Sat scanning problems (1 Viewer)

[Mars Warrior]

Sorry for the delay, but I was away, on a Holiday

Will post the logs in a few days...

Was on holiday again and then waited for the final release of MP :sorry:

Currently scanning on a complete new setup, but sofar I seem to have the exact same problems. The first sat shows mainly new channels (and some updated), but as soon as the scanning proces starts with the 2nd sat, I get only updates...

I have attached all the logfiles after scanning 4 sats & hope you can find the problem...

 

[Mars Warrior]

I reinstalled everything once again to a bare minimum (Windows 7 - 32bit, Tevii drivers, MP 1.2), but get exactly the same result.
Was hoping some other software would be causing this strange diseqc switch not working problem.

I see a lot of errors in the error.log but have no idea what to do with those errors.

Any ideas of what I can do extra to reveal & solve the problem?

BTW: those channels on the first sat that are found do work in preview mode...

 

[mm1352000]

Hi Mars Warrior

It looks to me like your assessment of the problem is correct - DiSEqC switching is simply not working. The errors in the logs are all the failed tunings from trying to tune channels on the other 3 satellites that are not close to frequencies on the first satellite. I don't think this is a MediaPortal problem because other Tevii cards can use DiSEqC correctly. It could be a compatibility problem between the tuner and the switch built into the dish.

Have you got any other software that you can test with - DVBViewer or similar?
Are you using the latest drivers from Tevii (note: their website seems to be down right now )?

mm

 

[Mars Warrior]

Hi Mars Warrior

It looks to me like your assessment of the problem is correct - DiSEqC switching is simply not working. The errors in the logs are all the failed tunings from trying to tune channels on the other 3 satellites that are not close to frequencies on the first satellite.

Thanx for checking this. It has been a very long time since I was a programmer (for TVE2), and a lot has changed since then

Have you got any other software that you can test with - DVBViewer or similar?
Are you using the latest drivers from Tevii (note: their website seems to be down right now )?

mm

Before the installation of MP I used DVBLink/MCE and DVBViewer + Recording Service on the exact same hardware and using the exact same Tevii drivers, so I was expecting that MP would work too!

I can reinstall DVBViewer once more (will be next week) to see if DVBViewer is still working on this installation.

 

[mm1352000]

If you could handle TVE2 then you could handle TVE3.

Before the installation of MP I used DVBLink/MCE and DVBViewer + Recording Service on the exact same hardware and using the exact same Tevii drivers, so I was expecting that MP would work too!

Right - that would be a fair expectation. Maybe the switch needs the commands sent twice or something. Try the attached DLL. Stop TV Server, take a backup of the existing one (in the TV Server install folder) then replace it with the attached one. The other thing you could try is using the DVB-S network provider and "stop card" instead of "pause card". Those settings are both in the tuner settings as described -->here<-- (preferred network provider and when card enters idle state...).

I can reinstall DVBViewer once more (will be next week) to see if DVBViewer is still working on this installation.

That would be great.

I look forward to an update.

mm

 

[Mars Warrior]

I look forward to an update.

mm

Well, no luck. Tried you modified version and get the same results. I see that you tune twice:
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2011-09-30 23:37:28.728401 [(17)]: dvb:GetNewSubChannel:0 #0
2011-09-30 23:37:28.741402 [(17)]: TvDvbChannel ctor new subchIndex:0
2011-09-30 23:37:28.743402 [(17)]: LNB low:9750 hi:10600 switch:11700
2011-09-30 23:37:28.751402 [(17)]: dvbs:channel modulation is set to ModNotSet
2011-09-30 23:37:28.752402 [(17)]: dvbs:channel FECRate is set to Rate5_6
2011-09-30 23:37:28.755403 [(17)]: TeVii: SendDiseqc: TvLibrary.ScanParameters,DVBS:tv: Freq:10729000 ONID:-1 TSID:-1 SID:-1 PMT:0xFFFFFFFF FTA:False LCN:10000 SymbolRate:22000 Modulation:ModNotSet Polarisation:LinearV InnerFecRate:Rate5_6 DisEqc:Level1BB band:Universal Pilot:NotSet RollOff:NotSet
2011-09-30 23:37:29.064420 [(17)]: TeVii: Send DiSEqC successful.
2011-09-30 23:37:29.264432 [(17)]: TeVii: SendDiseqc: TvLibrary.ScanParameters,DVBS:tv: Freq:10729000 ONID:-1 TSID:-1 SID:-1 PMT:0xFFFFFFFF FTA:False LCN:10000 SymbolRate:22000 Modulation:ModNotSet Polarisation:LinearV InnerFecRate:Rate5_6 DisEqc:Level1BB band:Universal Pilot:NotSet RollOff:NotSet
2011-09-30 23:37:29.573449 [(17)]: TeVii: Send DiSEqC successful.
2011-09-30 23:37:29.678455 [(17)]: dvbubmiting tunerequest Channel: subChannel:0
2011-09-30 23:37:29.679456 [(17)]: dvb:using existing subchannel:0
2011-09-30 23:37:29.679456 [(17)]: dvbubmit tunerequest size:1 new:0
2011-09-30 23:37:29.681456 [(17)]: subch:0 OnBeforeTune
2011-09-30 23:37:29.683456 [(17)]: dvb:Custom tune method detected
2011-09-30 23:37:29.687456 [(17)]: TeVii: Start CustomTune F:10729000 SR:22000000 LOF:9750000 P:TPol_Vertical HI:False M:TMOD_AUTO FEC:TFEC_5_6
2011-09-30 23:37:31.064535 [(17)]: TeVii: Send CustomTune: 1
2011-09-30 23:37:31.064535 [(17)]: dvb:Custom tune method finished with result True
2011-09-30 23:37:31.067535 [(17)]: subch:0 OnAfterTune
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My next thing was to check DVBViewer. I used the trial, downloaded also the Astra/Hotbird settings and could watch tv within a few minutes:

(DVBV - Hot Bird 13 - AL-IRAQIA TV.955.png)

And another one:

(DVBV - Astra 23.5 - ASTRA-HD.2785.png).

In other words: no problems at all!!!!

 

[Mars Warrior]

Just installed MP 1.2.1 and currentlyy scanning Astra on 28.2, but sofar I get only updated channels, instead of finding new channels!

In other words: MP 1.2.1 doesn't seem to solve the problem.

 

[mm1352000]

Hi again

Okay, I've got two more DLLs for you to try...

mm

 

[Mars Warrior]

Nice!

I just retested for Astra 28.2 with the [flag] and [noflag] library with the same results: no new channels, only updates...

I have added two zip files, one with the logs from the [flag] library and one from the [noflag] library test.
I hope the logs will give you extra info!

 

[mm1352000]

Hi again Mars Warrior

To be completely honest I am baffled.
Just last week (Friday 23 Sept) I purchased an S480 for MediaPortal testing and support. It arrived on Friday and I've been testing it for the past hour or so. It works perfectly with my EMP Centauri 9x8 multiswitch. I know there are three major differences in our setups (2 x S470 vs. S480, multytenne dish vs. multiswitch, W7 vs. XP) but at least my testing tells me that MediaPortal *does* support DiSEqC switching with TeVii tuners.

I guess my next question would be how have you connected the two tuners to the dish - have you got the twin output dish?
Have you tried testing with the second tuner?
Why are you using the DVBS network provider (best to use the generic one for the moment I think)?
What happens if you just test with a single transponder - try pick something with a different FEC rate (I can't test 5/6 here, only 3/4 and 2/3):

Frequency = 11307000
SR = 27500
Polarisation = Vertical
Modulation = Not Set
Inner FEC Rate = Not Set (or 2/3)
*DVB-S2 scanning disabled*

Try both of the tuners and each of the DiSEqC settings with the original 1.2.1 TVLibrary.dll. If that doesn't work we'll have to contact TeVii support about this issue as I don't have any further ideas at this point...

mm