Graceperiod expired with TBS6984
Added by Hugo Rodenburg almost 12 years ago
Hi all,
I've been a happy TVheadend user for quite a while. Thanks for the wonderful piece of software! In the past I've been using TVheadend with an IPTV provider. However we recently moved to a new place, and decided the switch the setup to DVB-S configuration (also no IPTV services available at our new location).
The configuration consists of a dish satellite with 3 quad LNB's, connected to 4 DiseqC switches, which are then connected to the card. At the moment 2 cables are connected (adapter21 and adapter22). Also our building supplies a single dvb-s feed (1 cable) as an central service of the building and is connected to adapter24 (just to clarify the logs).
The dish is setup/aligned by a friend, which installs them on a daily job and tested it with an professional measuring device, so I think this should be fine.
The tvheadend server is running Ubuntu 12.04 x64, with the latest TBS drivers available at the moment.
In the TVheadend web interface I've configured the diseqc switches for each adapter, then added the services and mapped them to channels. All working fine.
However, sometimes, like this morning when I try to open an radio stream using VLC, the chosen adapter won't be able to get a lock on the transponder (or so it seems to me). After a few retries from VLC, it finally starts streaming and will stay streaming without interruptions for the whole day (which indicated to me the signal is fine). Currently I'm running tvheadend compiled from the git repo at version: 3.3.225~gb42cbe5.
The log shows:
Jan 4 08:17:08 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter24_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_4" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 24 (GSO)/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a24 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:17:08 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter22_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_2" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:17:08 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter21_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_1" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 21/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a21 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:17:08 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Probing adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter22_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_2" without stealing for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:17:09 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: dvb: "/dev/dvb/adapter22" tuning via s2api to "CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)" (1743500, 27500000 Baud, 3/4, SYS_DVBS, QPSK) for Transport start Jan 4 08:17:09 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: viasat_baltic: install table handlers Jan 4 08:17:09 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: uk_freesat: install table handlers Jan 4 08:17:09 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: eit: install table handlers Jan 4 08:17:09 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: cwc: TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM using CWC 172.30.50.8:15050 Jan 4 08:17:09 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: subscription: "HTTP" subscribing on "NL-3FM", weight: 100, adapter: "TurboSight TBS 6984 22", network: "CANALDIGITAAL", mux: "CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)", provider: "CANALDIGITAAL", service: "NL-3FM", quality: 100 Jan 4 08:17:14 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: dvb: "CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB" on adapter "TurboSight TBS 6984 22", status changed to Faint signal Jan 4 08:17:19 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM: Status changed to [Graceperiod expired] Jan 4 08:17:20 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter24_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_4" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 24 (GSO)/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a24 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:17:20 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter22_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_2" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:17:20 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter21_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_1" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 21/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a21 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:17:20 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: webui: Couldn't start streaming /stream/channelid/455?ticket=3CC2310D5A379C5D5F5FF1E269BE127FB40DA5E3, No input detected Jan 4 08:17:20 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: subscription: "HTTP" unsubscribing from "NL-3FM"
The message "status changed to Faint signal" indicates a bad signal, but I find this hard to believe. A few moments later it is streaming really well from the same adapter:
Jan 4 08:22:21 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter24_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_4" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 24 (GSO)/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a24 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:22:21 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter22_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_2" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:22:21 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Adding adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter21_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_1" for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 21/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a21 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:22:21 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: Subscription "HTTP": Probing adapter "_dev_dvb_adapter22_TurboSight_TBS_6984_DVBS_S2_frontend12343500_H_satconf_2" without stealing for service "TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM" Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: dvb: "/dev/dvb/adapter22" tuning via s2api to "CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)" (1743500, 27500000 Baud, 3/4, SYS_DVBS, QPSK) for Transport start Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: viasat_baltic: install table handlers Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: uk_freesat: install table handlers Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: eit: install table handlers Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: cwc: TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM using CWC 172.30.50.8:15050 Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: subscription: "HTTP" subscribing on "NL-3FM", weight: 100, adapter: "TurboSight TBS 6984 22", network: "CANALDIGITAAL", mux: "CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)", provider: "CANALDIGITAAL", service: "NL-3FM", quality: 100 Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM: Status changed to [Hardware input] Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service] Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: eit: begin processing Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: Service: TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/NL-3FM: Status changed to [Hardware input] [Input on service] [Demuxed packets] Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: cwc: Insert only one new ECM channel 1862 for service id 2057 Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: PSI: Service "TurboSight TBS 6984 22/CANALDIGITAAL: 12,343,500 kHz Horizontal (a22 LNB1)/Animal Planet/TLC" PMT (version 9) updated, New CA stream, New CAID Jan 4 08:22:22 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: cwc: Sending ECM (channel 1862) section=0/0, for service NL-3FM (seqno: 7487) PID 1862 Jan 4 08:22:23 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: cwc: es->es_nok 0 t->tht_prefcapid 1862 Jan 4 08:22:23 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: cwc: Received ECM reply (channel 1862) for service "NL-3FM" even: e9.81.53.bd.52.c4.91.a7 odd: 37.b3.bb.a5.95.d4.3a.a3 (seqno: 7487 Req delay: 324 ms) Jan 4 08:22:23 lbk-utr-rt01 tvheadend[17568]: cwc: Obtained key for service "NL-3FM" in 324 ms, from 172.30.50.8:15050
What could be causing this? Should I really recheck my hardware/cables? Could there something be wrong with my diseqc config?
Does someone has a hint on how to debug further?
Also the log shows quite a number of "status changed to Bad/Faint signal" messages. Is this normal behaviour? (ie the adapter changed to different diseqc input or transponder?). Or should this not be happening?
I also have another system with an TBS6981 card, connected to the same dish (the other 2 cables) which has exactly the same issues.
femon shows the following info:
A high snr ratio is a good thing?
femon -a 22 -H FE: TurboSight TBS 6984 DVBS/S2 frontend (DVBS) status SCVYL | signal 74% | snr 84% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK status SCVYL | signal 74% | snr 84% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK status SCVYL | signal 74% | snr 84% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK status SCVYL | signal 74% | snr 83% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK status SCVYL | signal 74% | snr 85% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK
If you're still reading, thanks!
Hopefully someone can push me in the right direction to get this sorted out! If more information is needed, don't hesitate to ask.
Thanks in advance.
Hugo
Replies (29)
RE: Graceperiod expired with TBS6984 - Added by Colin Talbot about 11 years ago
This thread has been very useful as I’m also an owner of a TBS6984 with this exact same problem.
Three of the tuners lock on but the last seems to fail with state going to Testing to Bad and zeros on the Errors and Badwidth:
Aug 09 15:09:34.048 Service: 1/ASTRA: 12,207,000 kHz Vertical (Default (Port 0, Universal LNB))/Sky News: Status changed to [Graceperiod expired]
Is it worth trying the changes to dvb_fe_tune_s2?
Regards,
Colin.
RE: Graceperiod expired with TBS6984 - Added by Adam Sutton about 11 years ago
You might want to try Luis Alves' open source driver, I believe that now supports 6984. We have discovered some rather fundamental failings in the TBS drivers, detailed here. http://tvheadend.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/tbs-6981-debacle/
Adam
RE: Graceperiod expired with TBS6984 - Added by Colin Talbot about 11 years ago
Adam,
Thanks for your very quick reply; I have tried the open source driver, but when scanning it couldn’t find any signal or services so I reverted back the latest TBS drivers.
I might re-install Ubuntu Server 12.04 X64 and try again if you think it's worth another shot?
Regards,
Colin.
RE: Graceperiod expired with TBS6984 - Added by Adam Sutton about 11 years ago
Have you spoken to Luis? try popping along to #hts IRC channel. Dave Chapman has been the one doing the testing on Luis' behalf and certainly the driver is working for him, but it's had much less testing than the 6981.
Adam
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