Remotely checking tuners

[haverer2]

Hi!
Dead quick one...
Just wondering whether it is possible to check the status of the tuners from a client... i.e. see which ones are tied up doing what...
Is it then possible to kill / reset a tuner if it happens to have got stuck???

Keep up the great work all,
John

[psycik]

Hi!
Dead quick one...
Just wondering whether it is possible to check the status of the tuners from a client... i.e. see which ones are tied up doing what...
Is it then possible to kill / reset a tuner if it happens to have got stuck???

Keep up the great work all,
John

Run the NextPVR Tray app on the client, and it shows you which tuners are in use.

[ACTCMS]

Is it then possible to kill / reset a tuner if it happens to have got stuck???

If you are having problems with tuners getting 'stuck' you should post a set of logs when it happens along with an explanation of what you were doing at the time.

It's generally much better to find and fix the underlying problem rather than treating the symptoms...

Alex

[mvallevand]

I check the backend with this http://ip:8666/public/services/InfoXML.aspx and use Sysinternals psshutdown to restart or put it sleep.

Martin

[haverer2]

thanks for all the replies... that's really useful :-) Sorted :-)

[haverer2]

Run the NextPVR Tray app on the client, and it shows you which tuners are in use.

Just got around to trying this out.... it doesn't seem to do anything!!!!

My TV tuners are on 192.168.0.99 and ntray.exe shows all the relevant.
What I want to be able to do though is run ntray.exe on 192.168.0.100 and have it give that information!?!?!?

Is that a no go?!

Thanks,
John

[Reddwarf]

Just got around to trying this out.... it doesn't seem to do anything!!!!

My TV tuners are on 192.168.0.99 and ntray.exe shows all the relevant.
What I want to be able to do though is run ntray.exe on 192.168.0.100 and have it give that information!?!?!?

Is that a no go?!

Thanks,
John

Have you set up that computer as a client to 192.168.0.99?

[haverer2]

Have you set up that computer as a client to 192.168.0.99?

agh... perhaps I've misunderstood how this all works then.... do I actually have to install npvr on the client machine too.... I was using XBMC as the client.... I was hoping just to run ntray.exe and it pick up the state of the tuners from the other machine on the network... so do I have to install npvr on the client as well and then set it up as a client..>?
thanks,

[johnsonx42]

yes, you'd need to install NextPVR on the client, then configure it as a client (in Settings->Devices, "act as pc client" checkbox and set the server name and database share). Once that is done, you don't need to actually run NextPVR, and you can set the NPVR Recording Service to Disabled.

there is also a windows vista/7 sidebar/desktop gadget available that will report recording status, disk space, etc. That can run on any machine whether NPVR is installed or not, as it accesses the NEWA web server. Download it from the statistics page of NEWA (http://ip:8866/info2.aspx). Gadgets are officially gone from win 8/8.1, but a google search will reveal how to add them back in again if you want them (ok, here: http://winaero.com/download.php?view.60).

[JavaWiz]

Here's another option if your client is a windows machine and has powershell installed:

Copy the script below into a file, change server name to your NPVR host machine - drive:\directory\ChkNpvrTunerStatus.ps1 (drive and directory your preference):

Code:

#---------------------------------------------------------------
# ChkNpvrTunerStatus.ps1 - Check NPVR Server tuner statuses
#---------------------------------------------------------------
# Leverage NPVR Webservices to retrieve server info and parse
# out all tuners and their respective status.
# NOTE:
#   Change server name in below http call to match your server.
#---------------------------------------------------------------

$NpvrInfo = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
$NpvrInfo.Load("http://nirvana:8866/public/services/InfoXML.aspx")

$NpvrInfo.RecordingStatus.Tuner | ForEach-Object {
    if ($_.status -eq " - is Sleeping") {
        " Sleeping: " + $_.name
    }
    elseif ($_.status -eq " - is Recording") {
        "Recording: " + $_.name
        "   +-------" + $_.EPGEvent
    }
    else {
        $_.status + " " + $_.name + $_.EPGEvent
    }
}

Then from the command line type:
powershell -f drive:\directory\ChkNpvrTunerStatus.ps1

It will display output similar to:

Code:

D:\Utils2\ps_scripts>powershell -f ChkNpvrTunerStatus.ps1
Sleeping: DCR-2650 / HDHR Prime 1318E35A-3
Sleeping: DCR-2650 / HDHR Prime 1318E35A-4
Sleeping: DCR-2650 / HDHR Prime 1318E35A-5
Sleeping: IPTV
Recording: DCR-2650 / HDHR Prime 1318E35A-0
   +-------Criminal Minds
Recording: DCR-2650 / HDHR Prime 1318E35A-1
   +-------D:\PVR\LiveTV\live-20 CNN-2847.ts
Sleeping: DCR-2650 / HDHR Prime 1318E35A-2
Sleeping: Hauppauge WinTV 418 BDA Tuner:1
Recording: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture:1
   +-------Gangster Squad