Posts by abu baniaz

I am not going to respond further to you after this post. You think you are giving a straight answer, I think you are not.

We are both here to help people and enjoy doing so. We are not here to argue.

You can keep saying PureE2 gives users choice.

Based on teh politicain's answers given, I will advise people who ask about on picons on Pure2, they must set the picon path to be used. I am not disputing your claim to be a better image/simpler/elegant/cool.

Other images will use a picon folder on the root of a storage device, whatever its mount point. There is no setting up. They can choose to use any of the permitted locations.

Lets agree to disagree about whether you answered the question I asked. Your opinion is you answered the question. My opinion is you you did not give a straight answer to the question asked. You just kept saying people have a choice.

So my thinking saying: They are not predefined. User MUST set location. This is apparently simpler than just installing/transferring them and not doing anything.

Other images, people just transfer/install the picons. Apparently, this is not simple.

An image that has predefined locations and also allows user to specify a location would be the best setup.

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Flexibility = users decide... That is the point of the plugin and PB/PurE2 as such... (No nanny coders allowed... :rasta2bigsmoke0gf1: )

Jokes aside - one does as one finds it necessary/preferable...:cool1:

You keep saying people can choose location. I know this. There is no point repeating it. I am asking if the standard locations are predefined or not.

If they are predefined and user has choice, people can just transfer/install them and restart. If they are not, people have to select the location. If you don't want to answer the question, just say so.

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I set my 30gb usb to media/hdd so no moving parts.

must i also set epg to media/hdd even wenn image is in multiboot?

Are you referring to the openmultiboot plugin or are you referring to hardware multibooot

Are those locations pre-defined or does user have to set/select the location?

Most images have preset locations. locations, not location. It would be nice if pure2 used these too and also allowed users to select a different path. These are defined in picon.py. As a lot of people use a picon folder on internal flash/storage/USB flash drive, they will just work without having to configure anything.

Might be an idea for you to update your image. You need a version of the plugin as well as python lzma to supports.xyz files.

I don't know any use of more than 2GB of flash memory. How much are you actually going to install on the receiver? For me, a better use of the extra partitions would be to have storage space set aside that is not overwritten so that when you flash an image, you picons are not overwritten. But for enthusiasts, the multiboot facility is better

Computer manufacturers do the same with the onboard graphics card. It chews into your RAM. The HDD space on pre-installed operating systems has a partition set aside for recovery. Are they cheating the end user?

All receivers/tuners have different ways of responding to poor signal. The Solo 4K just masked my signal issues and I could not adjust it correctly. I was stting up a Zgemma TC for someone and it would not work on the same cabling and using the same powered splitter. This forced me to to adjust the slope as and the Zgemma started working. So is the Zgemma better or Solo 4k better?

All receivers have their issues. But the Gigablue UE 4K has been fine for me apart from this USB tuner issue which they are investigating. They have already fixed one aspect within a couple of days of it being reported. This is a sign of a good company. I am in the same NetID as jenseneverest

My Solo 4k sat in the box for about 9 months because it just kept having tune failed messages. Suppose it was a pioneer with FBC.

BTW, Technomates Enigma2 receivers are boring now. You don't hear complaints about them, they just work. Surely everybody remembers Dr Linux and the TM800 as well as the initial problems the Twin had. After the issues were fixed, the twin has been a rock solid receiver apart from the 5V rail that people keep having issues with. All other TM Linux receivers have been fine.

Choice is yours. You can replace the drivers in newer image. Older drivers tune, but oscam does not work. Not sure about CCcam or mgcamd

The 20160128 drivers tune.

The linuxdvb.ko file must have 755 properties and goes in /lib/modules/3.14.21/extra

Save your current driver just in case.

There was an issue with the drivers. Latest drivers have been the same for over three years. There was a a thread here where different driver versions were uploaded, but they had a different fault with an emulator.

Doesn't OpenATV still uses the /usr/keys/ folder?

Attached is an ipk to run the script. It will also create an ABM provider for you to use immediately without having to wait for ABM provider updates or manual editing.

The provider will be called "Virgin adhoc". Disable the main Virgin provider and use the adhoc one until ABM is update. So that the main ABM provider file can be updated, please upload dvbc.xml, nit.bin and nit.log You will find them in the /tmp/directory. They must be zipped so that you can upload them. You must say what NetID (number) you are in.

You must be on a cable channel for this to work.

How to install an ipk file

Option 1.

Place ipk file on USB stick.

Ensure no menus are showing on receiver. Press Exit if any menus are showing until you are in Live TV

Insert USB stick

You will get a prompt to install the package

Option 2.

Transfer the ipk to /tmp directory of receiver. Use an FTP client like Filezilla or if your image has Samba installed, you will be able to use My Computer/File Explorer on windows to transfer it

On OpenViX

Blue > ViX > Install local extension

On OpenATV/derivatives

Menu > Setup > Software management > install local extension

On OpenPLI

Menu > Plugins > Software management > install local extension

Option 3.

Transfer the ipk to /tmp directory of receiver. Use an FTP client like Filezilla or if your image has Samba installed, you will be able to use My Computer/File Explorer on windows to transfer it

Using Putty/terminal or similar, issue the following command. If your image has the terminal installed in openwebif, you can use that too

opkg install /tmp/*ipk

Thanks to PeterJ, Huevos, LraiZer and the late PaphosAl

Two approaches.....

1. Provide as much information as possible to help solve issue

2. Deleted to avoid offence

Nobody know what receiver you have.

Nobody know what image you have.

Nobody knows what image version you have

Anyway, links have been provided to the plugins. If your next question is how do I install them, ask it. People will help you.

Can you not install them from the plugin menu of your image?

Which image?

That is not OpenVix.

ViX4 now uses OpenATV as their base.

Discussion of article How to add picons on any enigma2 receiver:

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This guide is intended to show how to enable picons on various screens and LCD panel. Download picons and where to add them on flash memory or usb stick.

Discussion of article GT-Sat GT-dLNB1DY and tuner configuration:

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Below is a guide for configuring the GT-sat Unicable LNB with FBC tuners with only one wire and no splitters

ABM and CrossEPG require sole control of a Tuner, so you will get blackouts while they run.
(As a reminder, FBC tuners and Unicable are two separate technologies.
You can use Unicable LNBs with non-FBC tuners. Eg Dreambox 500, Vu Solo 2, Technomate Nano 3t combo
You can use an FBC tuner with universal (normal) LNBs.
FBC with unicable offers more than FBC with universal.)
For this guide,…

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Discussion of article Unicable devices and tune failed messages:

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Unicable devices and tune failed messages


The default delay built into enigma2 between powering up an LNB/switch and sending tuning instructions is not sufficient for Unicable devices. This means from a cold start or first satellite service selection a "tune failed" message is displayed.

Unicable devices are digital devices. That means a finite amount of time is required to elapse for the Unicable device to boot, between being powered up and receiving the first instructions on what to tune.…

Discussion of article Brief description of Multi-Switches:

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Multi-switches:


Unicable2/Jess multi-switches are also available. Like conventional multi-switches, they will allow the user to combine terrestrial and satellite signal and send out to several face plates. These come in various types. Most will require a Quattro LNB, some will take a Quad LNB.