Client Mode is unreliable

[paul4ow]

Hello,

I have a Vu+ Uno4KSE configured for satellite reception and acting as a server, and an Octagon SX988 acting as a network streaming client. Both are running OpenViX 6.4.009.

The client is setup in client mode with the following settings ("Schedule EPG and channel list import" is enabled):
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This works well most of the time, however, sporadically the client will not show any channels on the channel list after boot and I just get a blank black screen.

If I disable Client Mode and instead only use the "Fallback Configuration" option under the Tuners menu of the client then the streaming works reliably on every boot, however, the problem with this method is that I do not get the EPG updates, nor an up-to-date channel list whenever a channel changes frequency etc.

What could be causing this reliability problem with Client Mode? I am not familiar with how to debug or the code, but one guess of mine is could it be that the FTP connection sometimes fails? Is the code that deals with this robust enough to deal with a failed FTP connection and stream anyway with existing EPG/channel list data?

Thanks,

Paul