Comag/Silvercrest/Tevion Discussion

[taannuk]

Originally Posted by andysly

evening all we still playing with the sl range

managed to pick up 2 brand new sl65 e1's 240v at the new lidl not far from me for 15 quid each

Are they on sale now or just returned as I did not see any on the LIDL website? Just want to buy one for my parents...

[Yorks]

Originally Posted by andysly

evening all we still playing with the sl range

managed to pick up 2 brand new sl65 e1's 240v at the new lidl not far from me for 15 quid each

i was going to use them for a cheap freesat setup but was thinking can these things still be usefull

just a thought


and a merry xmas to you all

Hi andy,

Merry christmas.

Although I haven't had a dabble with the SL 'B1' for a while, yes it would seem that the 'E1' and 'B1' can currently receive about the same as most other stbs -which is not far off bugger all ATM.

£15 - absolute bargain mate.

Yorks

[andysly]

Originally Posted by Yorks

Hi andy,

Merry christmas.

Although I haven't had a dabble with the SL 'B1' for a while, yes it would seem that the 'E1' and 'B1' can currently receive about the same as most other stbs -which is not far off bugger all ATM.

£15 - absolute bargain mate.

Yorks

cheers for that info yorks i have installed to one of the e1 boxes and i think there is room for improvement.. so as with the b1 i am going to have a bash at recomplieing the fw see what i can do with the new algo's that are floating around..

i have time over xmas ..time to play again
andy

[Yorks]

Have fun Andy! Let us know how you get on.

Yorks

[bigmick]

Hey all,im new to this site ,and new to satellites too,cant beleive what i been missing.I ended up here after buying a tevion portable satellite for long fishing sessions and finding out i could be watching movies at the lake for free,wooot wooot.Anyway i opened up the unit to find an E1 chip,no heatsink though?I have got a 9 pin rs232 cable connected to my laptop but when i go onto the update software menu on the STB it fails to find/connect to the laptop.I Have tried running the truman firmware and where it says 'collect STB info' i just get a message saying 'transfer data failed'.Im gonna fire it up the wall soon,lol.Im thinking i may have to enable the com port on my laptop or assign it maybe??Is there any drivers needed to connect a STB??Any help much appreciated,many thanks.

[Yorks]

I had a similar problem with laptop. It updated my Technomate fine via usb converter/RS232 but had no joy with Tevion B1.

I found that the only way it would work was to update using desktop pc rs232.

But a more recent loader does work with my lappy.

If you haven't already tried it, try 'Upgrade Tool v2.0.0b' on satboard forum.

Yorks

[bigmick]

I tried that one since my last post and torax but none of them seem to register the connection with STB.Im confused about switching on the STB at a particular time to connect to pc.If this is the case what is the software update option in the tools menu on the STB used for?Many thanks

[Yorks]

The software update on the STB is probably just an option for the 'service engineer' to repair using official firmware, and is not used for upgrading.

You need to use a loader on your PC to communicate with the STB.

[dalmaca]

hi there peeps, sorry to drag up thred if its old ( found on google)

but i been trying to do this for a long time now and its really getting to me ...


i know pwoplw have done it using a "maplins very own" serial -> USB lead and all is working well,


the problem im have is when i plug my STB in to the Usb / Serial lead my pc is askin for a driver ..... what can i do ?

[gypsy45]

Originally Posted by Yorks

The simple answer is yes.

Information on Satboard.uk.to


Yorks

I have an e1 chip can you give me a link for a patch please i can only find the truman one for the b1 chip will this work on the e1? thanks Dave