new QAM channel names

[ryanlantzy]

OK, so here's the story.

I noticed on one of my other QAM enabled TVs that a new channel had popped up when I ran a channel scan after a power outage.

So I tried to get Sage to find the channel too. It did.. sort of, but it really fubar'd the channel mappings. Some channels I could just not tune to... and then at sometimes the same channel number would be two different channels depending on when you tuned to it.

I think this is the reason...

Here's the frq file from the old QAM scan

CH:1 major:1008 minor:800 prog:9 phy:82 frq:571250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:BARK
CH:2 major:1008 minor:1 prog:2 phy:92 frq:631250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-1
CH:3 major:1008 minor:770 prog:3 phy:104 frq:673250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:JACHD
CH:4 major:1008 minor:771 prog:4 phy:106 frq:685250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:PSUHD
CH:5 major:1008 minor:773 prog:3 phy:108 frq:697250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:WCPHD
CH:6 major:1008 minor:777 prog:5 phy:108 frq:697250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:ATMHD

Here's the new frq file:

CH:1 major:1008 minor:1 prog:9 phy:82 frq:571250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-1
CH:2 major:1008 minor:1 prog:2 phy:92 frq:631250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-1
CH:3 major:1008 minor:1 prog:3 phy:104 frq:673250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-1
CH:4 major:1008 minor:1 prog:2 phy:106 frq:685250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-1
CH:5 major:1008 minor:2 prog:4 phy:106 frq:685250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-2
CH:6 major:1008 minor:1 prog:3 phy:108 frq:697250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-1
CH:7 major:1008 minor:2 prog:1 phy:108 frq:697250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-2
CH:8 major:1008 minor:3 prog:5 phy:108 frq:697250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:1008-3
CH:9 major:0 minor:1 prog:2059 phy:109 frq:703250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:DTV109.2059
CH:10 major:0 minor:2 prog:2076 phy:109 frq:703250000 mod:11 inv:0 #:DTV109.2076

You can see how several channels have the same numbering. But only those that have a number in "major:"

[Opus4]

I moved this to the hardware forum because it most likely has to do with configuring the tuner & scanning/mapping channels for that tuner... but since there was no mention of what tuner is in use, I don't know if anyone can make a suggestion.

- Andy

[ryanlantzy]

The tuners I have are Hauppauge HVR-1600 and 1800. The problem occurs on both.

Note, I think this is really a problem with how Sage is mapping the channels. In the guide, only the Major and Minor numbering are used.

so the following:
104-1008-1
106-1008-1
106-1008-2
108-1008-1
108-1008-2
108-1008-3

Turns into:
1008-1
1008-2
1008-3

in the guide after doing a QAM scan.

The channels USED to be numbered:
104-1008-770
106-1008-771
106-1008-772
108-1008-773
108-1008-775
108-1008-777

by the cable company, so there was unique numbering with out using the first three digits (the Physical number).