Stalker PVR no love

[fazowski]

Trying to get the PVR working on RaspberyPi 3 with OSMC - latest Kodi.
Getting those darn "authentication errors" . I've been searching the forums and trying to follow all solutions - no luck.
It works fine under video add-on (I link new MAC and reset IPTV after using with video add-on.)

These are steps that I followed last - same issue (authentication error, retrying)

1. changed MAC
2. reset IPTV
3. configured Stalker PVR Client (default on Kodi 16 1.0.12)
Active portal 1
Connection Timeout 120
On Portal 1:
MAC - used ALL 6 hex including default 00:1A:78:xx:xx:xx
Server address - expanded and used tt not xx - hxxp://portal1.iptvrocket.tv/stalker_portal/c/index.html (not sure about this one because I get the 22.iptvrocket but somewhere in forums found the link that expands to portal1.
Login and password - my donation number
cache 24 hrs

getting "authentication failed"

I cleared data few times , rebooted numerous times, disabled and enabled under TV settings - not working.

I have not used this MAC with video add-on Stalker. I would love to have that TV tab :-)

[ilan]

Did you set the other credentials (serial number, ID 1)? Follow the instructions in the link below. Don't worry about configuring the guide until the channels load.

http://iptvtalk.net/showthread.php?16461-PVR-Stalker-(Kodi-Built-in)-Set-up-tutorial

[fazowski]

yes, I used :
guide - xmltv with the "yahya* " remote url, no token, serial is my order id, device id is my dev name (4 letters), device ID2 - 5 letters, and signature 6 letters.
I also tried (just now) appending the order number in device id making it longer than 13 chars.

[ilan]

After you reconfigured, you would need to do an IPTV Reset. Make sure Kodi is shutdown when you do it. Wait 15 minutes after the reset to restart Kodi.

[fazowski]

shutdown kodi
IPTV reset
waited 15 minutes
same error

.....
Are there some logs I can look at on the client or server owners on the other end ?
I am not sure if there is any logging setup but troubleshooting should be as simple as I look at some text file (and provide if needed) - server admins look at a file or log (or make it available so I can examine it ) - just to eliminate simple issues like misspelled passwords and such .

[ilan]

Log file locations:

http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Advanced#Location

[fazowski]

Thanks, I will dig into it (time allowing)
For now I gave up and watching it on a regular video add-on Stalker Plus 10.2.4 .

[fazowski]

ok to close this thread - I rebuilt my Pi Kodi from scratch again.
Followed the tutorial (again) but this time without a signature, and external epg custom info (per your recommendation to skip it.)
It's working ok now.
Thank you !

[ilan]

You should be ok to add-in the EPG information now. I wanted to get the channels loading first, before we had any other variables to consider.