Auto Change Channel Before Going on Standby

[ccs]

crontab -e is used to edit crontab entries, but it uses a unix editor (which you can define, but it all gets a bit complicated).

[ess2k]

crontab -e is used to edit crontab entries, but it uses a unix editor (which you can define, but it all gets a bit complicated).

Just tried crontab -e 10 * * * * /usr/scripts/file.sh

and i just get the available options

[dsayers]

What release are you running? That doesn't look like a ViX debug log.

Ive already said currently on OpenATV testing OpenVPN scripts ill flash Vix tomorrow, OpenATV uses Console().ePopen but the code in this thread uses os.system ill test both tomorrow

And that log claims that the channel was changed (to an HD one), so what makes you think that it isn't working?

It was already on ITV 1 HD the highlighted in red code is the channel (BBC 1 HD) it is meant to Zap to so I thought that wasn't working as when I press standby again its still on ITV 1 HD, sorry if I was wrong as that is how i thought its meant to work.

He actually pointed out that it gets paused. I suspect that for a streaming service this just means it remembers the current position, but leaves the network connexions up.
Personally I reckon it would be better to stop a stream when entering standby by default - but then I donlt use them.

The connection to IPTV does stop at least it does for me tested using

http://host:port/panel_api.php?username=uuuu&password=pppp&type=m3u_plus&output=ts

it shows 1 connection when not in standby and 0 connections when in standby

Don't use notepad!!!

Apologise use Notepad ++ although its just editing a web address

[ess2k]

Just tried crontab -e 10 * * * * /usr/scripts/file.sh

and i just get the available options

Just figured it out,

type crontab -e
press the insert key to edit
make your changes
press esc to exit edit mode
type :wq to save and exit

[birdman]

Just figured it out,

type crontab -e
press the insert key to edit
make your changes
press esc to exit edit mode
type :wq to save and exit

Or not...
I remember an issue about this some 18 months ago. But I also remember seeing some comment about changing cron a month ago. I'll have a look when the TV is free....

[birdman]

One thing I can see with a quick look at the code is that it may not get started when you install it.
Have you rebooted the system since installing it?
Is there a crond process running (telnet in and type "ps -ef").

[ess2k]

One thing I can see with a quick look at the code is that it may not get started when you install it.
Have you rebooted the system since installing it?
Is there a crond process running (telnet in and type "ps -ef").

the closest thing i have to crond is

root      1930     1  0 21:00 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/crond -c /etc/cron/cro

but the cron timer deffo not working, though it says its running in the cron manager and is active on start.

i have restarted a number of times.

[birdman]

Well, if I run crond on my et8000 with the root crontab file (which is in /etc/cron/crontabs) containing:

*/2 * * * * /home/root/cron-test

it runs every two minutes:

Mar 2 22:13:02 et8000 cron.info crond[23654]: crond (busybox 1.24.1) started, log level 8
Mar 2 22:14:00 et8000 cron.info crond[23654]: USER root pid 23695 cmd /home/root/cron-test
Mar 2 22:16:00 et8000 cron.info crond[23654]: USER root pid 23781 cmd /home/root/cron-test

Where is the file you've been editing? Oh, wait - you used crontab -e, so it knows where it is. So what does /var/log/messages contain (since it will report cron jobs running).

[ess2k]

i edited mine from telnet with the command crontab -e
having a look at the location you mention, it seems to have put the cron jobs in a file /etc/cron/crontabs/root and the content of the file is,

10,20,30,40,50,00,45 * * * * /usr/scripts/bouqepg.sh >>/tmp/ten.log
00  * * * * /usr/scripts/bouqepg.sh >> /tmp/hour.log

I tried to get a log going but the log is empty.

but at the following location /ect/cron/ i have 3 crontab files each one containing the same info which is

30 * * * *    /usr/bin/ntpdate-sync silent
00  * * * * /usr/scripts/bouqepg.sh

[Willo3092]

I edited the crontabs/root file manually in notepad++ with this:

*/2 * * * * /usr/scripts/StandbyEnter.sh

I then restarted the GUI expecting it to run every 2 minutes but it didn't.
It did however start running every 2 minutes AFTER the hour.
This is how it looks in Cron Manager:

2018-03-02_223444.jpg

[ess2k]

I edited the crontabs/root file manually in notepad++ with this:

*/2 * * * * /usr/scripts/StandbyEnter.sh

I then restarted the GUI expecting it to run every 2 minutes but it didn't.
It did however start running every 2 minutes AFTER the hour.
This is how it looks in Cron Manager:

2018-03-02_223444.jpg

Do you have any files in the folder, /ect/cron/

just wondering if they causing a conflict and i should just delete them.

[Willo3092]

The path is /etc/cron/crontabs and there is just the root file and the readme.txt in there.

[kokojnr]

You cant set a shut down channel. But as in post 2, you can set a start up channel. It doesnt have to be bbc 1.

Please how do you set a start channel?

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[ccs]

Something like... select the channel you want, press down key, guide appears, press menu, and it's in there somewhere.

[birdman]

i edited mine from telnet with the command crontab -e
having a look at the location you mention, it seems to have put the cron jobs in a file /etc/cron/crontabs/root and the content of the file is,

10,20,30,40,50,00,45 * * * * /usr/scripts/bouqepg.sh >>/tmp/ten.log
00  * * * * /usr/scripts/bouqepg.sh >> /tmp/hour.log

Are you running OpenVix?
The correct file is /etc/cron/crontabs/root and your cron daemon (as seen - a bit truncated - in #52) has been told to look in /etc/cron/crontabs for the file(s).

I tried to get a log going but the log is empty.

What log, and how? The /var/log/messages file is always there, and if cron is running it reports each job that it starts there.

but at the following location /ect/cron/ i have 3 crontab files...

What are they called?

each one containing the same info which is

30 * * * *    /usr/bin/ntpdate-sync silent
00  * * * * /usr/scripts/bouqepg.sh

That first line is the first line of the default root crontab (no idea why it's there, though, as it shouldn't be - but that's for a different thread).