Mutant HD51 (And other E2 Boxes) Diseqc/Usals Motor Fix.

RustySpoons · Mar 17, 2018

Mickha said:
The VU+ Zero 4K is listed as having DVB-S2X tuners, there were claims that the other VU+ 4K receivers are supposed to be capable of handling DVB-S2X tuners with future updates.
Taken from the VU+ website:
VU+ Zero 4K
Advanced Single DVB-S2X tuner or
Single DVB C/T2 Tuner

Yes only the VU+ Zero 4k Zapper box has the S2X, I spoke to VU+ and they said the tuners are not ready yet for the other boxes

RustySpoons · Mar 17, 2018

@MCelliotG

Looks like Octagon SF4008 is having the same problem:

MCelliotG · Mar 18, 2018

I believe this issue got fixed with an update. Generally they supported the Silabs tuner better than Mutant. Their driver reads the signal correctly and is even supporting auto values for almost every parameter (except blind lock that only Dreambox has ftm).
If I find some time I will compile a full table with what's working or not between different Silabs receivers/drivers.

The motor issue is purely driver based. Think about this only, the default power measurement value is a global setting that is now set to false. If it was that crucial, it would affect all tuners and all receivers, it clearly does not. I don't remember any image allowing the user to set this manually anyway.
Besides this value set to true creates other issues. This is why I told you it's a workaround rather than a fix. A fix rectifies all problem.
BTW, my joy lasted for a little while.
After I rebooted my HD51 I saw that my tuner is no longer functional. I had to revert to an older settings backup to get it back... oh well

RustySpoons · Mar 18, 2018

MCelliotG said:
I believe this issue got fixed with an update. Generally they supported the Silabs tuner better than Mutant. Their driver reads the signal correctly and is even supporting auto values for almost every parameter (except blind lock that only Dreambox has ftm).
If I find some time I will compile a full table with what's working or not between different Silabs receivers/drivers.

The motor issue is purely driver based. Think about this only, the default power measurement value is a global setting that is now set to false. If it was that crucial, it would affect all tuners and all receivers, it clearly does not. I don't remember any image allowing the user to set this manually anyway.
Besides this value set to true creates other issues. This is why I told you it's a workaround rather than a fix. A fix rectifies all problem.
BTW, my joy lasted for a little while.
After I rebooted my HD51 I saw that my tuner is no longer functional. I had to revert to an older settings backup to get it back... oh well

This is a big mess

That would be very helpful to everyone if you don't mind doing the list.

Miraclebox Micro Premium is one box you can set this in GUI on Vix/pli/atv.

Captain Jack · Mar 18, 2018

Hm I haven't rebooted the box since changing the setting.... Will try tomorrow.

humaxboy1 · Mar 18, 2018

One question guys : is this fix also applicable on SF 4008 ? I've have only this in my settings file.

config.Nims.0.dvbs.configMode=nothing
config.Nims.1.dvbs.diseqcMode=positioner
config.Nims.1.dvbs.latitude=46.223
config.Nims.1.dvbs.longitude=14.360

RustySpoons · Mar 18, 2018

humaxboy1 said:
One question guys : is this fix also applicable on SF 4008 ? I've have only this in my settings file.

config.Nims.0.dvbs.configMode=nothing
config.Nims.1.dvbs.diseqcMode=positioner
config.Nims.1.dvbs.latitude=46.223
config.Nims.1.dvbs.longitude=14.360

What image is it?

humaxboy1 · Mar 18, 2018

sorry forgot to mention : openatv 6.1

RustySpoons · Mar 18, 2018

humaxboy1 said:
sorry forgot to mention : openatv 6.1

Are you having this issue with Openatv?

humaxboy1 · Mar 18, 2018

yes i do...
in same rare cases when using the motor SF4008 sometimes get a lock immediately and sometimes i have to switch back and forward to get a lock. I have no patience to wait 1 minute after dish has move to desire sat.
But it happens very rarely...

RustySpoons · Mar 18, 2018

humaxboy1 said:
yes i do...
in same rare cases when using the motor SF4008 sometimes get a lock immediately and sometimes i have to switch back and forward to get a lock. I have no patience to wait 1 minute after dish has move to desire sat.
But it happens very rarely...

This sounds like the same issue

Underneath config.Nims.1.dvbs.longitudeOrientation you should see config.Nims.1.dvbs.powerMeasurement=false change to true.
If its not there try adding config.Nims.1.dvbs.powerMeasurement=true

humaxboy1 · Mar 18, 2018

Added and it seems it working. Will follow the behaviour of the motor in the next days. Thanks for the tip !!

Captain Jack · Mar 19, 2018

MCelliotG said:
After I rebooted my HD51 I saw that my tuner is no longer functional. I had to revert to an older settings backup to get it back... oh well

I dared not reboot the box for this reason, but I did in the end... and all still seems to be functional.

RustySpoons · Mar 19, 2018

Looking at an image timeline and testing here, this bug seems to have been introduced in 2017, I can't pinpoint the exact date though.

RustySpoons · Mar 27, 2018

Over on the WOS forums they have posted it's fixed and have included it in their latest VIX build.
Here is the change log
sec: fix total motor timeout · OpenViX/enigma2@eae333e

MCelliotG · Mar 28, 2018

For OPENATV images only!
Test this satconfig.py, it's from PurE2 images that works on OpenATV
Go to /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Screens/
if you have Satconfig.py rename it to Satconfig.py.bak
if you have Satconfig.pyo only rename it to Satconfig.pyo.bak
Send the py after you unzip the file to that folder
Reboot enigma2

This is a workaround that adds the powermeasurement options to the HD51 and H7 receivers, however the motor works without the option enabled. It's a workaround also.

Captain Jack · Mar 28, 2018

The fix that RP has posted has also been applied to OpenATV:-

frontend / sec: handle FE_TIMEDOUT while turning motorized systems · openatv/enigma2@e79bc3b

I don't have the desire to reload the whole thing though, so I'll test MC's method.

Captain Jack · Mar 28, 2018

Yes, the new .py file made it easier to apply the power measurement fix.

mike1 · Jun 29, 2018

My Octogan SF4008 drives my dark motor nearly as fast as my 5402 Technomate! With accurate signal readings aswell.
Was worried i may have this lock issue when puchased. Been running vix & atv builds.

Ghostleader · Jun 29, 2018

mike1 said:
My Octogan SF4008 drives my dark motor nearly as fast as my 5402 Technomate! With accurate signal readings aswell.
Was worried i may have this lock issue when puchased. Been running vix & atv builds.

No mate in the latest builds it clears the channels straight away (as long as they are stored (And active obviously! lol) channels) but I believe those E2 boxes with a blind scan don't "find" anything when going about this process (i.e. doing a blind scan on whatever sat(s) ). What Dark Motor do you have? Love mine, The "Superior" all metal gear model I have, the one with the gimmick 3 number LED display came out slightly later than the original two and wouldn't have interested me anyway, especially with the price point being higher again. Any float in your motor stub? Mine was fine but I heard there was ones with some play, never had that with the Technomates I used to use, they just rusted up like raw iron instead the guff!

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