[mythtv-users] OT: Bell ExpressVU/EchoStar and LIRC

[Jason Melanson]

Just to follow up, I can control my receiver with Lirc and jvc_send now.
The problem I had was that I had forgotten that I changed the Remote Address
on my receiver earlier in the year, so the bit patterns within JVC_SEND
wouldn't work.  Changed back to Address 1 and it's all good. :)

Too bad I tore apart my IR tx/rx in the process.

Hope that helps.
-Jason


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Melanson" <jasonm1 at sympatico.ca>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Bell ExpressVU/EchoStar and LIRC


>
>  I'm am at just about the same spot.   I've just finished building my IR
tx
>  and I found some software that is supposed to handle the JVC 4700 setup
>  within lirc.   (http://lairds.org/Kyler/Linux/LIRC)
>
>   It's not working for me yet, but I haven't spent much time debugging.
> I'll
>  let you know if I get anywhere.
>
>  -Jason
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matt White" <whitem at arts.usask.ca>
> > To: <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:42 PM
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] OT: Bell ExpressVU/EchoStar and LIRC
> >
> >
> > > I've been playing with MythTV for a while now, and it's fantastic.  At
> > > this point I only have one real problem, and it's not even related to
> > > MythTV.  However, I'm hoping someone else here has encountered the
same
> > > problem and has come up with an answer.
> > >
> > > Currently, I have a single input card which is connected to a
brand-new
> > > Bell ExpressVU receiver (model 3100).  I have an ActiSys ACT-IR200L
> > > dongle that I would like to use with LIRC to change channels on the
> > > receiver.  Unfortunately, I'm having some serious problems with that.
> > > The remote definition that comes with LIRC (for EchoStar) almost
works -
> > > some numbers (1 and 4, anyways) send reliably, but everything else
does
> > > not.  Learning the remote using irrecord doesn't work at all (it won't
> > > detect the space length).
> > >
> > > ExpressVU uses the same systems as EchoStar's Dish Network (I believe
> > > that the 3100 is equivalent to the Dish DP301).  So - has anyone got
> > > this combination working properly with LIRC?  If so, please drop me an
> > > email (or send it to the list if it may be of use to others).
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Matt White                          whitem at arts.usask.ca
> > > Arts and Science Computer Labs      University of Saskatchewan
> > >
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