[mythtv] IRBlaster basic questions

Cedar McKay cedarmckay at mac.com
Thu Mar 27 08:07:24 EST 2003


>
> I have a set top box from NTL that I wil need to control from myth, 
> and I
> also need to control myth from a remote. Do I need 2 pieces of external
> hardware (a receiver and a sender) or is it possible to use one device 
> (like
> an IRBlaster) to do the job if the line of sight issues are sorted out?
>
lirc.org has directions for building a combo transmitter/receiver. I 
built the receiver only and it was surprisingly easy. Works great too. 
No problem even though it was my first solder job.

cedar



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