*kvm/ipmi or zigbee remote plug for Gigablue Linux sat receiver
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Sunray_0A · 2023-12-22 13:48

Hey all,

I have a Gigablue 4k linux satellite tv receiver that only ever seems
to need a hard reboot when I’m away from home.

As it’s actually a PC, does anyone think Pikvm/ipmi or zigbee
controlled plug socket would be best for the reboots?
Thanks!

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deeddy · 2023-12-22 14:22

Just go ahead with a cheap Zigbee plug socket. Pikvm is somewhat too
expensive to be used as a tool for reseting other devices.

If you have a Zigbee hub (could be a Home Assistant with a Zigbee
adapter), you can do restarts remotely very easily.

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Sunray_0A · 2023-12-22 14:40

OK thanks. I use HA, will get another plug
👍

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Sunray_0A · 2023-12-22 14:41

I want to put pikvm or IPMI on my Prox server

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springs87 · 2023-12-22 18:04

If its a Linux machine, do you have access to the command line? Could
you setup a cron job to restart the machine overnight?

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Sunray_0A · 2023-12-22 19:42

Hi, I could yes, I’ve got other boxes doing that. But that’s not the
issue.

 So while I’m away I stream live TV to myself using the built in
transcoder chip, which matches bandwidth to conditions (apparently).
But it keeps locking up, and  neither “reboot” nor “shutdown -r now”
work. It hard locks up and only a power cycle will clear it.

If I stream live at 4k the LTE gets overwhelmed, and constantly stops
and buffers. Hence using the transcoder chip.

😎