FireDTV CI/S - Reboots the PC

[rogerb]

I have got a FireDTV CI/S which works fine with MY Theater that comes with the receiver. I have installed the BDA drivers and setup a recording source in GB-PVR. When I select "Map digital channels to EPG channels" the PC crash immediatly and reboots.

I don't have any problem with my normal recording source PVR-350.

Thanks for any advice to get this sorted.

Regards
Roger

[sub]

Rebooting is usually a sign of some problem in the drivers, particularly when you note I'm doing the exact same thing to every other BDA device I support in GB-PVR, and they're managing to not reboot.

That said, post your config.exe.log and config.exe-native.log and I'll see if it's managing to write any useful information to the log before the actual reboot.

[rogerb]

2 sets of log files have been sent to support@devnz.com.

Roger

[sub]

There is no error in the logs. They're just cut short where the reboot happens.

Sorry but I'll have to stick to my previous comment: If the machine reboots, then its likely the drivers for the FireDTV device are having problems on your machine. I'm doing the exact same thing to every other BDA device I support in GB-PVR, and they're managing to not reboot.

[sub]

I've mentioned this reboot to the FireDTV manufacturer. I dont think I'll get a resolution from them, but I'll let you know if they provide any useful insights.

[rogerb]

Thanks Sub,

I have also posted a message on FireDTV's forum.

Is there anybody else out there that successfully running FireDTV together with GBPVR?

Regards
Roger

[sub]

"successfully" might be a bit strong, but my FireDTV CI/S certainly doesnt make my machine reboot.

My device generally works well, but occasionally wont lock onto a channel (even though signal strength is good) for some unknown reason. I dont get this behaviour on the other BDA devices I have.

[rogerb]

That is promising. I will try it in my test machine and see if that also crash. I just need to get an extra Firewire card to be able to do that.

[rogerb]

Update: The crash problem has been solved. It didn't have anything to do with GBPVR nor FireDTV. It was my graphic card. I always use my PVR-350 as output device so I have never tested the software decorder. The Channel mapping screen is using the software decorder and VMR9 to show in a small window. That caused the crash. By removing the card an use the embedded solved this. Now I will continue to setup the FireDTV card. I can download the channel information but I have problem to tune into them, but that is an other story.