, such that it will power down whenever my
> BE is shutdown and power up when my BE wakes up in advance of
> recording something or being used to watch something.  This is how I
> had the Comcast DTAs set up previously.  From the Ceton log, it looks
> like my current wake-up lead time of three (3) minutes before showtime
> should be fine.  Do you have any advice/warnings on this idea?
>
> --
> Craig.
>
The weird log dates are normal with the Ceton. I don't think there is
any way to fix it.

I think it best to leave the Ceton on permanently. The cable company
sends cable card updates over the wire. If it is unplugged I don't know
if you may miss the updates and land up with wrong channel assignments
or other problems.

You need to reboot the ceton occasionally, once a week or once a month.

You may need to upgrade your firmware to the latest to get all channels.
That would be version 15.1.13.152 dated Tuesday, 13. January 2015.

Get it here
http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=8352

The problem that it solves is described here
http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/viewtopic.php?p=82420

Peter

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