Thanks - I built it and and have had it running for about 24 hours: A couple of observations: I'm seeing this about every 30 - 60 mins as expected, but the timeout seems to be short - not the PowerdownTimeoutM (I assume minutes?) set at 15 in the config file May 30 08:51:02 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 1/0 May 30 08:51:46 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 1/0 So during the start of recordings and other programme changes, I see quite a lot of activity - e.g May 29 15:32:32 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 1/0 May 29 15:32:36 ha-server vdr: [2306] channel 41 (Channel 4 HD) event Sun 29.05.2016 15:25-16:30 (VPS: 29.05. 15:25) 'Location, Location, Location' status 4 May 29 15:32:37 ha-server vdr: [2306] channel 4 (BBC TWO HD) event Sun 29.05.2016 15:30-18:00 (VPS: 29.05. 15:30) 'Gymnastics' status 4 May 29 15:33:17 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 1/0 May 29 15:33:38 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 1/0 May 29 15:33:41 ha-server vdr: [2306] channel 45 (Film4) event Sun 29.05.2016 15:05-16:50 (VPS: 29.05. 15:05) 'Catch That Kid' status 4 May 29 15:33:42 ha-server vdr: [2306] channel 40 (Channel 4) event Sun 29.05.2016 15:25-16:30 (VPS: 29.05. 15:25) 'Location, Location, Location' status 4 May 29 15:34:23 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 1/0 Start of (VPS) recording: May 29 19:50:07 ha-server vdr: [2296] timer 2 (3 2000-2100 VPS 'Top Gear~2016.05.29-20:00-Sun') entered VPS margin May 29 19:50:07 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:50:08 ha-server vdr: [2303] channel 3 (BBC TWO) event Sun 29.05.2016 19:00-20:00 (VPS: 29.05. 19:00) 'Rugby Union' status 4 May 29 19:50:09 ha-server vdr: [2303] channel 7 (BBC NEWS) event Sun 29.05.2016 19:45-20:00 (VPS: 29.05. 19:45) 'Meet The Author' status 4 May 29 19:50:46 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:50:51 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:51:30 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:51:35 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:52:14 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:52:19 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:52:58 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:53:03 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:53:42 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:53:47 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:54:26 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:54:31 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:55:10 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:55:15 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:55:54 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:55:59 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:56:38 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:56:43 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:57:22 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:57:27 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:58:06 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:58:11 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:58:50 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-down - closing frontend 0/0 May 29 19:58:55 ha-server vdr: [2296] dvb tuner: power-up - opening frontend 0/0 May 29 19:59:10 ha-server vdr: [2306] channel 61 (Channel 5 HD) event Sun 29.05.2016 20:00-21:00 (VPS: 29.05. 20:00) 'Secrets of Egypt' status 4 May 29 19:59:11 ha-server vdr: [2296] timer 1 (61 1900-2000 VPS 'Cricket on 5~England v Sri Lanka: Second Test Day Thr') stop I haven't had a chance to take the server down to insert the power monitor yet, but will do so at convenient time in the next few days Thanks Richard On 27/05/2016 14:51, glenvt18 wrote: > Yes, sure. The patch against VDR-2.2.0: > http://pastebin.com/D4VQd1rG > > While testing set VDR log level to 3 (--log=3) and use this helper > script to monitor your frontends: > http://pastebin.com/uW4NW0rZ > > Don't forget to enable power saving in the Setup->LNB menu. > > If you don't have sudo (you're not on Debian or Ubuntu), remove it and > run the script as root. It would be great if you could measure the > power consumption of you tuners (at least the USB one). > > Best, > Sergey Chernyavskiy. > > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 09:59:06AM +0100, Richard F wrote: >> I'd like to give it a go on DVB & DVBT-2 tuners (1 PCI, 1 USB) >> Would you be kind enough to post a version for VDR2.20 or advise changes >> necessary? >> >> Thanks >> Richard >> >> >> On 26/05/2016 18:44, glenvt18 wrote: >>> For about a month now. Tested with 3 different DVB-S/S2 tuners with >>> VDR 2.3.1 and VDR 2.2.0 (requires minor changes to the patch) - rock >>> solid. >>> I don't have VPS, so I can't test it. The same is about DVB-T/C >>> tuners. After all, if something doesn't work this feature can be >>> disabled (and it is disabled by default), >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vdr mailing list >> vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr