XFTA New Firmware thanks to goofather and poroto40

[tangra1089]

After several frustrating days, finally have method B working. Had method A working too, but it suffered from freezing every few seconds. Method B definitely works better. Will write a long Post on do's and don'ts, but before that, have a couple of questions.

Noticed in one of the last posts it says to add the lines:

/usr/sbin/serial_console off
$XX_CLIENT > /dev/null 2>&1

to the "xx-client.sh" file. Did do it, but there is no mention of this in the original method B instructions. Placed the lines over an existing line (replaced the line) that said something like "$XX_CLIENT &" or something like that. Is that correct?

Also, have no idea what this means in the instructions:

"As pangga indicated you have to comment these lines in /etc/inittab to disable console you do thus by putting a # in front of the comment

Code:

#tts/0::askfirst:/bin/ash --login
#ttyS0::askfirst:/bin/ash --login
#tty1::askfirst:/bin/ash --login"

How is this done? Is it necessary? Seems to be working anyway without doing it.

Was taking 30 seconds to 1 minute to change from north to south P$ and sometimes not coming in at all, so changed the "client.ini" settings to Server_timeout=8, and server_retries=0. Seems to be working better. Does ignore_Caid=1 need to be changed for more the one P$? If so, what does a different number do?

Are these good settings for VS9000 with 2 (and later 3 P$)? Are there any other recommended settings?

I got method A working after a few tries, working great! thanks to everyone that contributed to this fix,but I can't get method B to work on my other xfta after a few frustrating days. Magnus, I am waiting for your step by step instruction patiently.I can't seem to get past setting up the reflashed router with openwrt firmware to be able to communicate with winscp and browser

[poroto40]

the easy way to get it work is using the new x-fta image all mod are in the web configuration page

[kickss]

Can any body tell me what this means

[-CLI-] Connecting to server. [93.114.42.205]
[-CLI-] Successfully connected to server. [93.114.42.205]
[-SER-] Login request was rejected. [card_server_url_1=newcamd://XXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXX/11000]
[-CLI-] Connecting to server. [93.114.42.205]
[-CLI-] Successfully connected to server. [93.114.42.205]

[rick333]

Login request rejected because you may have invalid data entered on "card_server", or you don't have active account with your provider.

Can any body tell me what this means

[-CLI-] Connecting to server. [93.114.42.205]
[-CLI-] Successfully connected to server. [93.114.42.205]
[-SER-] Login request was rejected. [card_server_url_1=newcamd://XXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXX/11000]
[-CLI-] Connecting to server. [93.114.42.205]
[-CLI-] Successfully connected to server. [93.114.42.205]

[tangra1089]

the easy way to get it work is using the new x-fta image all mod are in the web configuration page

thanks, this firmware should work with coolsat right ? I did try it with receiver protocal set to 3, but didn't work for me.

[Bollocks]

thank you to everyone trying this before me, your questions and answers helped a lot.

Now can someone tell me where to find the log viewer? (method b)

[tariq2962]

I spent two days and tried all the possibilities to flash my XFTA router with XX-client-920-techno-cyber.trx but could not succeed. The TFTP utility shows "Erasing flash" message and I see the blue bar progressing but it stops at 85-90 person and gives message "Failed to erase flash"; however when I use the original file "xfta-o8.09.2-g1.2.3-wf0.23mex-hgdvb.trx" it successfully loads up the image.

I have read all the post in this thread multiple times and tried everything like changing my IP address to static but nothing worked.

I want somebody to put more light on it. Why does an original image loads up successfully while the otherone gets failed at 90%?

Your help is greately appreciated as i am also tired of resetting my XFTA router every by and then when a non working channel is selected by mistake.

[poroto40]

I spent two days and tried all the possibilities to flash my XFTA router with XX-client-920-techno-cyber.trx but could not succeed. The TFTP utility shows "Erasing flash" message and I see the blue bar progressing but it stops at 85-90 person and gives message "Failed to erase flash"; however when I use the original file "xfta-o8.09.2-g1.2.3-wf0.23mex-hgdvb.trx" it successfully loads up the image.

I have read all the post in this thread multiple times and tried everything like changing my IP address to static but nothing worked.

I want somebody to put more light on it. Why does an original image loads up successfully while the otherone gets failed at 90%?

Your help is greately appreciated as i am also tired of resetting my XFTA router every by and then when a non working channel is selected by mistake.

do factory default and reflash the router

[tariq2962]

Thanks a lot pororo40. I have my router working and I can watch TV now but just for curiosity I still have one question. According to the instructions we need to look for /etc/init.d. Following are the exact text I am going to copy:

"Go to /etc/init.d and look for the line $XX_Client or $XX_CLIENT > /dev/null 2>&1 &
Insert the code /usr/sbin/serial_console off before $XX_Client line. Make sure $XX_cleint complete syntax should be there. Otherwise paste two lines like:

$XX_CLIENT > /dev/null 2>&1 &
/usr/sbin/serial_console off"

However, when I logged into my router with the help of WinsCP, I only found four following files:

Caid.ini
servers.ini
XX-client (no extension)
XX-client.ini

I left Caid.ini unchanged and modified servers.ini only. Just want to know where can the above two lines be added as I was unable to find /etc/init.d?

[tariq2962]

Don't worry. I figured it out.

[danny]

After several frustrating days, finally have method B working. Had method A working too, but it suffered from freezing every few seconds. Method B definitely works better. Will write a long Post on do's and don'ts, but before that, have a couple of questions.

Noticed in one of the last posts it says to add the lines:

/usr/sbin/serial_console off
$XX_CLIENT > /dev/null 2>&1

to the "xx-client.sh" file. Did do it, but there is no mention of this in the original method B instructions. Placed the lines over an existing line (replaced the line) that said something like "$XX_CLIENT &" or something like that. Is that correct?

Also, have no idea what this means in the instructions:

"As pangga indicated you have to comment these lines in /etc/inittab to disable console you do thus by putting a # in front of the comment

Code:

#tts/0::askfirst:/bin/ash --login
#ttyS0::askfirst:/bin/ash --login
#tty1::askfirst:/bin/ash --login"

How is this done? Is it necessary? Seems to be working anyway without doing it.

Was taking 30 seconds to 1 minute to change from north to south P$ and sometimes not coming in at all, so changed the "client.ini" settings to Server_timeout=8, and server_retries=0. Seems to be working better. Does ignore_Caid=1 need to be changed for more the one P$? If so, what does a different number do?

Are these good settings for VS9000 with 2 (and later 3 P$)? Are there any other recommended settings?

Magnus you were going to write a post on how to get method B working. Friend of mine just bought a Nfusion HD and X-FTA.

Would you be kind enough to post the steps necessary to get this X-FTA going using the method B (Openwrt Firmware) with Goo 3. Thanks for your help.