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Amiko Alien2 / SAB / GM / ST7162 ENIGMA Discussion Thread

championc

This thread is for discussion of the ENIGMA operating system on ST7162 Based Satellite & Terrestrial Combo Receivers

The boxes covered would be the
Amiko Alien2
SAB Unix Tripple
GM Triplex

Enigma is a Linux based alternative to the default Spark operating system on these boxes. Enigma is a more customisable OS and provides the ability to add plugins which can accomplish many tasks enabling users to have a box which might look and perform like a Sky box, giving a 7 day EPG and an alternative to series link

A detailed FAQ type post with most installation instructions is below in Post 2

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Kenny Powers

Technofobe wrote: »

What is transmission is it a plugin
what does it do
is it any good ?
Ta

It's a torrent client, you can download content straight to the box and watch it. There are apps for android, you can also send it from a PC.

Technofobe

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Any idea how I would install Transmission on this? The last version of Open ATV I tried I couldn't find it in the plugins.

What is transmission is it a plugin
what does it do
is it any good ?
Ta

Kenny Powers

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Below is a link to my Openatv 4.2 BETA Backup Image - for the Amiko Alien2 and other ST7162 Based Boxes.

This image is working with the following:
Alternative Softcam Manager
AutoTimer-similar to series link
AutoVolumeAdjustment
AutoBoquets 20/10/13 (Will run nightly @ 3am - works in less than 60 seconds)
BlueHD 3.1 skin - Similar to the Sky EPG
CacheFlush - Keeps your box running smooth
CrossEPG 0.8.1 - Updates nightly at 4am.
HDD mount manager - Hdd auto mount enabled and 512mb swapfile enabled
IMDB Search
Ondemand - Includes rte player, 3player, tunein radio and shoutcast.
OpenWebIf
OSCam v9550 - with blank sample readers
PermanentTimeShift - Pause, rewind live tv.
Rats Picons + Soarview Picons

Stream / Record a $ Channels while watching another $ channel

The image is setup to use DHCP automatically and is also set for using HDMI at 720p.

Terrestrial channels may need to be rescanned depending on your geographical location.

OSCam - http://box_ip:8888 - Username "root", Password "oscam"
OpenWebIf - http://box_ip (Default Port 80)
DreamBoxEdit paths - /etc/enigma2/

This software is in beta so expect a few bugs but on the whole it is quite smooth. Software updates are coming almost daily so check for updates regularly. (Menu - Setup - Software Management - Software Update)

Enjoy

Download link: http://goo.gl/myH6CS

Any idea how I would install Transmission on this? The last version of Open ATV I tried I couldn't find it in the plugins.

Fresh Pots

Well I've noticed the first problem with my image. When watching a saorview the spinner appears every few seconds and the box slows down. Hopefully it's something easily fixed. Will have a look tonight.

Edit: could be my hard drive, it's only happening on one of my boxes, let me know if you download my image if this happens to you or not

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

Been exploring
I've found the FTA listing.

Interesting Image

Thanks

A.

You can run autobouquets and set it to fta only. That way the pay channels won't appear.

Anchises

Been exploring

I've found the FTA listing.

Interesting Image

Thanks

A.

Anchises

It's brilliant

I've always got only FTA channels.
No Sky subscription

Is there a way to limit the listing to FTA channels ?

A.

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

I'm sorry
This is a little embarassing.:o:o:o:o:o

I went to swap the HDMI cable to another port and found it was loose in the socket. I pushed it in and the picture came up

But why the hell did it work for spark every time and not for Enigma with the cable loose!!! Could it be signal strength ? or HDMI protocol being more demanding in one or other of the images ?

Anyway , Thanks for all your help.
I'm really sorry for generating all that confusion.

It now looks like a SKY box output

Let joy be unconfined. I'm going to have a beer and relax.

A.

Well at least your sorted now. You'll probably need to rescan the saorview channels if your not near kippure and run autoboquets again as the image is a few months old and some channels have moved, when it asks say yes to a nit scan.

Anchises

I'm sorry

This is a little embarassing.:o:o:o:o:o

I went to swap the HDMI cable to another port and found it was loose in the socket. I pushed it in and the picture came up

But why the hell did it work for spark every time and not for Enigma with the cable loose!!! Could it be signal strength ? or HDMI protocol being more demanding in one or other of the images ?

Anyway , Thanks for all your help.
I'm really sorry for generating all that confusion.

It now looks like a SKY box output

Let joy be unconfined. I'm going to have a beer and relax.

A.

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

Is the output sent to the Scart socket ?

Could I try a scart cable to see if any info comes out ?

A.

No its set up for hdmi.

Anchises

Is the output sent to the Scart socket ?

Could I try a scart cable to see if any info comes out ?

A.

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

No output at all on the TV. Not even a slight flash

All output is on the STB display panel only.

A.

If possible try another hdmi cable and maybe in a different hdmi port on your tv.

Anchises

No output at all on the TV. Not even a slight flash

All output is on the STB display panel only.

A.

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

Just rebooted Spark and it works perfectly.

Rebooted back to Enigma2 and start Kerrang! displays after the boot up prelims.
box unresponsive to Remote or front panel keys.

A.

Don't know why thats happening. Its a new one on me. Do you see the sky boot logo when its starting up?

Anchises

Just rebooted Spark and it works perfectly.

Rebooted back to Enigma2 and start Kerrang! displays after the boot up prelims.
box unresponsive to Remote or front panel keys.

A.

Fresh Pots

Did you say you have channels working in spark? that would rule out sat/lnb/tuner issues

Anchises

If I reboot into Spark all channels work ok .

No problems in spark.

Will revert to Spark again just to check - but i was in spark earlier tonite.

A.

Anchises

Also in the settings file

config.av.videomode.HDMI=720p

So I'm certain that it's not a resolution issue now.

A.

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

I copied down 'settings' file to look at it.

this line appears in it.

So it's getting the displayed station from that file, I expect .....not any info from an LNB.

A.

Have you channels working in spark?

Anchises

I copied down 'settings' file to look at it.

this line appears in it.

config.tv.lastservice=1:0:1:2EEF:7F8:2:11A0000:0:0:0::Kerrang!

So it's getting the displayed station from that file, I expect .....not any info from an LNB.

Also :

config.av.videomode.HDMI=720p

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

Cable is back on LNB1 , but how to get into the box ?

Can I do that in Spark and will it be so when in Enigma2 ?

A.

No they're separate. One has no bearing on the other. And you have channels working in spark?

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

Can't get into box . Unresponsive to any keys (STB or remote)

A.

If you reboot with the cable in lnb1 are the menus still unresponsive?

Anchises

Put the cable back in lnb1 and set lnb2 to not configured as I said above and the fta channels should appear.

Cable is back on LNB1 , but how to get into the box ?

set lnb2 to not configured

Can I do that in Spark and will it be so when in Enigma2 ?

Or could I edit some config file by using Filezilla ?

A.

Anchises

Go to menu -setup - service search and turn off the second sat tuner by setting it to not configured.

Can't get into box

. Unresponsive to any keys (STB or remote)

A.

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

I swapped the sat cable input to TUNER 2 -
Now on reboot it does exactley as before but stops at 'Start' , just before displaying the station name.
(it does not display the station name).

Seems to mean that it is reading some data from the LNB tuner1 input ?

Rebooted - same thing.
Tried powering off the TV - to see if the HDMI might negotiate with the STB. No good.

Still puzzled.

Is there any useful info I can get from the box by filezilla ? - since that is the only way to see Enigma now.

Glad it's dual boot...At least I can go back to Spark - to keep 'she who must be obeyed' happy.

A.

Put the cable back in lnb1 and set lnb2 to not configured as I said above and the fta channels should appear.

Anchises

I swapped the sat cable input to TUNER 2 -
Now on reboot it does exactley as before but stops at 'Start' , just before displaying the station name.
(it does not display the station name).

Seems to mean that it is reading some data from the LNB tuner1 input ?

Rebooted - same thing.
Tried powering off the TV - to see if the HDMI might negotiate with the STB. No good.

Still puzzled.

Is there any useful info I can get from the box by filezilla ? - since that is the only way to see Enigma now.

Glad it's dual boot...At least I can go back to Spark - to keep 'she who must be obeyed' happy.

Fresh Pots

championc wrote: »

I scanned nothing. You need to do a full scan of both Terrestrial and Satellite.

Fair enough, I just tried to do a nit scan with autobouquets though and it wasn't playing ball. Installing another version of ab now.

championc

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Few things, you never added a channel list, the sats are set to single so they need to be changed to advanced 28.2 to work and autobouquets won't run.

I scanned nothing. You need to do a full scan of both Terrestrial and Satellite.

Fresh Pots

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Swap the cable at the back. You really need both

No need to swap the cable if he sets the unused tuner to not configured. Box will work fine then.

Fresh Pots

Anchises wrote: »

Got in with the name + pwd ....OK. Thanks

Just checked, my sattelites.xml file is there.

Only one cable at present - into the LNB input closest to the edge (I think thats Tuner 1).

How do I set the tuner, if i'm looking at the wrong one ?

A.

Go to menu -setup - service search and turn off the second sat tuner by setting it to not configured.

Not at the box now to check but if you look at the back of the box just double check that its in lnb1