Please make a daily call

[snoopy]

I am using a SAT T60 and a turbonet card. I am not sure what has happened because originally I thought I had it set up to not need a daily call but rather to get the information via my TurboNet. It seems to have reverted back to needing a daily call. How do I fix this?

[snoopy]

Well, i figured it out! I had my Tivo set to pull from the network. Litlle did I know I could no longer get into my tivo from FTP or Hyperterminal. The difficulty has been that when I reboot the Tivo from time to time I loose the ability to get in via FTP or Hyperterminal. Each time this happens, I have to take the drive out, boot to a boot CD, and exit via that interface. It is getting to be a real pain. I wish there were a way to keep it from locking me out like that. The idea of having to remove the drive so much is a little unsettling. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[captain_video]

You didn't say whether or not you are using 2.5Xtreme or if you have just TurboNet software and nothing else installed on the DTivo. Do you have a paid sub to Tivo service or are you using fixsub? We can't make a diagnosis without knowing some background info first. Tell us what you did and what it's doing now.

[Fugg]

snoopy,
Are you rebooting via the command line or are you just pulling the plug and sticking it back in?

I seem to remember jhall posting that if you break the power for a second and just plug her back in real quick the turbonet card will not reset properly and won't be able to work correctly.

If your pulling the plug to reboot give it a good 10 count to let it reset properly before you plug her back in.

Was that what you were talking about?

captain_video,
I've been following him around helping with other probs and I think he's running xtreme on a sub box. He's allowing it to call tivo via the network, I believe.(he's never mentioned subtest)

....i think it's something about his nick that compells me to try to help....
;)
...every time i answer one of his posts i hear the Peanuts theme music playing in the background....

[snoopy]

Is there a way to reboot from the command line? If not I will keep the 10 count in mind. That should help.


Also regarding my other thread. Can you clarify what I outlined regarding unloading noscramble.

At any rate, everything seems to be WORKING after waiting about a year to get to work on it again. This is thanks to YOU SIR. I very much appreciate your help. You are an absolute lifesaver. I think I would have given up had you not explained that text file to me. All is well in Snoopy's TivoLand. Thank you Thank you Thank you! :D :p

[lmurray]

to reboot from the command line, just type

reboot


easy enough

-lloyd-

[Fugg]

ACK!! I missed your reply!!!!

from your other post:
"Loading noscramble.o for the first time cause the tivo to reboot on its own. I assume this is ok."

Loading noscramble should not make your tivo reboot. Does it do it everytime you try to load it? (you should only have to load it once after you reboot, unless you unload it)

As far as unloading it,

I have found that the easy way to unload it, if you don't have it loading via the rc.sysinit file, is to simply reboot the tivo.
:)

what's the reboot command?

just type:

reboot

then press enter!

:D

[snoopy]

I'll try that :)

[Fugg]

well, that didn't work....

[snoopy]

I do in fact have it loading via rc.sysinit which is fine. It's the instructions on how to unload it that I am unclear on ??



As far as the auto rebooting is concerned, I figured that out with the help of the noscramble.zip file found at http://www.angelfire.com/darkside/wanker/

Wanker has put together a really great site here. It has pretty up to date info and most of the files are up to date.

The excerpt from the file that references the rebooting is pasted below:

kowesoft
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i was working on something else and thought i would whip up a device driver that disables the scrambling.. this way is easier to turn on/off.

copy the noscramble.o from the zip then run:
insmod noscramble.o

and scrambling will be turned off..
you can unload the driver if you setup rmmod:

cd /sbin
ln -s insmod rmmod

then:
rmmod noscramble

it might take a few tries to unload if the driver is busy

let me know if it doesnt work or whatever

ps if you install/remove it in the middle of a recording, tivo will reboot when it tries to playback the invalid dataps if you install/remove it in the middle of a recording, tivo will reboot when it tries to playback the invalid data

Anyway... All is well. I still would like clarification on how to unload but it is not all the necessary. Thanks. I shall now try to tackle video extraction in the simplest method I can find. :)

[Fugg]

it's good to hear All is well in Snoopy's TivoLand!

you said:
"Loading noscramble.o for the first time cause the tivo to reboot on its own."

the ps says:
"if you install/remove it in the middle of a recording, (the) tivo will reboot when it tries to playback the invalid data"

your's rebooted when you loaded noscramble?
his rebooted when he tried to playback "bad" data.

If it boots ok with it called out in the rc.sysinit, I wouldn't worry about it, though.:)

to unload, you have to setup rmmod (which is part of insmod, i think)

so go to the /sbin directory (that's where insmod lives):

cd /sbin

then setup rmmod:

ln -s insmod rmmod

then you can unload it:

rmmod noscramble

you'll have to "set it up" after every time you reboot, but after awhile, you won't have to worry about it cause all of your recordings will be unscrambled, right!??!;)

Good Luck!!

[snoopy]

Once it is loaded, will it remain loaded (even through reboots) so that if I WANT to unload noscramble.o, I can do so at any time using rmmod noscramble or will I have to load it each time in order to be able to use rmmod noscramble ??

[Fugg]

You'll have to "set rmmod up" after each reboot to be able to unload noscramble.

:)

[snoopy]

Great info .

[captain_video]

I agree, great stuff. That's why it's posted in the How Tos sticky thread.

[snoopy]

thanks for your help