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[NetMedic]

Hi again pete

I'm still stuck. If I run irslicecreator now, I'm getting "unable to connect to device, connection refused" error whenever I try to capture or test a code.

This is despite killing switcherstart and any IR processes first.

I'm really getting fed up now!!

I've ordered a pronto neo from the US to capture the codes. So I hope the tivo is capable of handling the codes for the flinders box.

I'm this far away from ripping the hard drive out of the tivo and starting all over again!! In any case, my turbonzet card arrived last week and it may be easiest just to start over again with a new image?

Chris.

[petestrash]

I think re-imaging would be a good Idea, as you shouldn't be getting those error messages when trying to run irslicecreator & your not connecting to the server anyway.

make sure the ISO you use is the 4th of June Version.

Peter.

[NetMedic]

Thanks pete

Well, I did get the EPG connection working. Please excuse me if I didn't explain that earlier. So I have guide data, and a working tivo box. I managed to fluff up the guided setup though so the pal tuner isn't working. And, looking at the tivo menu, to get into another guided setup I'm supposed to use tivoweb, which I don't have of course.

Hopefully I'll get time to do the re-imaging tomorrow.

Then I'll be able to connect up the turbonet card when I've ironed out all the other problems! Nearly every how-to I look at starts with "in tivoweb do the following....."

Apparrently very few of us are just using the serial port. Which surprises me because when you get used to it, it doesn't do too bad at all.

Chris.

[Darren King]

And, looking at the tivo menu, to get into another guided setup I'm supposed to use tivoweb, which I don't have of course.

There is most definitely a way to do it via bash prompt only: http://www.oztivo.net/twiki/bin/view...edoGuidedSetup

Nearly every how-to I look at starts with "in tivoweb do the following....." Apparrently very few of us are just using the serial port. Which surprises me because when you get used to it, it doesn't do too bad at all.

That's because people have become reliant on menu driven TiVo's, just like Windows has ousted DOS so few people nowdays know how to drive a PC this way and graphic versions of Linux are starting to do the same. If you really wanted a challenge then you should have been around five or so years ago when *everything* had to be done command line or manually editing script files including adding channels. None of this fancy menu driven installer CD or Guided Setup stuff

[petestrash]

Apart from the ease of twp, extracting shows over a serial connection is almost impossible. So most people have some form of Ethernet connection.

Peter.

[NetMedic]

Hi Pete

I'm not bothered about extracting shows.

I've come to a full stop regarding the austar flinders codes. So I've ordered a pronto remote from the US and am going to "do it properly".

I feel the oztivo capture method is kludgy and unreliable.

I've asked all over for the flinders codes and no-one seems to have them. I've tried remote central and now have evey other austar code except the one I need!

I think I'll start another thread in this forum asking for flinders codes.

Thanks pete

[petestrash]

Good luck, there was only one response to your mailing list enquiry and that was from someone who was also after the codes.

Hopefully the pronto works for you.

If not, there may be another solution which is to use a generic Irdeto STB (like Strong) in place of the Austar unit.

Peter.

[NetMedic]

Thanks pete.

Your idea about using the Strong STB interests me.

Will austar allow me to use a 3rd party stb like that? Do you have knowledge of anyone using a 3rd party stb with austar, pete?

Generally, whenever I've received a STB from austar, they've had to download software to it before it will work, and sent a brand new decoder card with it, too,

I've already got a manhattan sat receiver with built in iredeto. I'd have to look at the frequency listings, and the LNB settings to get it working. Do you think it'd work??

Chris.

[petestrash]

No idea, I know people do with Foxtel, and I do with SelecTV.

It is possible that Austar marry a card to a decoder, I don't know.

Try asking in the dtvfourm.info or austech.info forums.

Peter.

[NetMedic]

Hi pete

I've done some more research and Yes, austar marry the card to the decoder. They have been doing this since about April of this Year.
There's been a bit of an uproar and austar have been reported to the ACCC for restrictive trade practices as a result.

Some think austar's actions are intentional. The new austar boxes are very low quality. I've had 2 of them with the same sub standard picture quality. The new box is not compatible with our modified tivo's and this beggars the question whether austar are trying to "persuade" users to pay and migrate to Mystar.

Austar's excuse is that they are trying to prevent piracy by issuing boxes with a new irdeto CAM setup. However they are alienating a large number of genuine subscribers who want to move about using just a card, instead of a card plus a box. It would have been very easy for austar to advise third party manufacturers regarding the new cam setup but they chose not to do this. They are treating all their genuine customers like pirates. Plus they want to ensure every single box out there is hired from them by killing off better quality third party boxes.


Chris.

waiting waiting waiting, for the pronto remote to arrive!