PowerScheduler++ 1.4.0.x - Stable versions for MediaPortal 1.4 (5 Viewers)

[Pom]

Michael,

Here are logs from the same scenario last night:

1. Set up a scheduled recording to run 6.00-6.10am this morning
2. Put the PC to sleep using the remote at ~10.30pm
3. This morning the PC was asleep; when woken up - MP was frozen on last nights screen and recording had failed

Quick check of the logs and looks like exactly the same error as last time.

Yesterday I also tried the "re-initialise TV controller on wake-up" option in PS++ but this just crashed the TV server when PC was resumed from sleep several hours later :-(

Thanks again

 

[Pom]

Michael,

As i'm sure you know, my problem has nothing to do with scheduled recordings. The problem is just resuming from a long period of sleep.

If the PC is woke from several hours of sleep then MP will be frozen and TV server crashed/stopped (need forceful close via Task Manager).

If the PC is sent to sleep then woken up almost immediately, MP is not frozen but the TV server has stopped because trying to watch any TV channel returns "No free card available" message (restart of TV server is required). I've attached logs of this second scenario below which i've literally just run. Also after this second scenario, when i close MP from within the GUI it doesn't close properly as the process is still showing in Task Manager and has to be killed...

Thanks,
Lee

 

[michael_t]

If the PC is sent to sleep then woken up almost immediately, MP is not frozen but the TV server has stopped because trying to watch any TV channel returns "No free card available" message (restart of TV server is required).

I am no tv service / tv controller specialist, so only an idea: I have the same error messages on my test system. They result from my tv card (FireDTV) not beeing able to wakeup properly from S3. Maybe one of your cards has the same problem?

Michael

 

[Pom]

If the PC is sent to sleep then woken up almost immediately, MP is not frozen but the TV server has stopped because trying to watch any TV channel returns "No free card available" message (restart of TV server is required).

I am no tv service / tv controller specialist, so only an idea: I have the same error messages on my test system. They result from my tv card (FireDTV) not beeing able to wakeup properly from S3. Maybe one of your cards has the same problem?

Michael

Thanks for the tip. Both cards have been fine for months/years but i can't rule out a hardware fault i guess so i'll look into it. I have a TT-Budget S21600 PCI card and a 290e Nanostick (USB).

Can you explain the isatap adapter errors though?

Thanks.

 

[michael_t]

Pom
I have written a debug version of PS++ to narrow down the isatap error. I will post it this afternoon

Michael

 

[michael_t]

Pom

I am still wondering what lets your Networkmonitor crash, so I built a test version for you that

1. should not crash but catch the fault
2. logs what adapter makes trouble
3. rereads adapters on resume from standby

To install it, please stop the tvservice manually and replace the powerscheduler.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\Plugins with the one provided in the zip-file. To uninstall, restore the old one (should have been saved before). Then let's see if the error occurs again... I am interested in the logs also if everything is ok, since this will help me to improve PS++.

Michael

 

[Pom]

Hi Michael,

Well your new dll did the trick! Since i installed it my PC has been working perfectly, waking up to make recordings (or just waking up) with no crashes at all. I've attached logs from last night where i set up a 10 minute recording starting at 6.00 today (24th). If you pick the logs up from 22.56 last night - that's where i put the PC to sleep at the end of the night.

I can see that the isatap error still occurs every time the PC wakes up, but obviously it doesn't crash the TV server now. By the way, i don't really know anything about the isatap adapter (did a little Googling) but i do know that i do not have "isatap adapter" installed on any of the three PC's/wireless laptops in my house (well it's not showing under Device Manager anyway which my research suggested it would be if installed).

Many thanks,
Lee

 

[pünktchen]

Pom

if i understand it correctly the isatap adapter is a virtual adapter that can't be seen as a normal device. You have to tick "show hidden devices" in the device manager. Moreover it is only a tunneling protocol for IPv6 to IPv4.
So go to ensure that IPv6 is disabled in your network adapters or better also disable all IPv6 windows services and uninstall this virtual adapter.

 

[Pom]

Pom

if i understand it correctly the isatap adapter is a virtual adapter that can't be seen as a normal device. You have to tick "show hidden devices" in the device manager. Moreover it is only a tunneling protocol for IPv6 to IPv4.
So go to ensure that IPv6 is disabled in your network adapters or better also disable all IPv6 windows services and uninstall this virtual adapter.

Hi - thanks for the info! That all makes good sense. I'm sure something has changed in my system recently that has messed up the isatap adapter settings, but Michael has provided me a build of PS++ that doesn't crash when the isatap adapter check fails. At some point i'll investigate it but right now i'm just happy to have a stable system again.

 

[Pom]

Pom

if i understand it correctly the isatap adapter is a virtual adapter that can't be seen as a normal device. You have to tick "show hidden devices" in the device manager.

I have a whole load of hidden devices under Network Devices, including "Microsoft Isatap Adapter" and "Microsoft Isatap Adapter #2". Windows seems happy with all of these devices.

Hopefully Michael can give me a clue as to why the PS++ isatap adapter check fails on my PC...?