Live bandscan

[primestar31]

Can you tell me what powers yours?

I looked it up, it uses a 12v power adapter. Amazon.com

 

[comfortably_numb]

The listing shows the power adapter is included:

 

[Jim5506]

Celeron Processor :^(

 

[comfortably_numb]

Celeron Processor :^(

All it needs to do (for me) is run a text script.

 

[Lone Gunman]

Ebay Item number 126481274955 that numb posted and if you look at the ad title it says 8GB DDR4? About half way down the page it says 6GB DDR4 RAM in two different places???

And the ad says that the 12v port is a headphone jack port?? WOW!!

Think I'll wait until numb gets his and then maybe we'll know exactly what it is.

Just saying.................

 

[fri1038]

The N4000 cpu is similar in performance to my old laptop's N3700 and should be fine. Something I ran into with my Linux install though, was the scan_tuner.pl failing to upload its data with the following error after a reboot. I guess some necessary OS service was slow to start up. I fixed it with a sleep command in the crontab.

====
....
Checking if web page got results ok
403 Forbidden
trying to run /usr/local/bin/hdhomerun_config FFFFFFFF scan /tuner1/
...

====

$ crontab -l

reboot sleep 60; /home/ron/tvdx/scan_tuner.pl

 

[zaxcomtn]

You can tell what parts of the southeast have lost power by all the bandscan sites that have gone off line since yesterday. Virtually none live in FL, GA, SC or NC.

 

[comfortably_numb]

After a FedEx shipping delay, the mini PC arrived yesterday. I can confirm that the following are included:

A/C adapter;
HDMI cable;
mounting screws

 

[comfortably_numb]

After using this PC for several days, I've noticed it seems to shut down on its own after a couple of hours, even with Sleep turned off. I'm not sure if it's overheating or what. I think I'm going to return it.

 

[primestar31]

After using this PC for several days, I've noticed it seems to shut down on its own after a couple of hours, even with Sleep turned off. I'm not sure if it's overheating or what. I think I'm going to return it.

Put on fan blowing on it, and see if that helps. Maybe even an old laptop cooler if you have one. Even if it does, I'd still return it while you can.

 

[zaxcomtn]

I am still a big fan of just running this on a Pi. I have built 4 of them. They just run and run, use little power, don't need much airflow. Instructions on the site are pretty simple.