[mythtv] channel changing on motorola DCT2000H

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:47:54AM -0800, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:

> On 4 Nov 2002 at 13:17, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > motherboard if possible, using lirc_sir.  This is supposed to work up to a
> > range of about 1 meter, which should be plenty if I can get a long enough
> > dongle.
> I'd considered going this route, however can't seem to get any ir dongles for 
> the motherboard from the manufacturer (epox).

I have been looking, and someone recently posted to the list about Actisys.
They have a unit:

http://www.actisys.com/act210.html

which connects to a motherboard IR connector and provides a "blaster" style
IR device which could be attached to the front of the tuner.  I am thinking
about getting one of these.  It is USD$35 from Actisys, and I have not been
able to find it elsewhere.  The serial version (200L) is only USD$25 from
these guys:

http://store.yahoo.com/snapstreammedia/irblasbun.html

so that may be a better option if I cannot find the 210L.

> > I'm currently experimenting with the built-in IrDA on my laptop, which
> > last night I got to the point of being able to transmit signals, but was
> > not able to test controlling the unit (the laptop has no battery, and
> > was in the wrong room, and it was late...).  Hopefully I should have
> > some results soon.
> I thought about that, and I have an extra laptop that could do the deed,
> however, IIRC, none of my laptops have the appropriate chip for this to
> work.  However it's been like a year since I last looked at this, so maybe
> time to revisit it.

I cannot dedicate this laptop to that job, and it is too big and requires
additional networking, etc.  I am really hoping to use the IrDA that I have
onboard, or use a serial adapter if that cannot work.

> I have 1 other option as I can see, using a palm pilot hooked up via serial 
> (to the pc) cable and the omniremote software and some scripting, have the 
> palm do the tuning.

I thought about using my Zaurus for that, but it is a waste of a PDA to sit
there and change channels.

> > have read, controlling consumer IR devices works OK with some irda
> > hardware devices and not with others; you will have to try and see.
> May play with that later this week, I have a USB FIR dongle (Xtended
> Systems) that I've been wanting to test this out with for a while.
> Hopefully it has the right IR chipset to allow this.

Let me know if it works.

-- 
 - mdz