Zgemma-Star H5.2S Hardware or Software fault??

botty1006

Newbie
Hi, I'm new to this, so would appreciate some help as i don;t know what i'm doing wrong and worried there is something wrong the box.
I have 2 problems
1) When i first flashed the box with Wooshbuild V5 i couldn't get me line to work, I tried to FTP the file in, but the FTP server wouldn't connect.
I tried to ping the box with no joy...
After reading on here about similar problems, i re flashed the box and tried again, Again the line file wasn't copied during flashing so i tried FTP again.

The strange thing is. I pinged the box first this time, and everything was ok..
I tried to connect via FTP and again nothing.
Then ping again and Fail ????

Luckily i found the usb loader and set the line this way so no problem. but seems very strange. I know the box network is working as its working and i can download EPG etc.. but ping is blocked and FTP never works..

Onto problem 2..The USB

I installed a 500GB HDD in the USB on the back of the box. Everything was working perfect. Could store the EPG, Record, timeshift etc.. However once i deleted a recording, the drive was broken.. The box cannot see it, I get "hard drive maybe full error". I loose the EPG as the file can only be set to local flash?
So i tried again with a 32GB USB Stick.. initialised it. testing recording etc. All seems ok, then i delete and bang some problem.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before? I think the FTP issue must be software as the port is working fine, but what about the HDD. Is it the memory I'm using ( 500GB WD, 32GB Kingston Pen) or a bug in the software with the deletion of programs??

Any help would be most appreciated as I can't find away around this issue..
 
i just press the coloured button for delete in the file explorer, the same screen i can select them to watch. ( sorry for the poor description)
I'm just reformatting a drive so i make another recording for test, then i will post a pic..
 
This is the screen i am using. ( Attached)
I press File List on the remote, Then red for delete.

Strange thing is, I just reformatted the WD 500GB HDD and tried again and they recording/deleting worked, but now timeshift is broken.
I had a look in the timeshift settings and filelist and found that the "timeshift" folder it was trying to record to was missing.
I re-initialised the drive multiple times, reformatted again and no joy.
In the end i changed the timeshaft and auto record path to the "lost and found" as that was the only available dir.
Tested it, and everything is working again. timeshift, recording/deleting.
What I found strange is now it's working, the timeshift folder has appeared back in the File list ?
So i went back to timeshift setting to change it back and i can't select the bookmark for //timeshift for the timeshift location and the autorecord location gives me an error saying path is not writable.

In summary it's working now, but is this software quirks/bugs or some inconsistency in my HDD?. I would have thought the initialisation of the drive would create and set the permissions of the HDD but it didn't.
I even ran the "file system test" and this showed no errors.
Also as a complete newb, i don't know what the "lost and found" dir is for.. Am I ok the leave me timeshift recording here?
I am planning on replacing this drive soon with a smaller pen/stick drive as I'm worried about my son pulling the cable out whilst we're using the box, and i would like to figure if this is a drive quality issue, or just quirks that can be reported back to wooshbuild or zgemma.
 

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what is the "mount" of the drives set to as i also have this box and wooshbuild to a 64GB usb 3 stick and works perfectly without a problem, then tried a 128gb sd card and changed the mount locations to the sd card and again not a single issue with record or deleting etc

as looks to me as if the "mount" the box is set to is not right as it is showing the whole drive directory's instead of just one folder like mine points to
 
I want to buy a zGemma H2s My satellite dish LMB is only got one output would it still Work ?
 
Yes, it can operate in single tuner mode.
You will be able to record and watch something prerecorded at the same time, but not record and watch another live stream.
 
what is the "mount" of the drives set to as i also have this box and wooshbuild to a 64GB usb 3 stick and works perfectly without a problem, then tried a 128gb sd card and changed the mount locations to the sd card and again not a single issue with record or deleting etc

as looks to me as if the "mount" the box is set to is not right as it is showing the whole drive directory's instead of just one folder like mine points to


I'm not exactly sure where to find the mount location?,
It's got it self working now, the file list menu has changed to how to you describe, and all is working.
I think that something went wrong with the initialisation of the drive. Once I had got the timeshift working and re-booted. Its all came up perfectly. I haven;t had a problem since.
Like i said the only anomaly now is that my timeshift file location is different to default..

I think i'm going to move the HDD to a sd card, as I don't like the cable going to the HDD I've already had 1 or 2 issues where it's come out.

Could you please advise, where can i find these mount settings? or will it see the sd when it's plugged in and i Initialise it?

Thanks
 
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