[mythtv-users] Sudden failure of InfiniTV6 PCIe to tune channels

[Justin Moore]

>
> Check the cooling on the card. It can be perfectly configured, but if it
> gets warm will not record. Cool it down and it will record perfect again
> ... if properly configured.
>

Thanks for the suggestion. Is there a temperature above which it gets ...
twitchy? 40C? 45C? 50C?

-justin


>
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 11/21/2017 07:31 AM, Justin Moore wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have an InfiniTV 6 (PCIe version) which has worked beautifully with my
>>> Verizon CableCARD since 2014. However in the last 24 hours I've been unable
>>> to tune or record anything. I've used the python client program, I've
>>> called Verizon to re-pair my CableCARD, and I've rebooted my computer, all
>>> with no success. I've searched Google for various error messages and
>>> conditions, also with no success.
>>>
>>> CableCARD status is "Validated, validation message is received,
>>> authenticated, and the IDs match those in the current binding". My WMDRM
>>> status on all the tuners is "red", though. Digging through the logs I've
>>> started to see a number of "failed to get pat" messages when attempting to
>>> tune a channel, and I'm wondering if that's related. When I pull up a tuner
>>> tab on the browser UI, I set a channel using the "Channel" text field, and
>>> click "Set channel". It tries to switch channels, but in the "Program" text
>>> box I see "No programs". Yet when I click over to the "Status" tab I do see
>>> a program number and a number of PIDs. I don't know enough to know if the
>>> error message is related to the tuning failure, but I don't recall having
>>> this problem before.
>>>
>>> Setup:
>>> Distro: Fedora 25
>>> Kernel: 4.8.14-300
>>> Firmware version: 15.1.13.152
>>> CableCo: Verizon Fios
>>> MythTV version: 29
>>>
>>> If anyone has any ideas on what I should check for next, I'd really
>>> appreciate it. This really was working just fine for over a year, and then
>>> just crapped out two nights ago.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -justin
>>>
>>> After tuning a channel as you described above, click on the status tab
>> and look at the bottom of the page for "Copy Protection:" It should say
>> "Copy Control Information: "Copy Free" (00)". If it says anything else you
>> will not be able to record that channel. Every so often I find a channel
>> has been changed by Comcast to "Copy Once" and that prevents recording. If
>> that is the case you will have to get the cable provider (Verizon) to
>> change it back to "Copy Free".
>>
>> Peter
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