OCTAGON SF 8008 UNABLE TO SCAN CHANNELS

Try updating the list of satellites and transponders manually. This means downloading and rewriting the satellite database (enough list of those you use).

Download from here: http://satellites-xml.org/

Placement in Enigma2: /etc/tuxbox/satellites.xml

At some old Enigmas check too these folders:

/usr/share/enigma2

/usr/share/tuxbox

/usr/share

...but they contains maybe a sym-links, not a physical files. If so, ignore them.

Webserver https://satellites-xml.eu/ is currently unavailable. Some Enigma or channel list editing programs (DreamboxEdit, E-Channelizer) download lists just from these servers. It is quite possible that the webserver does not work, so you also do not have current data about the precise transponders for the satellite in use. I do not know if it will help but try it. Do not forget to back up or at least rename your original satellites.xml file!

There could still be a problem with the lamedb file (database linking to channels under the appropriate transponders). But that is unlikely. So after uploading the transponder list (satellites.xml file), you can backup "lamedb" and "lamedb5" files (placed in the folder /etc/enigma2). Then stop the Enigma (with "init 4" command in the Shell) and then delete these two files. Reboot the entire set top box. Next, perform tuning of all stations (all frequencies = all transponders) and, if necessary, use the reboot set top box again. Note that with the new "lamedb" and "lamedb5" datasheets, some channels (data with unsupported or disabled old transponders) may stop functioning. However, when you back up the "lamedb" and "lamedb5" files, you can restore them again :).

Has he also tried the remnant mentioned above ? I think what I wrote).

Mostly, the transponder (or frequency) can not be tuned because it is missing in the transponder database (satellite.xml and / or lamedb[5] files).

You still only write about the frequency, but the frequency is not the only data that represents the transponder. There are also other data - symbol rate, polarization, FEC, etc. . You can find a list of these transponders, for example, in a lamedb file.

You can not write yourself into satellites.xml file a custom frequency :). There must be real and functional data for existing transponders. If they do not exist, you have a lot of trouble. Ideally, as I wrote earlier, download satellitelites.xml and overwrite the original (old .xml file you can back up).

In the next step - the lamedb[5] file. This is a database where all the channels found (when tuned) are stored, as well as transponders, with the necessary data for tuning. This is an important Enigma database that combines channels and transponders. Enigma works with the lamedb file and looks for the precise channel data required from the userbouquet file.

If there are more identical channels than one on the satellite, with different data but with the same channel name, the lamedb file must be all stored. If they are not all stored then the channel in userbouquet, which does not exist in lamedb, will not work.

So in the final it's like this:

        data used for transponder
                  ^^^^
satellites.xml > lamedb < userbouquet.*.tv (.radio)

If you add one frequency in satellites.xml, nothing happens. You need to refine your box again with the current (100% current) list of existing transposers. You can also use debugging with available transponders (across all frequencies), but it will take a long time.

Download Satellites.xml from here (mark the satellite you use or at least the region and download the subor):

http://satellites-xml.org/

Another important thing is that manipulating lamedb or satellites.xml would be useful when the Enigme is turned off ("init 4" Shell command). The Lamedb file is rebooted when the Enigma is turned off (it is overwritten).

Try this:

1. Back up "settings" - for example, through DreamboxEdit (it automatically backs up userbouquet files and associated important files: lamedb and trandposnders lists in * .xml and others)

2. Stop the Enigma via "init 4" command

3. Upload the new satellites.xml file and delete these files: lamedb , lamedb5 , userbouquet.*.tv

4. Reboot your device

5. Completely re-tune all satellites/channels through the device tuner

6. Try to switch to your desired channel

If the channel still does not work, the problem will probably in the device hardware.

:)

Try to add these non-managed channels (so-called "services") manually, for example, using the DreamboxEdit application. First configure DreamboxEdit for your box (IP address, loginname, password, some folders, ...). Then download data from your Enigma2 box to DreamboxEdit. Then, right-click on the lamedb database (on the left side of the DreamboxEdit interface) and select "Add a new service" in the context menu and enter all necessary data for this one service. Next, add this service (i.e., channel) to one of your userbouquets. Upload settings back to the box. Test whether the channel works.

This is a complex process and this problem will not be solved, but you will be closer to solving the problem. :)

ak2013:

I just wanted to try it, no more. If you tried it, we would know where the problem is. So if there is a problem in the antenna, in the tuner (hardware: PCB electronic components, signal modulator, etc.) or in software (firmware: drivers, Enigma2, linux kernel, etc.). If you try it, you will be a small step forward in finding the real cause of the problem.

It does not matter.

Each version of Enigma can use, for example, a completely different driver from the manufacturer to handle hardware. Or it can also be a problem with the electronics inside the set top box. We will never find out if you do not work ;-). If you use a different distribution of Enigma, it can all work again.

But first you have to be sure. If you know where the problem is, then you can shout because you will know what and where to shout. If there is a problem with the device, write to the manufacturer's support or take the appliance to the electrical service. If there is a problem with the Enigma firmware, you will write to the development team of the Enigma. If there is a problem in you, you only write a smiley.

First, you need to know what the problem is. Then you can solve it or ask how to fix it, or you can then report a BUG.

OMG, well, I know that there really is a station on transponders. But the question is, if there is even in your set top box and if it does not exist, then there is another question that 'why'. Or the correct question is, what can be done to have a station in your set-top box. :)

I know that if the tuner can not find certain frequencies (transponders), then it is better to use the downloaded current satellitelites.xml file from the internet. This is exactly what the programs are used to edit channels (DreamboxEdit or E-Channelizer). Also Enigma some firmware downloads the current "satellites.xml" from the internet. I do not know why you're bothered. Upload new satellites.xml and it has to work. If it does not work then do you have a weak signal on the tuner ?

What you write about non-linux boxes is true because they were dependent on automatic searching for transponders, through specially developed electronics inside the box. However, in the case of Linux boxes it is a bit different. There is mainly CPU instead of analog technology :). And that's probably a problem. Maybe with very expensive boxes for 500 EUR and more money it's ok and their tuners are very sensitive. However, the standard set top boxes for 200 EUR or less can not do much about their electrical equipment

Sorry, I can not help you more. I can find the cause, but if there's a problem in the box electronics, then I do not know.