03.04.2010
Version 1.3b
03.04.2010
Version 1.3b
AZBox OpenTools Version 1.4
2010-04-07
- Fixes and renames
- Hopefully resolved issues caused by daylight savings time.
- Renamed the executable to avoid all these problems reported by
folk not RTFM.
- Removed references to reloadepg since this has been superceded by
changes in _azepgmgr.
- Allow the system to identify the curretn DST settings, or to specify
DST as a flag (-t)
08.04.2010
version 1.5
- Enhancementsw
- Added support for multiple XMLTV data files which are concatenated
to produce one big data file.
- Added new param (-m size) that limits the length of the text that's
inserted into the program description. The defalt is 4096, and any
invalid value outside the range 0-4096 will be changed to 4096.
AZBox OpenTools version 1.5a - 2010-04-09
Changes V1.5a:
- Fix bugs in enhancements!
- Corrected well-formedness of the generated concatenated XML data
- Fixed shell programming of multiple files in a lis
- Changed getChannels signature to use a 16-bit nid (thanks Massimo!).
22.05.2010
Known issues:
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* Errors occur when committing data to the EPG - I don't know why these
happen, so need help from the dev folk. The effect is that when you
try to load the full EPG list, it loses a lot of the information.
* Some of the EPG data are not loaded - it appears that the channels are
not identified correctly. Perhaps the rytec information is inaccurate.
History:
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1.6 - 2010-05-16 - Massimo - Fix bugs and enhancements!
- First of all I'd like to say Thank You to BPMURRAY for having started
this job and now I'm happy to help him to enhance his plugin.
- Deleted "reloadepg" and "azepgmgr" from svn bin directory because no more used.
- Added three scripts file in svn project "azopen_svnmk.sh" and "azopen_mk.sh" and "azopen.sh"
to help to update and/or make bin file.
- Fixed detailed info for EPG event.
- Changed print info filter with new functions "-w level" and "-z level"for debugging
- Modified "azboxepg" to fix time offset issue.
- Modified "azboxepg" to display EPG update progress info with azbox display.
- Modified "azboxepg" with updated source file.
- Modified "azboxepg" with new variable to set custom channels list file.
- Modified "azboxepg" with temporary log file.
- Added in "azboxepg" more parameter for print info.
Not my work , just found on the net .
I had difficulty installing it , but I think thats more to me being a Linux noob ....But I've got an EPG on my box , so I must of done something correct .
If you manage to get it working , it takes a long time to download , and load the information .
AZOpen - Open source tools for the AZBox
The EPG program is now stable and works rather well, even if I say so myself. There have been a number of comments indicating that some people are confused about how to install and run it, despite the detailed instructions in the README file. This is an attempt at providing simple instructions for technophobes, so here goes ...
Installation
Download the zip file to your machine. If you're using Windows, do not unzip the file on your PC because it will corrupt the scripts.
Next, you need to copy the zip file to the AZBox: how to do this depends on whether you have a hard disk in the box or you're using a USB memory stick (USB key).
1. USB Key:
- Copy the zip file to the key and unmount it from your PC.
- Plug the key into the box.
- Telnet to the box and change to the USB directory
2. Hard disk
- Connect to your AZBox using FTP and copy the zip file to the hard disk, i.e. to /DATA/hdb1. You can do this using the ftp command-line tool, or using one of the available tools , e.g. MaZ.
- Telnet to the box, and change to /DATA/hdb1
Now, the next part is the same for both USB and hard disk - create a new folder to contain the files, unzip the files into this and change to the bin folder: mkdir myEPG
cd myEPG
unzip ../azepgmgr_1.6.zip
cd bin
The program has now been installed.
Running the program
There are a number of possible settings you can use for the program. However, for the sake of simplicity, this will only explain the most important options. The full description is in the README file that's in the zip. Every few days, you'll need to download the latest XMLTV data, i.e. the information for the EPG. You do this by running: ./azboxepg -l # That's an "l" for "Load"
This will download the data for the next 7 days, and insert it into the EPG. Top refresh the EPG, run: ./azboxepg -d 2 # 2 days
This actually only loads two day's worth, but since the box loses entries when more than that is loaded, there's really no point in loading more.
Probably the simplest way to run the program is to use its automatic updating feature: ./azboxepg -a # Automatic updates days
This will automatically download the EPG data if required, and will load two days worth of EPG events into memory.
Problems
There are still problems with this EPG program. The ones I know of are:
- When loading a large number of EPG entries, the box loses some of them (another reason to limit it to only a couple of days).
09.06.2010
VERSIONS-1.6a
History:
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1.6a- 2010-06-08 - bpmurray - Cleaned up the script, making the date
auto-detected, thereby fixing the 404 error. Also extended support for
other satellite areas - the full list is:
UK, NL/BE, CanalSat, Nordic, Dplus, Poland, SkyGermany, SkyItaly,
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, MEO/ZON, Germany/Austria/Swiss, Nova,
UPCDirect, SkylinkCZ/SK, ExyuSR/CG/HR, Bulsatcom, ZAMultichoice/DSTV/OSN,
OSN
22.06.2010
VERSION-1.7
History:
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1.7 - 2010-06-21 - bpmurray - Updated to take into account updates to the
SDK. This means that it requires firmware 0.9.4923 or later.
AZBox OpenTools 1.7
History:
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1.7 - 2010-06-21 - bpmurray - Updated to take into account updates to the
SDK. This means that it requires firmware 0.9.4923 or later.
AZBox OpenTools 1.7
History:
1.7 - 2010-06-21 - bpmurray - Updated to take into account updates to the
SDK. This means that it requires firmware 0.9.4923 or later.
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