[mythtv-users] Re: Attention Scientific Atlanta 2100 people

[Michael Kedl]

I have the Actisys as well.
I found (by sheer luck) that it has to be within a half cm or so of the
"correct" distance from the 2100.  Most devices (my vcr, tv, amp) it could
shoot from several feet away with no problems; but not the 2100.

My "correct" distance happens to be about 4-6cm I believe (not at home right
now), at a slight angle.
It seems like the signal is probably not quite right (noisy or saturating
the receiver?) and I happened to find a distance/angle that work.

I'm not happy with this "barely working" case, but if I line it up by
running continuous digits out and tweaking the location until it seems to
never drop a digit, then everything is fine until a cat nudges it to hard
and moves it (or the wife dusts everything and moves the box slightly).

Hope that helps,
Mike


On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:55:57 -0500, Jay Goldberg <jay at ransdoc.com> wrote :

> 
> Dan Berger writes:
>  >
>  > The only missing item from my PVR being flawless is a working IR blaster.
>  >
>  > I live in NYC and have Time Warner digital cable. That means for my 900
>  > some-odd channels (who the hell needs so many?), I need the cable to go
>  > through the cable box.
>  >
>  > Has anyone here managed to successfully use an IR blaster with this box? If
>  > so, what kind of ir blaster are you using?
>  >
>  > I have the Actisys-IR200L blaster. LIRC is running fine (with lirc_sir).
>  > Irrecord works (I see dots and can create my own conf file) but irsend does
>  > not work (although my frequency is at 56000 with the SA2000 conf).
>  >
>  > [If you're going to say homebrew, I find the directions at lirc.org to
>  > building a blaster myself intimidating--I don't know anything about
>  > electronics. Therefore, I would rather use an already built blaster. Then
>  > again, I question whether I can get it working if I can't get my Actisys
>  > working.]
> 
> Hi Dan
> 
> I'm a fellow Time Warner SA2100 guy.  And also, not knowing anything
> about electronics, I was reluctant to build an IR blaster myself.
> But it was pretty easy in the end.  I'm happy to go offline with you
> to discuss it.  I also have most of the necessary bits besides an
> IR LED laying around my house, since the diodes & resistors come in
> multipacks.
> 
> The biggest problem I had was not having my IR LED pointed directly at
> the SA2100 IR receiver (just to the right of the LED channel indicator).
> 
> It's not clear from your message what the actual problem is - do you
> get error messages in your log?  If so, what messages?  If you don't
> get any error messages try:
> 
>   - pointing the business end of the IR200L directly at the cable box
>     and running:
> 
>       while sleep 2
>       do
>         irsend SEND_ONCE SA2000 CHUP
>       done
> 
>     ...and see if altering the position of the IR200L helps.
> 
>   - loading the configuration for your TV remote into /etc/lircd.conf
>     and doing the same as above, but sending a command to change the
>     channel on your TV.   Sounds silly, but this was my clue that I
>     had built my IR Blaster correctly...
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
>          Jay
> 
> -- 
> jay at ransdoc.com                                                             .
> 
> 
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