| PGI v0.6, Destoroyah |
| based on DGS 11834 |
+----------------------+
Many thanks to uncle.f for helping to prepare this release!
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE PGI SOFTWARE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, DATA LOSS OR HARDWARE MALFUNCTION, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE UNDER NEGLIGENCE OR EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. BY INSTALLING AND USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT
Table of Contents
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- New Features Highlights
- Full Change List Since Last Release
- Other Important PGI Features
- Colour Buttons Default Functions
- Notes on Hard Disks, Flash Media and Formatting
- Notes on Multiboot
- Notes on Irdeto Cards in the Internal Cardreader
- Configuring Settings Using pgi.conf
New Features Highlights (exclusive to PGI)
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- Special oscam version exclusive to PGI, which can be used not only as a cardserver but also as a dvb-api client (no need to use mgcamd as a client any more). Additionally, ECM PID priority, Irdeto ChID mapping and BISS/CCW support was added to oscam.
- Support for more Wi-Fi/USB devices than in any other image (3 different Ralink chipset drivers included)
- Full support for pppd and iptables for direct Internet connection using USB connected mobile phones and 3G/CDMA/HSDPA modems
- Experimental internal cardreader driver to work with some previously non-working Irdeto 5.x cards
- NTFS file system support (read only mode)
- New exclusive sleep timer menu available via the Power button on the remote control
- Full channel and transponder editing as well as service scanning is possible even when the recording timers are set
- Completely reworked aspect ratio handling for the 4:3 channels on 16:9 TVs
- Added automatic and manual cleaning of the temporary timeshift files
- Added channel provider information to the info banner
- Lots of other smaller new features and bug fixes (described below in full)
Full Change List Since Last Release
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General changes:
- The main settings file /var/etc/boot_services.cfg has been renamed to /var/etc/pgi.conf. It now contains LOTS of new options (explained in full below)
- Added a special modified cardserver/client oscam, based on svn revision 1939. Patches from pacco add several new features, including dvb-api client mode on IPBox, which allows to clear channels without using mgcamd as the client, a feature to filter ECM PIDs, a feature to map Irdeto ChIDs to channels (something that mgcamd cannot do at all) and a feature to support BISS and CCW. See file OSCAM_en.txt for more details
- Support for Wi-Fi/USB devices based on Ralink RT2870 and RT3070 chipsets. Wi-Fi setup is performed by editing relevant config files. More details can be found in the NETWORK_en.txt file
- Support for direct Internet connection using PPP which includes PPPoE, as well as USB/Serial Generic, PL2032 and CDC-ACM drivers for certain mobile phones with USB cable and 3G/CDMA/HSDPA USB modems (including usb_modeswitch!). More details can be found in the NETWORK_en.txt file
- Full iptables (Linux firewall) support for direct Internet connection protection. Additional configuration allows you to use the receiver as a router (NAT, masquerading, etc. is possible). More details can be found in the NETWORK_en.txt file
- Experimental internal cardreader driver which makes it possible to force a custom "base frequency". This MAY enable support for SOME Irdeto 5.x cards. Use at your own risk (read more below)
- Added support for Linux udev, which allows automatic driver loading and handling of the hot-plugged devices.
- Added NTFS file system support for USB connected devices including auto mounting (read only mode)
- Web interface has been updated to version 1.5.01
- mgcamd has been updated to version 1.35
- Fixed a problem with flashing images from a USB device using the receiver's OSD menu
- Improved WebTV, especially Twin-Tuner mode
- Added a user-configurable standby time for SATA HDDs
- Added the possibility to choose which network protocol (TCP or UDP) should be used for NFS-share recording
- Added cron service for automatic user scripts execution with user provided schedule
- Added the possibility to synchronise the receiver's clock with an NTP server during receiver startup (those who want permanent NTP synchronisation should use a cron job. cron should be enabled and the crontab file edited to contain the ntpsync command)
- Added Secure FTP (SFTP) service
- Added a script for manual and automated cleanup of temporary timeshift files. User can specify a minimum age of the files to be deleted. Script plugin (assigned to WWW button) can be used to perform manual cleanup (except 91HD remote, where WWW button is not available and you have to call the script plugin via the plugins menu)
- Added a script to save all user settings from /var to the internal HDD or external device, as well as a script to restore the settings. This is very useful when flashing the receiver with a new image. You can save the settings using a script plugin menu (assigned to WWW button, except 91HD). To restore settings you can either use the same menu, or press and hold the 9 button during cold boot until the message "RESTORE BKUP" is displayed on VFD. After that the settings will be restored and the receiver will be rebooted automatically.
ATTENTION: the "hold the 9 button" feature only works with backups stored in the default location on the HDD. Furthermore, it is based on multiboot configuration, therefore if you flash a different multiboot, the function will be lost. To restore it run the following Telnet command:
fw_setenv menu_9 'setenv bootargs $bootargs restore_backup=1;front_puts "restore bkup";boot'
- Added a "boot pause" feature, which pauses the receiver boot sequence after the network is initialised. This is very useful if your db.dat or skin has become corrupt and the receiver no longer boots correctly. You can pause the boot sequence and upload the correct db.dat, skin or pgi.conf with different settings. To enable boot pause, press and hold the 8 button during cold boot, until "BOOT PAUSE" is displayed on the screen. The boot process will be paused when the message changes to "PRESS ANYKEY". To continue the boot process press any key. ATTENTION: the "hold the 8 button" feature is based on multiboot configuration, therefore if you flash a different multiboot, the function will be lost. To restore it run the following Telnet command:
fw_setenv menu_8 'setenv bootargs $bootargs boot_pause=1;front_puts "boot pause";boot'
- Added a simple script to flash images from Telnet without the need for a USB stick. The image must be on a HDD, USB or network share which must be WRITEABLE (for temporary files during the flash process). To start flashing, just use the following Telnet command:
flash image-name
- mbox and incubus have been removed from the image (they are still supported by scripts and pgi.conf, but you must copy the binaries and configs to /var/bin and /var/keys yourself)
- The aspect ratio ("zoom modes") script has been removed from the image, as this function is now built into the main interface and the settings are in pgi.conf
- The "cooling fan stop" script has been removed, this is now controlled from the pgi.conf file
- The private_epg_info and nonstandard_encoding files have been moved to /var/etc/epg
sbox changes:
- Fix: Custom channel volume settings get correctly applied after unmuting
- Fix: No panics on scheduled EPG recordings
- Fix: 14:9 AR mode gets applied correctly on channel changes
- Fix: Automounter mounts a usb-stick with vfat instead of msdos filesystem
- Fix: Allow deletion of transponders even when the Sat is assigned to an LNB (the channels will be deleted from DB and FAVs as well as the timers for those channels)
- Fix: Allow editing channels when timers are set
- Fix: Allow entering the channel scanning menu even when timers are set
- Fix: Allow entering of LNB Settings menu when timers are set
- Fix: Sleep timer does not stop recording
- Fix: Last watched channel is saved correctly if the receiver has been powered off by a timer
- Change: Moved Wakeup timer from the Time menu to the Power Control menu
- Remove: Fast Scan (NL), Streaming Player, M3U Player and Wi-Fi settings menus as they create more problems that they solve
- Remove: 60Hz HDMI output modes as they do not solve any problems but only create them
- Remove: (L)eft and ®ight polarisation types in manual scanning mode. Use V/H for all LNB types, as follows: R=V, L=H
- Add: completely reworked aspect ratio handling. The modes are configured in pgi.conf, change very fast and does not get reset after using OSD menus (while watching the same channel). See ASPECT_RATIO option in pgi.conf
- Add: New popup for controlling sleep timer and power options when holding the power button. See POWER_OFF option in pgi.conf
- Add: Front panel display brightness can be adjusted. See VFD_BRIGHT option in pgi.conf
- Add: Channel provider name added to the info banner (next to the satellite name)
- Add: The weather forecast, RSS feed, media player can be called using colour buttons. To enable this function, edit the relevant script in /var/bin (red.sh, green.sh, yellow.sh or www.sh) and place the following 2 lines into it:
#!/bin/sh
echo "web_change_menu MENU" > /dev/commander
where MENU is one of the following: menu_weather, rss_reader, vidp_list
Other Important PGI Features (not new but still rocking!)
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- Removed freezes on HD channels thanks to corrected drivers
- The latest stable Busybox version for the Linux command line fans
- All shell commands work correctly together with the shell command history
- Improved cardreader driver by pacco
- Cold start time is improved (giving more startup features at the same time)
- Modular settings for enabling only the services which are really needed
- Picture blanking on channel change
- Optional password disabling for editing channels and recordings
- Improved handling of non-ASCII recording file names using transliteration
- Stop button is enabled for stopping timeshift and recorded files preview
- Improved channel list navigation
Colour Buttons Default Functions
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ATTENTION! On IPBox 91HD, Cuberevo 250 and 200HD models only the GREEN button actions can be changed by the user!
Red button => FavPiP plugin
Green button => Change Aspect Ratio script
Yellow button => Restart Softcam
WWW => Script Panel Plugin (calls the scripts from /var/bin, script names must start with scrplg-*)
Notes on Hard Disks, Flash Media and Formatting
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1) PGI WILL NEVER EVER FORMAT YOUR DISKS OR FLASH MEDIA BY ITSELF!
2) If you want to format your storage device which is already recognised by the receiver, use the option in the OSD menu (PVR Settings)
3) If the device is not being recognised, you can force formatting by pressing the "power button + arrow down" combination during the start of the cold boot sequence (it may take up to 20 minutes or even longer to format some of the high capacity HDDs, especially USB disks)
4) By default the ext3 file system will be used to format the disk, when requested by the user. You can change the default filesystem to ext2 using HDD_FS parameter in pgi.conf file (see pgi.conf description below)
5) If your SATA HDD is still not being recognised even after a forced format, then it is most likely incompatible with the receiver. Some users had success by switching HDDs from SATA 2 into SATA 1 mode by using a special jumper on their HDD. In any case, it is worth checking the boot logs (see the DEBUG option in pgi.conf)
6) By default only the device with the name "sda" will be used as the recording device (and formatted as such if requested). SATA HDD always has priority over USB devices, i.e. if you have both SATA and USB storage devices connected, then the SATA disk will have the "sda" name and the USB device will be called "sdb". It is possible to change the device used for recording (and formatting) if you have some special requirements (see HDD_DEVICE parameter in pgi.conf)
7) All devices with a capacity of less than 64GB will NOT be used as recording devices, even if formatted correctly. This is to prevent flash media, which is used for multiboot, from being affected by PGI recordings. This "limitation" can be dropped by setting HDD_MIN_SIZE parameter in pgi.conf accordingly (see below)
8) Some USB HDDs spin up too slow to be detected by the start up routine during a cold boot. To overcome this problem you can configure a slight delay for USB HDD detection. See HDD_DELAY1 and HDD_DELAY2 parameters in pgi.conf below
Notes on Multiboot
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IMPORTANT! If you want to create USB sticks with bootable images (for example e2), you need to use the following command to create the filesystem:
mkfs.ext2 -I 128 /dev/...
If you want to flash another multiboot after installing PGI, consider the following. In PGI the multiboot keys act as follows:
0 - boot flash (normally for DGS/PGI)
1 - enigma flash
2 - enigma /dev/sda1
3 - enigma /dev/sdb1
4 - enigma2 flash
5 - enigma2 /dev/sda3
6 - enigma2 /dev/sda4
7 - enigma2 /dev/sda5
8 - PGI boot pause mode (see the description of this new function above)
9 - PGI settings restore mode (see the description above and also the BACKUP_DIR option in pgi.conf)
If you are not satisfied with this layout or if one or more of the buttons do not work the way you wish, it is much easier to simply change those buttons' actions than to flash the complete multiboot (and lose the new functionality for buttons 8 and 9). The multiboot options can be easily edited to your liking with the Telnet commands: fw_printenv and fw_setenv.
Notes on Irdeto Cards in the Internal Cardreader
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The card reader driver (sci-ng) has been modified in this version to be able to set a so called "base frequency" (see the beginning of the /var/bin/sсi-ng script). "Base frequency" in this context is not a frequency for the cardreader but rather a proposed base frequency from which the cardreader controller derives its actual working frequency. By default the "base frequency" is set to 100000000, i.e. 100MHz and the cardreader frequency is derived from it by dividing the base frequency by an even number between 2 and 62 (the actual number is detected automatically to fit the card frequency as close as possible). By changing the base frequency it is possible to get some cards working which were not working before. For instance, it has been detected that some Irdeto 5.3 cards can work if the base frequency is set to 111093750.
WARNING! As already mentioned in the disclaimer above, the changing of any values, such as cardreader frequency, is performed entirely at your own risk!
Configuring Settings Using pgi.conf
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The image specific configuration is located in /var/etc/pgi.conf. All lines starting with # are treated as comments. The lines like OPTION="VALUE" set various parameters. ATTENTION! There must be NO SPACES before or after the equals sign! The file can be edited by any text editor that saves files in a plain text format.
The options are read from this file only once during the boot sequence, so if you want to commit your changes you need to reboot the receiver. Below is a detailed description of all the possible parameters that can be set in the file pgi.conf. Do not be put off by the large number of options! The receiver will work fine with most of them unchanged out of the box. They only need to be changed if you require some additional functionality or modified behaviour.
ASPECT_RATIO
The comma separated list of Aspect Ratio modes to be changed in a sequence by the "green-button" script. Every time you press the green button to change the "AR mode", the sequence you set here will be used (in a repeating loop).
The values can be as follows (can be used in any sequence or combination):
pillarbox - the 4:3 picture is shown on 16:9 screen with black side bars
14:9 - similar to the above, but zoomed a bit, with smaller side bars
panscan - even bigger zoom for the 4:3 picture, without side bars
widescreen - picture is stretched to fill the 16:9 (distorted AR for 4:3)
cinema - can be used on 2.39:1 movies to fill the 16:9 tv completely
Example: ASPECT_RATIO="panscan,14:9,pillarbox"
BACKUP_DIR
Sets the directory name for backing up and restoring all user settings (normally, on the internal HDD or on the external device). It is very convenient to backup all the settings before flashing a new image and then to restore in one quick operation. The backup and restore functions must be invoked manually using the script plugin, which is available in PGI via the WWW button on the remote (except 91HD, where this plugin can be called via the plugins menu).
Default value: "/media/pgi-backup" (for backing up to the same device which is used for channels recording)
Example: BACKUP_DIR="/mnt/usb/usb0" (for using a USB stick for the backup and restore procedures)
CARDSERV
Sets the card server to read local cards in the cardreader.
Possible values: newcs, oscam, none
Default value: newcs
Example: CARDSERV="oscam"
CI_INIT
Enable or disable support for CI modules. To load less drivers set to "no".
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: yes
Example: CI_INIT="no"
CRON
Enable or disable cron service which allows certain repeating tasks (like user scripts) to be to run at a certain time, for example, every day or every hour, etc. The service uses a configuration file that can be modified using a Telnet command: "crontab -e" which uses the syntax described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron#crontab_syntax
If you enable the MEDIA_CLEAN option (see below) then cron will be started automatically and this option will be ignored.
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: no
Example: CRON="yes"
DEV_BANNER
Show or hide the OSD banner which displays the connectedm and disconnected, CAM module and USB devices. The 'skip1st' value will not show the banner the very first time it is called. This option is useful to get rid of the banner showing every time you start the receiver.
Possible values: always, skip1st, never
Default value: skip1st
Example: DEV_BANNER="never"
ETH_ADDR_LOW
If the receiver is not cleanly shut down, the MAC address of your box may change. This option tries to solve that problem. If you set option to "auto", then the current MAC address (as reported by ifconfig) will be set for the next boot. If you want a custom MAC address, you can hard code it with this option. It is only possible to choose the last three blocks of the MAC address. The first three blocks are fixed and will always be "00:13:18". If you do not want your MAC address to be touched, set this option to "none".
Possible values: auto, none or user defined address
Default value: auto
Example: ETH_ADDR_LOW="ab
ef" (the final MAC will be: 00:13:18
cd:ef)FAN_9000_ON
This option controls cooling fan ONLY ON IPBox 9000HD! Other IPBox models do not have software fan control!
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: yes
Example: FAN_9000_ON="no"
HDD_SLEEP
The time in MINUTES after which the HDD should start sleeping (only if inactive)
Possible values: 0 (no sleeping), 1 .. 20 and then 30, 60, 90, 120... etc.
Default value: 10
Example: HDD_SLEEP="3"
HDD_TMD
Enables or disables the HDD temperature service.
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: no
Example: HDD_TMD="yes"
MEDIA_CLEAN
Enables or disables automated cleanup of temporary media files. This cleanup job runs every 3 hours and will remove all tmp files in the /media directory which are older than the number of MINUTES specified as a value to MEDIA_CLEAN. If this parameter is set to a value other than 0 or "no", then the cron daemon will be started, whether you have enabled it or not.
Possible values: no, a positive numeric value (in minutes)
Default value: no
Example: MEDIA_CLEAN="30"
NFSD
Enables or disables NFS services on the IPBox. This is ONLY required if you want to access the files which are located on the IPBox from another device using NFS protocol. This option is NOT needed for NFS recording (see below).
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: no
Example: NFSD="yes"
NFS_REC
Enables recording to a remote NFS share INSTEAD of a HDD. The value can be either "no" (to disable NFS share recording) or the full path to the NFS share that will be used for recording (instead of the HDD).
Default value: no
Example: NFS_REC="192.168.1.2:/myshare"
Attention: you do NOT need to set NFSD="yes" for NFS_REC to work!
NFS_REC_PROTO
This is only used in conjunction with the NFS_REC parameter (see above). Normally it should be set to "tcp" for a more reliable connection. If your NFS server does not support the TCP protocol, set it to "udp".
Possible values: tcp, udp
Default value: tcp
Example: NFS_REC_PROTO="udp"
NTP_SYNC
Enables or disables time synchronisation with an NTP server. The synchronisation will be performed only ONCE during receiver power up.
Possible values: no, an IP address or a name of an NTP server
Default value: no
Example: NTP_SYNC="ntp2.fau.de"
POWER_OFF
Sets the behaviour for the power button on the remote control. If the value is set to "hold", then you need to hold the power button for 2 seconds to power off the receiver while the short press will call up the sleep timer menu. If set to "press", then the behaviour will be reversed.
Possible values: hold, press
Default value: hold
Example: POWER_OFF="press"
PPPD_PEER
Set the name for the peers file to be used by the pppd service automatically during receiver startup. This parameter is required if the USB_MODEM parameter is being used (see below) or if you are using a PPPoE connection. The peers file specified by this option must exist in /var/etc/ppp/peers directory.
For more information refer to a separate NETWORK_en.txt document
Possible values: none or custom name
Default value: none
Example: PPPD_PEER="gprs"
SAMBA
Enable or disable the Samba service. This is ONLY required if you want to access the files which are located on the IPBox from another device using Windows File Sharing (SMB) protocol.
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: no
Example: SAMBA="yes"
SKIN
Sets an alternative skin. The value should be the FULL ABSOLUTE PATH of the directory containing the skin (often in /var/skins) directory. The name is CASE-SENSITIVE!!! You can put your skins on the HDD or a USB stick and use them instead of the /var directory.
Default value: default (built-in skin)
Example (for a skin in /var): SKIN="/var/skins/MySkinName"
Example (for a skin on HDD): SKIN="/media/skins/MySkinName"
SOFTCAM
Sets the softcam/emu to be used. Attention: if you do NOT select oscam as your softcam, your oscam.conf will be automatically modified to prevent conflicts between oscam server and other softcams.
Possible values: mgcamd, mglauncher, oscam, incubusCamd, mbox or none
Default value: mgcamd
Example: SOFTCAM="oscam"
USB_MODEM
Sets the ID for the USB modem to be initialised when it is connected. You need to configure the PPPD_PEER parameter above as well for this to work. The complete procedure for USB 3G/CDMA/GPRS connections is described in a separate text document called NETWORK_en.txt
Possible values: none or the custom USB ID in the form of VEND:PROD
Default value: none
Example (for Toshiba G450 3G modem): USB_MODEM="0930:0d46"
VFD_BRIGHT
Sets the brightness of the front panel VFD display for the IPBox models that support it. Should be a number in the following range: 0..7, where 0 is least bright and 7 is the most bright
Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Default value: 7
Example: VFD_BRIGHT="0"
WEBTV
Enables or disables PERMANENT Web-TV / VLC streaming. Normally only required when you do NOT use IPBox web interface for watching Web-TV (for instance, when watching directly with VLC player). The web interface should automatically start streaming when required
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: yes
Example: WEBTV="no"
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Below are some additional "hidden" parameters that normally SHOULD NEVER BE TOUCHED ;-) although sometimes they can help with troubleshooting or make your weird setup work
DEBUG
Should only be used to troubleshoot problems and should never be permanently enabled as it slows down the boot process.
DEBUG="yes" will produce some boot sequence log files in the /var/log
DEBUG="IP PORT" will send the logs to the UDP port and IP address specified
Note: if the network is unavailable during network debugging, the consequences are unpredictable.
DONTPANIC
Should be used to stop the box from rebooting when a panic is encountered. This is normally used by developers only to debug the panic attacks
DONTPANIC="yes" will enable this option.
HDD_DELAY1 and HDD_DELAY2
The delay intervals (in seconds) before the HDD is initialised. Normally a delay is NOT required. Some users with USB HDDs have problems with HDD recognition. In such a case, first try setting HDD_DELAY1 to 20 or 30 sec. If this does not help, try setting HDD_DELAY1 as well as HDD_DELAY2. Attention: setting HDD_DELAY2 will make your boot LONGER!
Example: HDD_DELAY1="30"
HDD_DEVICE
The name of the storage device to be used for channel recording. Normally, it is set to 'sda' and should not be changed unless you have some exotic requirements (and hopefully you know what you are doing).
Default value: sda
Example: HDD_DEVICE="sdb"
HDD_FS
The name of the filesystem to use on the HDD_DEVICE during HDD formatting. Setting this option WILL NOT re-format the existing system! You will have to manually invoke format from the OSD menu or use the front panel buttons during the receiver boot sequence! If this option is not set, "ext3" will be used the next time you format the storage device.
Possible values: ext2, ext3
Default value: ext3
Example: HDD_FS="ext2"
HDD_MIN_SIZE
Minimum allowed size (in GB) for a storage device to be used for recording. If the size of the recording device is less than this value, then the device will be ignored for the purpose of channel recording. If you want to record to USB stick which is 32GB or less, then you need to reduce this parameter.
Example (for 32GB stick to be used for recording): HDD_MIN_SIZE="32"
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