Firmware 1.2.2.6 laggy?

[woodchuck]

I moved to the beta firmware bandwagon a few months ago and was really happy that my "blue circle of delay" had been reduced to a few seconds and a few "no tuner available" messages had been alleviated. Both would happen on resume from standby. Since moving to 1.2.2.6, I have had some long waiting for the "blue circle of delay", and a couple "no tuner available" messages after resuming from standby. Is there a way to go back one firmware release to see if the problem goes away?

[makryger]

Interesting- I get the blue circle and no tuner message after resume from standby/ opening media center almost without fail. The circle lasts for 5-10 seconds. Which firmware version were you using that seemed to minimize the issue?

[woodchuck]

It was the firmware that would have been from about 10/23/12. Unfortunately I don't have the actual version number. I moved to it when I updated to the driver in this post, and subsequently updated to the latest beta firmware on that date:

http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/vie ... =68&t=3218

[woodchuck]

Based on the dates from a thread over at AVS, I would say I was on 1.2.1.1. I cannot find a way to go back though.

[Tester]

I agree with Woodchuck, the latest firmware/software versions do not work as good as the previous version.. I wish I could be more helpful and provide actual ver#s, all I can remember now is that I have latest firm/software installed and is not working as well as it was previously.

[newfiend]

I agree also this firmware takes longer than the previous version for the spinning circle of impatience to disappear... I also had one of my ceton cards fail to record a show the other night, it tried all 4 tuners and failed on each one. Weird!?!

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[Tester]

@newfied
My turn to try to help U.. I had the same issue where recordings would stop due to signal strength since upgrading to this latest firmware/software. I did as suggested in this forum -> turn off power completely and pull out card, let it sit for a while; insert card and start up; reset all card settings through the diag tool; find card/channels in MCE.
This did it for me, I've recorded 20 or so shows since that time without a single incident.

[newfiend]

@ tester.. Thanks for the info. So far I haven't had another recording fail yet.. I'm going to let it sit for now but if it happens again I'll try your suggestion. Thanks.

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[carljanderson]

I have noticed that it takes much longer to secure the signal upon a reboot. The waiting for tuners, while usually in the 60 - 90 second range now seem to be up to 3 minutes.

[Tester]

I concur, I now notice more errors and takes longer to wake the card from sleep. The prior firmware/software was must better.

Anyone know if there is a way to revert ? @Ceton - U guys have something coming down the pipe soon that we can look forward to ?

[woodchuck]

Well I found a way to get off of this firmware, but I was not able to go back to 1.2.1.1 (the one I found to be the best). What I did was download the image from the Linux support page on Ceton's site. Then I manually updated to the firmware by using the diagnostics webpage for the card (system tab, down toward the bottom). Once on 1.1.7.2, I was able to use the standard update process to get back to 1.1.8.2 (stable). Unfortunately the only beta the diag tool offered was 1.2.2.6. So far, I am happier at 1.1.8.2 than 1.2.2.6, but I do miss 1.2.1.1!!!

Edit:
As I'm sure you guys know, doing this might brick your card, so don't yell at me if you do. Follow these steps at your own risk.

[makryger]

Thanks for the tip, wood chuck. I went back to the last stable firmware. Seems like the initial ring wait is less on starting wmc, although initially tuning the channel and channel changing seems a tiny bit slower.

[woodchuck]

Well after hardware update 6829 came out, using 1.2.2.6 has been much better for me. Maybe it is just placebo, but it sure seems a lot better.

[Dkeyguy1]

As far as going back to an older firmware, in the past I had to do that and opened a support ticket with Ceton and after very little discussion was provided a link to download a specific firmware that was stable for me. That was not a beta version though. As stated above, this may be hazardous to the health of your InfiniTV card, use caution. (no power loss, etc.,)

[tootal2]

i wish i could install firmware. two of my cards have hardware problems so the firmware cant be upgraded