[mythtv-users] Controlling a cable box
Ray Olszewski
ray at comarre.com
Mon Jul 21 09:50:24 EDT 2003
At 08:23 AM 7/21/2003 -0700, Ignacio wrote:
>Hi, yesterday i found out a few things about my digital cable box:
>1. It has a serial port
>2. It has an R blaster port
>
>so i have 3 questions:
>1. Can i use a serial cable instead of an I.R. transmitter
Depends on what "digital cable box" you have and, usually, how your cable
provider has configured it. The general answer to this question *seems* to
be NO, but there are reports of exceptions in the list archive.
>2. What does the I.R. blaster port do
Who knows? Surely this too depends on what "digital cable box" you have and
what actual hardware you are (or someone is) describing as an "I.R. blaster
port". Do you mean an IR receiver (the same thing that would receive
remote-control messages) or a port that enables IR transmissions in some
way (though what a cable box would want to control this way is not apparent
to me)?
>3. Would these transmitters work
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2743486907&category=44961
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2743025215&category=44961
There is no way to tell from the descriptions provided at eBay. My best
**guess* is that the second (the USB one) would NOT work with LIRC, but
that the first **might** work with LIRC. The only way for you to be sure
either would work is to get a report from someone who has one working with
Myth (or at least with LIRC). To facilitate that, the first link refer to
this device: "JetEye PC IrDA Infrared data transfer! ESI-96". The second
only identifies the device as an "USB IrDA Wireless Infrared Adapter
External", supplying no manufacturer or model number.
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