NEW mini vu duo twin tuner dreambox hybrid !?

[sattv5]

OK got one of these today. Have also bought a HDD from there. A can anyone tell me how to connect the HDD up please or is there a guide somewhere? Thanks

everything you need is already in the box. theres a metal tray where the 2.5" hdd fits inside the box, remove it and install the hardrive in it and use the screws supplied.
it will make more sense once you open the box up and see what I mean

[mygalomorphae]

I just realised all the clones (mini duo) have the same ethernet MAC addresses (I have 3 of them) which is a problem if you have more than one in the same broadcast domain
I tried to execute

root@vuduo:~# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 02:1D:EC:BF:78:2A
ifconfig: SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy

but it doesn't take it because the interface is in use
It can be done automatically after every reboot by this script:
edit /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/nfsroot to make it look like this:

#! /bin/sh
# In case the interface is used as nfsroot, avoid ifup, otherwise
# nfsroot may lose response
if [ "$IFACE" = "eth0" ]; then
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 hw ether 02:1D:EC:BF:78:2A
fi
exit 0
nfsroot=0
if test "x$IFACE" = xlo ; then
 exit 0
 
fi
exec 9<&0 < /proc/mounts
while read dev mtpt fstype rest; do
    if test $mtpt = "/" ; then
        case $fstype in
            nfs | nfs4)
                nfsroot=1
                nfs_addr=`echo $rest | sed -e 's/^.*addr=\([0-9.]*\).*$/\1/'`
                break
                ;;
            *)
                ;;
        esac
    fi
done
exec 0<&9 9<&-
test $nfsroot -eq 0 && exit 0
if [ -x /bin/ip -o -x /sbin/ip ] ; then
    nfs_iface=`ip route get $nfs_addr | grep dev | sed -e 's/^.*dev \([-a-z0-9.]*\).*$/\1/'`
fi
if test "x$IFACE" = "x$nfs_iface" ; then
    echo "ifup skipped for nfsroot interface $nfs_iface"
    exit 1
fi
exit 0

reboot the box and it will come up with 02 (private) MAC address

now
can anyone point how to flash the box from scratch and recover it if bricked?

[lombard]

I just realised all the clones (mini duo) have the same ethernet MAC addresses (I have 3 of them) which is a problem if you have more than one in the same broadcast domain
I tried to execute

root@vuduo:~# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 02:1D:EC:BF:78:2A
ifconfig: SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy

but it doesn't take it because the interface is in use
It can be done automatically after every reboot by this script:
edit /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/nfsroot to make it look like this:

#! /bin/sh
# In case the interface is used as nfsroot, avoid ifup, otherwise
# nfsroot may lose response
if [ "$IFACE" = "eth0" ]; then
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 hw ether 02:1D:EC:BF:78:2A
fi
exit 0
nfsroot=0
if test "x$IFACE" = xlo ; then
 exit 0
 
fi
exec 9<&0 < /proc/mounts
while read dev mtpt fstype rest; do
    if test $mtpt = "/" ; then
        case $fstype in
            nfs | nfs4)
                nfsroot=1
                nfs_addr=`echo $rest | sed -e 's/^.*addr=\([0-9.]*\).*$/\1/'`
                break
                ;;
            *)
                ;;
        esac
    fi
done
exec 0<&9 9<&-
test $nfsroot -eq 0 && exit 0
if [ -x /bin/ip -o -x /sbin/ip ] ; then
    nfs_iface=`ip route get $nfs_addr | grep dev | sed -e 's/^.*dev \([-a-z0-9.]*\).*$/\1/'`
fi
if test "x$IFACE" = "x$nfs_iface" ; then
    echo "ifup skipped for nfsroot interface $nfs_iface"
    exit 1
fi
exit 0

reboot the box and it will come up with 02 (private) MAC address

now
can anyone point how to flash the box from scratch and recover it if bricked?

vix zeus image you can change mac address in network settings, you just recover by flashing same way via usb, also beware of the red led stuck, points to hardware fault

[mygalomorphae]

the clones come with OpenPLi (which I like most anyway) and the above script does the job
so if I flash the clone and reboot it too early and brick it - how to flash it via the console than?

[Fergal]

the clones come with OpenPLi (which I like most anyway) and the above script does the job
so if I flash the clone and reboot it too early and brick it - how to flash it via the console than?

Make sure you have these 3 files in the vuplus, duo folder
boot_cfe_auto
kernel_cfe_auto
root_cfe_auto.jffs2
Put it in the front usb slot on the box and power it up
The green light will start flashing/blinking on the front to let you know when the flash process is complete so just wait for that or wait around 2-3 mins then power off, take the usb out and reboot
if you brick it its exactly the same process just wait longer before rebooting it.

[mygalomorphae]

ooo so even its bricked it will still take the firmware from the USB? thats fine..
I thought that if its bricked you have to go via the RS/Console cable (similar to the DM800 clones)

[tab99_uk]

do these run on enigma2 ??

[mygalomorphae]

they take the original OpenPLi BlackHole VTI images (no need for patch yet)
basically they bought the original vu+ duo, cloned the hardware so all the boxes are copy paste the same (same chipsets, same MAC addresses etc)
They installed all that in a drimboxy enclosure so if you buy it from HK via DHL you won't even pay the duty

[rihsabramo]

Don't think my fan is coming on. Box is quite hot and I can't hear it.

[mygalomorphae]

open it and check if its working (if not swap it out)
I haven't seen the inside - can you take a photo and link it here
once you find what fan is used you can install the fancontrol2 plugin

[lombard]

Don't think my fan is coming on. Box is quite hot and I can't hear it.

Hi, the usb cable from front port can catch the fan so stopping it spinning

[lombard]

fancontrol2 plugin doesnt work, the vu duo fan was never controlled or cannot be controlled, just went off in standby, as this is based on the vu duo its the same

[mygalomorphae]

the vu+ duo was controlled before by enigma2-plugin-extensions-fancontrol-vuplus_1.1_mipsel.ipk on VTI and OpenPLi (Im not sure about other images)
the drivers and images has changed since, the plugin has ben replaced with fancontrol2

[lombard]

the vu+ duo was controlled before by enigma2-plugin-extensions-fancontrol-vuplus_1.1_mipsel.ipk on VTI and OpenPLi (Im not sure about other images)
the drivers and images has changed since, the plugin has ben replaced with fancontrol2

i did try with openpli 4.0 and fancontrol , just came up with hardware error , would be great if it did work, so could leave fan spinning slowly in standby to keep it cool, i find the cpu gets very hot when box is on standby

[mygalomorphae]

Im not using the duo clone - I have the solo2 so I can't check it now
have you tried the enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-vuplus-fancontrol-in-standby ?