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    Question built in modem and Dodo Internet

    Hi again,

    I'm setting up a philips tivo with the latest oztivo software to work with dodo internet. I've got it dialing up and it seems to be logging in to dodo but I can't get a connection to the EPG server .

    Could someone please talk me through debugging this issue? I've carefully followed the advice in "NetworkingWithBuiltinModem" and I've configured my "tclient.conf" correctly.

    Unfortunately, the tivo box has no turbonet card or similar, and in any case it's in too difficult a spot to get to with ethernet. Wi-fi is a possibility but it would take a lot of time, effort, and money to upgrade in this way.

    Hopefully someone out there is using dodo and the built in modem.

    Thanks for any and all help.

    Netmedic.

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    Smile Anyone getting their EPG using the Tivo modem??

    Further to my post above

    If any of you out there are using dial-up to get their EPG via the tivo internal modem, could you please post a reply as I've a feeling I may need to buy a dial up connection with another ISP to get this working.

    What I need to know is which ISP's are currently working properly via the tivo modem.

    Thanks

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    Have you set your tclient.conf to use the new server 65.49.60.197 and Port 9090?

    Peter
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    Take a look at the tclient log (/var/log/tclient), it should give some indication as to what is going wrong. If you are unsure where the problem is, zip it and attach it here.

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    Question further info

    Thanks petestrash.

    Yes I had already edited tclient.conf (using "joe") to point to the new server.
    The tivo is stuck with the first call home. It connects to dodo but then I get a service unavailable error.

    Do I need a different dial up ISP? I'm using the internal modem and looking in the faq, dodo was listed as one of the problem isp's. I also used putty to dial in to dodo manually and from the response, I can see it's using chap authentication.

    I really don't mind paying a few dollars for a prepaid dial up ISP if this will solve the problem.

    Thanks again petestrash!


    To Catdog:
    Thanks for ther eply.

    I'll have a look at the log file. However I don't know how to extract it across the serial link. Sorry for being a complete dunce. I vaguely remember something about xmodem and zmodem but can't remember how to implement this.

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    Latest installer menu

    I have had the same problem with two TiVos I have just set up in the last 2 days. The installer menu seems to set the emulator port in /etc/oztivo.conf to 909000 rather than 8000 that I enter after imaging the disk (using the boot CD with the HDD in the computer).
    I updated the installer menu automatically both times and I see there is a new version. I guess that is likely the problem since it was probably modified to help Australian users use the new emulator on port 9090.
    The boot disk is my trusty OzTivo Sony 1.6.2 which until now has not displayed that problem

    When is gets stuck in the guided setup I telnet in and use joe to edit /etc/oztivo.conf , reboot, and then GS works fine.

    Cheers,
    John

    TiVo Series3 TiVoHD x2

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    Thanks skolink.

    Hmm.

    I had already set tclient.conf up to use the new epg on port 9090. I haven't looked at the oztivo.conf file but I will do so. Presumably both files need to be set to 65.49.60.197:9090? Hope so because looking at your above post that seems to be what you're implying I should do?

    Chris.

    PS. Incidentally, mine is a new install like yours. When I booted from the iso image on the cd and configured the tivo for internal modem and the www.oztivo.net emulator from the menu, this didn't result in the correct ip address arriving in the tclient.conf file. Where the oztivo address should appear in the line, it seemed to be set to localhost, as per turbonet configuration. So the first thing I did was to change this "default" IP to port 9090 on the new server. The install menu did however manage to bring the correct dial up telephone number into tclient.conf. Not much use if we're trying to get through to localhost rather than the EPG though, eh?!!! :-]

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    This was the oztivo.conf file following the install from cd

    # OzTiVo menu configuration settings file
    # Please do not edit this file
    # Run the nic_config_tivo tool to reconfigure
    nic=Modem
    ip=DHCP
    mac=00:0B:AD:24:28:21
    timing=16
    hostname=oztivo
    emulator=www.oztivo.net
    emulatorport=80
    netmask=255.255.255.0
    gateway=
    ssid=
    wep=
    wepkey=

    and after I've edited it:
    # OzTiVo menu configuration settings file
    # Please do not edit this file
    # Run the nic_config_tivo tool to reconfigure
    nic=Modem
    ip=DHCP
    mac=00:0B:AD:24:28:21
    timing=16
    hostname=oztivo
    emulator=65.49.60.197
    emulatorport=9090
    netmask=255.255.255.0
    gateway=
    ssid=
    wep=
    wepkey=

    This is my current tclient.conf file (after editing)
    127:0198308100:65.49.60.197:9090:myusername:mypass word:

    obviously I've edited out my correct username and password.

    Does this look ok?

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    Still not working.

    What I'm getting at the "first setup call" screen is the following
    Dialing... answering... connecting... service unavailable.

    Oh dear!

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    Here's tclient.log:
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[138]: TCphonehome active
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: cleaning /Setup
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Fetching /SwSystemACTIVE/Name
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Last Call Status Was: '' (size 0)
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Last Call Status Will Be:
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: setCallStatus called with: state 0
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: No lastCallAttempt: Using NOW
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: setting call status to:
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: setting call in progress to 0 (second
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Setting callActive to 0
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: PhoneHome: statusValue = <0>, getResul
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: /State/Avalanche LastStatus was <0> an
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: finished cleaning /Setup
    Jun 21 07:59:56 (none) tcphonehome[160]: About to execute: /sbin/ifconfig eth0
    Jun 21 07:59:57 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Command Output: eth0: unknown interfac
    Jun 21 07:59:57 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Command succeeded
    Jun 21 07:59:57 (none) tcphonehome[160]: NOT Using debug ethernet
    Jun 21 07:59:57 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Error statting file /var/log/http: No
    Jun 21 07:59:57 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Error statting file /var/log/Omessages
    Jun 21 07:59:57 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Error statting file /var/log/Okernel:
    Jun 21 07:59:57 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Error statting file /var/log/Otverr: N
    Jun 21 07:59:57 (none) tcphonehome[160]: Error statting file /var/log/Okdebug:

    Also, this file seems to remain unchanged (including time and date stamps on each line) after each failed attempt to connect. Hence I'm not at all sure that the content of this file is at all useful.
    Last edited by NetMedic; 24-06-2008 at 11:28 AM. Reason: additional information

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