Could you attach (or, better, upload to pastebin.com) the whole log file. Are you running vdr with --log=3? I need to see 'idle timer' debug messages and some other debug stuff. Could you also apply this change diff --git a/eitscan.c b/eitscan.c index 3899e00..b1c8c13 100644 --- a/eitscan.c +++ b/eitscan.c @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void cEITScanner::Process(void) Skins.Message(mtInfo, tr("Starting EPG scan")); } } - //dsyslog("EIT scan: device %d source %-8s tp %5d", Device->DeviceNumber() + 1, *cSource::ToString(Channel->Source()), Channel->Transponder()); + dsyslog("EIT scan: device %d source %-8s tp %5d", Device->DeviceNumber() + 1, *cSource::ToString(Channel->Source()), Channel->Transponder()); if (lastActivity == 0) // forced scan - set idle timer for each channel switch; // this prevents powering down while scanning a transponder -- Thanks for testing. Best, Sergey Chernyavskiy. On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 09:59:46AM +0100, Richard F wrote: > 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 > > ... > > 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 _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr