Amount of data in daily call

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Amount of data in daily call

Postby bandsp » Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:37 am

I am probably going to take a TiVo when I go away in my caravan, so I will probably have to use my mobile to update the EPG.

How much data is there in a daily call?

If I were to make the call every 3 days would that save on data?

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Re: Amount of data in daily call

Postby Pegasus » Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:31 pm

I haven't measured it, and it depends on your configuration of line-ups etc, but I think the daily data is less than 1 MB per day.
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Re: Amount of data in daily call

Postby bandsp » Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:50 pm

Than .. looks quite possible then .. worth pursuing // Can't find any other box with TiVo's capabilities ..
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Re: Amount of data in daily call

Postby bandsp » Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:20 pm

The TiVo I plan to use has a cachecard, and the LAN connection wire .. I will be using my phone as my internet access .. I cant, of course, connect the TiVo directly to the phone, so will use it as a WiFi hub ..

I have an old TP-link box I used to use to connect the home TiVo to the router but have not succeeded in getting it to see the phone hub, (neither can I get it now to work to the router)

What would be the best way to get the phone and TiVo to talk to each other?
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Re: Amount of data in daily call

Postby Pegasus » Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:21 pm

Most mobile phone hotspots will need WPA2-PSK (aka WPA2-Personal) or possibly the older WPA-PSK (less secure). (And probably encryption type AES.) Do you know what protocols your TP-Link box supports?

If it's supported by your phone then personally I would do a factory reset on the TP-Link and then reconfigure it from your laptop/desktop. You'll also need to know the name (SSID) you gave to your hotspot and the password of course.
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Re: Amount of data in daily call

Postby bandsp » Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:03 pm

After much head scratching, action repetition and possibly praying, I have now got the Tivo linked to the phone via the TPlink as you suggested, and it has downloaded ..

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