Networked Series 1 won't make daily call
 

My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running
TivoWebPlus, doesn't make the daily call (via internet) automatically.
Every two weeks I get a message saying it needs to make the call. If I
initiate it manually, it goes through fine.

Any idea what may be happening?

In article , PTravel
wrote:

My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running
TivoWebPlus, doesn't make the daily call (via internet) automatically.
Every two weeks I get a message saying it needs to make the call. If I
initiate it manually, it goes through fine.

Any idea what may be happening?


I've had that happened to one of the other of my SAT-T60s over the past
few months. No Turbonet cards, no TivoWebPlus, just bigger drives.

The units don't even attempt to call. Forcing one works fine, though.

I don't see any rhyme or reason to it.

"Dr. Personality" wrote in message
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In article , PTravel
wrote:

My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running
TivoWebPlus, doesn't make the daily call (via internet) automatically.
Every two weeks I get a message saying it needs to make the call. If I
initiate it manually, it goes through fine.

Any idea what may be happening?


I've had that happened to one of the other of my SAT-T60s over the past
few months. No Turbonet cards, no TivoWebPlus, just bigger drives.

The units don't even attempt to call. Forcing one works fine, though.

I don't see any rhyme or reason to it.

Hmmm. Interesting. I forgot to mention it, but I installed a larger drive
last year.

Do you get an error message or it just isn't calling out? I hacked my
Phillips HDR112 and it would stall after making the daily call at "Hanging
up modem". The 9th Tee forum had a fix that I ran by telnet.

"PTravel" wrote in message
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"Dr. Personality" wrote in message
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In article , PTravel
wrote:

My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running
TivoWebPlus, doesn't make the daily call (via internet) automatically.
Every two weeks I get a message saying it needs to make the call. If
I
initiate it manually, it goes through fine.

Any idea what may be happening?


I've had that happened to one of the other of my SAT-T60s over the past
few months. No Turbonet cards, no TivoWebPlus, just bigger drives.

The units don't even attempt to call. Forcing one works fine, though.

I don't see any rhyme or reason to it.

Hmmm. Interesting. I forgot to mention it, but I installed a larger
drive
last year.

"Bob S." wrote in message
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Do you get an error message or it just isn't calling out? I hacked my
Phillips HDR112 and it would stall after making the daily call at "Hanging
up modem". The 9th Tee forum had a fix that I ran by telnet.

I don't think so, but I'll check the error log tonight when I get home.

"PTravel" wrote in message
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My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running
TivoWebPlus, doesn't make the daily call (via internet) automatically.
Every two weeks I get a message saying it needs to make the call. If I
initiate it manually, it goes through fine.

Any idea what may be happening?

Did it ever, post-hack? I mean, you added TurboNet and now it won't call
out, or it called out via network for 3 years and has suddenly stopped?

Ed

In article ps.com,
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"PTravel" wrote in message
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My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running
TivoWebPlus, doesn't make the daily call (via internet) automatically.
Every two weeks I get a message saying it needs to make the call. If I
initiate it manually, it goes through fine.

Any idea what may be happening?

Did it ever, post-hack? I mean, you added TurboNet and now it won't call
out, or it called out via network for 3 years and has suddenly stopped?

could be as simple as not entering a correct DNS

"machinehead" wrote in message
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"PTravel" wrote in message
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My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running
TivoWebPlus, doesn't make the daily call (via internet) automatically.
Every two weeks I get a message saying it needs to make the call. If I
initiate it manually, it goes through fine.

Any idea what may be happening?

Did it ever, post-hack? I mean, you added TurboNet and now it won't call
out, or it called out via network for 3 years and has suddenly stopped?

I've been trying to think back, and I'm not really sure. I think it
probably did make the call at first, but I've been getting the "make daily
call now" messages every three weeks or so for some time.



Ed

"Jack Zwick" wrote in message
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In article ps.com,
"machinehead" wrote:


"PTravel" wrote in message
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My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running
TivoWebPlus, doesn't make the daily call (via internet) automatically.
Every two weeks I get a message saying it needs to make the call. If
I
initiate it manually, it goes through fine.

Any idea what may be happening?

Did it ever, post-hack? I mean, you added TurboNet and now it won't
call
out, or it called out via network for 3 years and has suddenly stopped?

could be as simple as not entering a correct DNS

No, because it can make the daily call just fine when initiated manually (in
the setup - telephone screen). It just doesn't do it automatically. I'd
been having some network problems recently (my home setup is a little more
elaborate than most -- 3 routers and 2 hubs and 1 switch), so at first I
thought it was just a question of the network being down when it tried to
make the calls. However, the last few weeks, everything has been ticking
like a clock -- it just doesn't make the call by itself.

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"PTravel" wrote in message
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My Hughs Series 1, hacked to include a Turbonet card and running

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out, or it called out via network for 3 years and has suddenly stopped?

I've been trying to think back, and I'm not really sure. I think it
probably did make the call at first, but I've been getting the "make daily
call now" messages every three weeks or so for some time.



Ed

--I have two Phillips dsr6000's, both are hacked.
All I have done to them is:

a. ran "flashtivo" to keep unit from checking for HD changes (
http://tivo.stevejenkins.com/network...#_Toc101001755 )
b. created /var/hack dir
c. copied/installed tivobin files, tivoweb and tytool but am not loading
them automatically on boot up
d. ran kill_initrd program to disable HD checking for hacks
e. done

I don't keep the programs in "c" above running and have to telnet in each
time and run programs and when I am done, exit/kill them.

My both my hacked and non-hacked dsr6000's still make the call to TiVO as
scheduled via TiVOnet card.

Not sure if this helps narrow down anything for anyone, just entering this
into evidence as it were...... ;-)
Maybe something else preventing the call? A program left running? Firewall
blocking something?

Scotty