Tivo Time Set

[fixxer37]

From the new wiki site I'm working on:
Download http://www.tjv.org.nz/tivo/postcodezones and http://www.tjv.org.nz/tivo/Auckland
FTP to Tivo in binary mode (bin). cd /hack and put the files.
Quit FTP and telnet to Tivo.
rw (change filesystem to read/write)
cp /etc/postcodezones /etc/postcodezones.bak
cp /hack/postcodezones /etc/postcodezones
cd /hack/zoneinfo
mkdir Pacific
cp /hack/Auckland /hack/zoneinfo/Pacific/
fixtivotime

That should find the postcode for Auckland, synchronize time with an internet time server and correct your time. Make sure there isn't any trailing spaces/characters on the Auckland file by typing in the /hack/zoneinfo/Pacific directory:
cp Auck<tab> Auckland The <tab> key should fill in the rest of the Auckland filename, including any trailing rubbish, and the second Auckland filename makes sure it's the correct name.
Also, use timezoneadj30.tcl to make sure you're on 7, GMT.
You should now reboot. (You can just type reboot at the prompt after you've finished copying etc). Before you reboot you may find that your timezone is out by 5 hours (minus). This should fix after a reboot.
If you have problems with any text files you've transferred, run them through dos2unix on tivo: dos2unix filename


If you are having problems using postcodes etc you can set the clock with this, and it should stay good until the next Daylight Savings shift, at which point you'll need to set it correctly:br> settime yyyymmddhhmmss
eg. settime 20041231235900
settime -rtc

[gabiwabi]

Thanks very much for the advice.
Works just great!
I have a nother question if you dont mind.
I have a Motorolla Sky decoder.I am trying to modify the IR codes on the Tivo.
I downloaded the Motorola DTH325-4.tcl file from Tim's site, but not knowing too much about Linux ,am having problems loading it via Pico.

Do you have an short script on how to change the IR code.
I also understand that only one line in the existing stb.tcl file has to be alterd to 88887 wich is the IR code for the Motorolla box.

Many thanks in advance.
Cheers

[zollymonsta]

From the new wiki site I'm working on:
Download http://www.tjv.org.nz/tivo/postcodezones and http://www.tjv.org.nz/tivo/Auckland
FTP to Tivo in binary mode (bin). cd /hack and put the files.
Quit FTP and telnet to Tivo.
rw (change filesystem to read/write)
cp /etc/postcodezones /etc/postcodezones.bak
cp /hack/postcodezones /etc/postcodezones
cd /hack/zoneinfo
mkdir Pacific
cp /hack/Auckland /hack/zoneinfo/Pacific/
fixtivotime

You only need to do this if you are not connecting to Ed's emulator (NZ).

Ie: if you are using loadguide and connecting to the OZ emulator, use the above. Otheriwse ignore.

[zollymonsta]

Ed,

My TiVo connected to the emulator this morning ( I did a manual daily call at 4am) as the time was still 3am. The emulator didn't set the time forward to 4am when setting the clock. Should it do this, or do I need to do the Auckland timezone tweak?

[ehintz]

Dunno what the TZ tweak does... Guide data is in localtime, but Tivo thinks it's GMT, so if you actually set the tivo properly (GMT adjusted to NZ, as NTP would do) you get a schedule off by 12ish hours. Because of this, the emulator tells the tivo to get time from localhost (if I set it up to point at an NTP server we get the data offset). For now anyway, it's just a manual process:

[TiVo [p0] ~]# settime 20041003081520
Time set to: Sun Oct 3 08:15:20 2004
Have a nice day.
[TiVo [p0] ~]# settime -rtc
Time set to: Sun Oct 3 08:15:29 2004
Have a nice day.
[TiVo [p0] ~]# reboot

I've thought of setting up a dummy NTP server which dishes out localtime as GMT; if somebody wants to set one up, do it and I'll point the emulator at it, and the time issues will be automagic. Meanwhile, for those who want to automate it, Thomson's script below would do a very good job. Personally, I think I'll just leave it. I have to reset all the bloody clocks in the house anyway, it's just one more thing I have to reset...