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Hogweed – 10 hours ago »
grahamlthompson – 1 hour ago » To ensure they have fixed IP address’s both have IP addresses mapped to their MAC adresses in the router setup.
Ummm… do I need to use a fixed IP?
Only if you need to access the kit by a known non varying IP Address from say a PC browser or a android /iphone mobile device.
In my case a Foxsat-HDR, A LG Blu-ray Player, A HDR-FOX-T2, Yamaha AV receiver and a VBox DTV IP streaming box. The V-box allows Kodi to view and record live TV from virtually anywhere (by adding a usb Hard drive)
Hogweed – 11 hours ago »
Next time I ask you a question like this, please say things like “Roger, are you sure the cable is good…?” To which, in this case, I would have answered “Well, it’s been in the cable drawer for like a decade, but it’s brand new, don’t be so silly.”
However… here’s what I did. I found my LONG cable (it’s like 50 or 100 feet or something) and decided to be systematic, so connected it direct to the router, as it was long enough… seemed to work fine.
So then I did as you suggested, and used it to connect the powerline thingy (now in a different room) to the Humax – seemed OK. Finally, I put the powerline back in the socket behind he Humax, but used the very long cable – seemed OK.
Then I dared to look at the obvious, and reconnected the Humax to the powerline with another new 1M cable. And it seems to be OK.
Two lessons here:
(1) Start with the basics and work up;
(2) New things can be faulty.
However, knowing my luck, it’ll all turn out to have been some kind of weird blip and it’ll be knackered again tomorrow.
I’ll let you know…
Guessing you have a broken wire. network cable requires each connection to be by a twisted pair. The rf radiated from one cable is eliminated by the current in the other cable in the pair.
Thanks Graham – yes, I used to know all that stuff when I worked for BT
I expect you’re right…
Well, spoke too soon – turned out it was still up to its tricks after all. Don’t know why it briefly appeared to be OK. So it’s not a cable issue.
I contacted Humax by email, but for some reason their tech people kept sending me answers to unrelated questions, eg how to use 2 Humax boxes on the same telly 😯
“You can change the frequency of the remote control to make the units work independently. Please note that Youview models cannot have their frequency changed.”
WHen I respectfully asked them if they could answer the question I had actually asked, they got shirty then disappeared.
Hogweed – 1 hour ago »
Well, spoke too soon – turned out it was still up to its tricks after all. Don’t know why it briefly appeared to be OK. So it’s not a cable issue.
But have you eliminated the powerline adapters as a possible cause? They have certainly been responsible for several problems reported on this Forum. If you go back to the long cable from Humax to router does the problem go away? What make and model are the powerline adapters? Note there is nothing wrong in principle with powerline or homeplug adapters; I use them myself.
Martin Liddle – 41 mins ago »
Hogweed – 1 hour ago »
Well, spoke too soon – turned out it was still up to its tricks after all. Don’t know why it briefly appeared to be OK. So it’s not a cable issue.
But have you eliminated the powerline adapters as a possible cause? They have certainly been responsible for several problems reported on this Forum. If you go back to the long cable from Humax to router does the problem go away? What make and model are the powerline adapters? Note there is nothing wrong in principle with powerline or homeplug adapters; I use them myself.
No, I haven’t – they may well be the problem. Thinking about it, in my last house, my BT Home Hub was sitting directly behind my telly, so I had all devices cabled to it directly, and he HUmax worked fine with that for years.
I’d totally forgotten that (I moved 2 years ago). I suppose they may be the most likely culprit then… they’re TPlink AV500 Mini.
Hogweed – 3 hours ago »
I’d totally forgotten that (I moved 2 years ago). I suppose they may be the most likely culprit then… they’re TPlink AV500 Mini.
Is the model number TL-PA411 V2? If so what firmware version? The version dated 21-08-13 sounds relevant to quote TP-LINK web site”Fixed a bug that IPTV may interrupt for several seconds when STB(Set Top Box) is linked to this Powerline adapter.”
Martin Liddle – 1 hour ago »
Hogweed – 3 hours ago »
I’d totally forgotten that (I moved 2 years ago). I suppose they may be the most likely culprit then… they’re TPlink AV500 Mini.
Is the model number TL-PA411 V2? If so what firmware version? The version dated 21-08-13 sounds relevant to quote TP-LINK web site”Fixed a bug that IPTV may interrupt for several seconds when STB(Set Top Box) is linked to this Powerline adapter.”
It is indeed that model 😯
OK, I’m going to see how to discover the firmware version, and will report back
Right, have updated it – will test extensively and report back.
Thanks for that – I’m afraid I suffer from tunnel vision when analysing problems – once I had it in my head that the Humax was the issue, it didn’t even occur to me that the Powerlines might be the problem. After all, they were working really well!
Hogweed – 29 mins ago »
After all, they were working really well!
It seems possible that they were not though.
Trev – 3 mins ago »
Hogweed – 29 mins ago »
After all, they were working really well!
It seems possible that they were not though.
Guess I should have been more specific 😉 what I meant was that I could watch programmes on BBC iPlayer etc – no stuttering or anything nasty like that.
But the Humax is unresponsive to its remote control – you can stab buttons forever without result, then eventually it does something. Particularly the FF & RWD functions.
And… it’s still doing it
The firmware utility showed the new version as installed OK, but in fact it hasn’t – still at the original version. Mine are actually V1 adapters, so I guess the new firmware doesn’t work with them
Guess the problem is likely with the adapters then. Oh well, they were very cheap.
Hogweed – 23 mins ago »
And… it’s still doing it
Try the long cable again and if that fixes the problem for a reasonable period of time then you know where the problem is.
The firmware utility showed the new version as installed OK, but in fact it hasn’t – still at the original version. Mine are actually V1 adapters, so I guess the new firmware doesn’t work with them
V2 firmware will definitely not work with V1 adapters.
Guess the problem is likely with the adapters then. Oh well, they were very cheap.
Don’t jump to conclusions yet; do the long cable test.
Yeah, it’s absolutely fine with the long cable.
Anybody recommend (cheap!) adapters which work OK?
Thanks
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