Commando 14.4 Neutrino for DM500S with UK EPG

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Commando 14.4 Neutrino for DM500S available now

Sorry it's taken so long, but the team wanted it as perfect as possible, in terms of user-friendliness and help.

As always, this has been a labour of love from LraiZer, so you know that the main new additions are quality stuff!!!

WHAT'S NEW?

++ NeuXmlEpg now rebranded as Rytec online EPG and updated to LraiZer's very latest v1.6 as well. (This is to do with more reliability on Rytec EPG download sources). Please read the attached readme for more info and instructions.

++ Radio Times online EPG - This is default and assumes your DM500S is connected to the web. It's gobsmackingly awesome, in terms of speed and functionality. Loads in around 70 seconds, all sorts of options for loading it, and while it's loading, you have a totally normal and fast viewing experience, too! Check out the readme for full details, please!

++ New Commando EPG Wizard menu under the BLUE button (then BLUE again). User-friendly, dynamic and highly intelligent. This menu, and the scripts it calls, show LraiZer at his very best. Everything you could possibly need to know about the EPG options and configuring them is in there...

++ Cosmetic, but nice- more Channel Icons now included. Apart from the first dozen or so Channels, we've now added symlinks to cover the 4 dozen or so Regional Variations of BBC1, BBC2 , and ITV1, including the ITV1 +1 channels. This is easy to grow further on, just read further down in the previous release.

++ More Cosmetics- LraiZer has changed the coloured dot matrix Progress Bars to a much nicer vertical bar variety. Looks very cool...

++ New password: For Telnet access, you shouldn't be asked for a password, coz it already trusts you. But FTP access is a bit more suspicious... For FTP access, the user is root and the password is your first name, between 1 and 16 characters

-- Sad news. Swapfile support is removed, on account it will NOT work in Neutrino DM500S. It's only encoded for DM boxes that have block devices support, like internal / external HDD, which DM500S doesn't have. So it won't work on a mount. Win some, lose some, sorry...

Now sit back and enjoy up to 14 Days EPG for prime Movies, 8 Days EPG for BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, and Channel 5. Not to mention 7 Days EPG for mainline Sports, 3 Days EPG for prime Entertainment, 1 Day EPG for so-so stuff, and Now 'n Next EPG for the crap.

PLEASE read the readme files, which are also included in the image in /var/tuxbox/config - as these docs will give you a far greater insight into how it all works.

ENJOY!

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Commando 14.3 DM500S (March 2011)

+ The password is now

*******


+ Big thanks to LraiZer for the following enhancements (except where stated otherwise)

+ Satellite Info option in the Infobar- On by default, can be toggled Off in Settings > OSD > Infobar

+ Neutrino-style Progress bars in the Infobar, or pretty Coolstream-style colored dot matrix bars
Default is coloured bars- toggle to the other style in Settings > OSD > Colors

+ A nice workover of the Boot Logo (thanks to Satsearching)

+ Partition Map changed to take 128kb from var and give this to SquashFS root
(But don't worry- we still have a record-breaking 4.0MB writeable var partition!!)

+ The new SquashFS root size is 2,883,584 bytes (0x2C0000 hex) and we have 68kb free in there, for
future development.

+ Channel Icons active, and one for BBC2 included for starters. If you'd like more, then see Humforce's
post: http://www.*******/Forums/41972-post75.html The icons live in /var/etc/icons and must be
named EXACTLY the same as the corresponding TV channel, else they won't work.

+ LraiZer's very latest neuxmlepg version and Freesat-compatible epg mapping, with the latest Rytec
multiple random data download sources

+ Plus his bang-up-to-date services and bouquets

+ For mgcamd and evocamd users, the libcrypto file is now embedded in root

+ mkswap support in busybox added at Brandan's request

+ and version info for most popular Softcams is now automatically recognized in the Softcam menu. Oh,
and you don't need to bother to chmod 755 your cam, as the system does this for you!

ps- the top secret password for Telnet and FTP access is now **********
Did we mention that already? Oh yeah, we did...

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Commando v14.2

Filenaming bug in CCcam support fixed

OSCcam support added and tested

Satsearching's new Keybinding Menu in Settings!! Visible by default now, this has the facility to remap the Volume Keys!!
important: If you decide to remap these keys, you MUST first disable the existing Subservices Up and Subservices Down Keys, by assigning both of these to Key = None

... Then set up your Volume -/+ keys as you want them, and finally the Subservices keys. You'll be using the L/R keys either side of the [OK] button, and the L/R keys either side of the [0] button, as per your own preferences. Mega-thanks to Satsearching for his brilliant work on this!

Another tidy-up in the locals, where we've changed menue to menu and canal to channel and stuff like that.

Big thanks to LraiZer for testing and reporting back on all our foul-ups, which have all been rectified for this new release.



Commando v14

Now with Usals and Rytec 2 day EPG

compiled from the UKCVS svn which includes fixes to the following

Scan Defaults to 28.2e, if you select another Sat it will save that as the last sat
Compatible driver for clones and Genuine DM500's

This image does not include any Cable support as cable is dead, but does fully support most of the normal Satellite requirements

as usual NO CAMS, KEYS, ROMS ,


all us neutrino users need now is for LraiZer to tweak the binary so it recognizes 256c png Picons).


With Thanks to LraiZer, PaphosAL, Satsearching, Scruff.

and to the Tuxbox boys for the work they have put into porting Neutrino to this fun box, (shame they seem to not continue development, or answer questions anymore)


New in Commando v14:

USALS (GOTO XX) diseqc support- thanks to Lraizer and Satsearching
Rytec 2 Day XML EPG - thanks to Lraizer
FastZap On-Off control in Driver/Boot Options
New head.ko Driver - thanks to LraiZer (support for alternative user driver to be loaded from /var/driver)
Softcam Status in softcam menu- again thanks to LraiZer
New boot logo - thanks to Satsearching
And, by popular demand, a retro blast from the past (2007 C9) is back. See if you notice it...
Top-secret Password is still commando
As usual- FTA Only - no keys nor cams. It's a rulez thing



AutoFS (CIFS mount tested) - Streaming - Tuxbox Commander - yWeb I/F - Lemmings - Pacman - Solitaire - Tetris - Vierg (Connect 4) - boot logo - Rytec 2 Day EPG with shellexec GUI - all this and more in C14!!

Despite the old Git's fetish with Free Space, we've enriched the new image with all these features, but have STILL maintained our world-beating 4.125MB megaMaxVar writeable JFFS2 var partition. So a typical user-customized C14 will provide something in the region of 3.3MB of Free Space!!

Anyone wishing to edit the SquashFS root partition with LraiZer's excellent Squazma Tools be warned: Your edited root must NOT exceed 2.752,512 bytes (0x2A0000h) in size!!

Download Here
 
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Don't forget, the password is your name :proud:
 
I was going to mention that the readmes referred to in Renny's 14.4 release notes above are included in the image rar file, and can also be found in the /var/tuxbox/config folder once 14.4 is installed.

Problem is, I don't see the download anywhere...

Cheers- AL :)
 
im thinking of trying this to c what its like does it turn cams off like 14.3 when doing epg update
 
who's trying it first? lol

i liked the commando image but ditched it because of epg problems.

tempted to reflash.....
 
im thinking of trying this to c what its like does it turn cams off like 14.3 when doing epg update
yes, this function has been added as default for ALL cams in rytec mode

who's trying it first? lol

i liked the commando image but ditched it because of epg problems.

tempted to reflash.....

there is totaly different epg system as default, 100x faster with ready mapped upto 14 days epg instead of previous 2 days epg WITHOUT need for a network mount.
 
im thinking of trying this to c what its like does it turn cams off like 14.3 when doing epg update

Just to add to what LraiZer has stated, in Radio Times EPG mode, the softcam stays active whilst RT EPG is loading. During this phase, the box works perfectly normally, in terms of zapping and OSD etc. The only thing that you might notice is different during loading is that 'EPG not available' appears in the infobar. That's because sectionsd is stopped while it's being reloaded. But loading only takes about 70 seconds anyway.

The only time the cam is killed is when the box is in Standby Mode. But hey- all this and lots more is explained in the readmes!

Cheers- AL :)
 
Can someone remind me how to install a cam

cheers

Pop it into /var/bin/emu (you don't need to bother to chmod 755 it) and then hit blue then the menu button to get the Softcam Menu. Select the cam and start it. Naturally, you'll need any support files resident as well, such as /var/etc/CCcam.cfg if ising CCcam.

Cheers- AL :)
 
Worked a treat thanx and im very happy with the image some people deffo put alot of time in to it well done guys.
 
is there any chance of a how to get to install oscam as a reader in this image pls lads and witch version of oscam to use ?
 
Can this image be used with a multi LNB pointing at 28e, 19e & 13e? Thanks
 
Can this image be used with a multi LNB pointing at 28e, 19e & 13e? Thanks

Not sure, callisto. Problem is, half the T-C devs are fixed 28.2E, while half are fully motorized. So we have no way of testing your triple LNB setup. I asked LraiZer what he thought about this, and here's his reply:

LraiZer said:
dont really have a clue about anything to do with multi LNB, and dont forget i only got a sat dish 6 months after you and only have a static 28.2e setup so im only guessing half this stuff. i know there is a uncommited switch menu item deep in the extended zapit settings that relates to if you have sat hardware switches that are something to do with commited/uncommited (i did google about it a while back but ive forgot what that was about now).

For a multi LNB setup, I suggest this for testing. First delete your bouquets and services and start from blank.

then try turning on diseqc, lets try just 1.1 instead of 1.2 for now so the motor menu is not enabled.

then in scan mode change update to satalite bouquet.
not sure what the diseqc-reapeats should be set at here.(you can experiment with that)

now is DiSEqc-Settings set your three LNB sats from off to 1, 2, 3 in the positions on your multi-lnb
in scan modes you can now change from all sat to one sat and scroll through your three selected sats and choose which one to scan.

when you press come out and press scan you should find you are scanning that sat only and your services and bouquets should have been created and updated for that sat position only.
well that what i think it should be doing as i cannot test any of this, im just guessing from what i see in the menus.

So have a play and see what happens, eh? You won't break the box. Please let us know how it goes.

Cheers- AL :)
 
Not sure, callisto. Problem is, half the T-C devs are fixed 28.2E, while half are fully motorized. So we have no way of testing your triple LNB setup. I asked LraiZer what he thought about this, and here's his reply:



So have a play and see what happens, eh? You won't break the box. Please let us know how it goes.Cheers- AL :)

Thanks, people meant to be setting up for have not got back to me but if they do will let you know, thanks again.
 
im just wondering... if i install this latest commando... do i update the Services and Bouquets with dreambox edit?? just the same as pli jade??
if im reading things right.. then i cant??
if so... how do i update them??

many thanks
cheers
DiGG
 
right... ive just found a program called dreamset...
ive loaded the services file from SGTFlipFlop Bouquets into dreamset... then

SaveAs > Neutrino (Services.xml)

dreamset has now created 3 files:

bouquets.xml
satellites.xml
services.xml

do i ftp these files to /var/tuxbox/config/zapit on the commando image to get my Bouquets??

cheers
DiGG
 
Before you rush in and go overwriting the existing files, you might want to consider making backups of the originals first. Only the services and bouquets go to the /zapit folder on the path indicated. The satellites.xml file lives in /var/etc

Also, please bear in mind that FlipFlop uses many different channel names in services and bouquets. This means that Radio Times EPG and the Channel Icons won't work properly. If you intend using either or both of these features, then you're going to have some serious editing to do, m8!

Cheers- AL :)
 
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