[mythtv-users] DCT2000 serial pinout / Shaw Vancouver

[Jim Paris]

> Well, I just tried dct-channel-1.5 with no luck, using the -b or -f switches didn't help either.
> Is there a good chance that the cvs version will work?
> 
> # channel -vv 45
> Attempting to initialize DCT
> SENT: type 0x70, len 2, id 0x04, seq 0x03
> Serial timeout
> No response to packet
> No response to init_1; trying to continue

No, probably not.  Your box is never sending any responses (there are
no RECV: lines) to anything my script is sending, which usually means
the serial port is not enabled.  My only suggestion would be to verify
that you're using the correct serial port on the computer's end, and
that it actually works with some other device like a modem.

> I guess the provider may need to enable the serial port after all,  the other 
> script on my box (change-channel by Cedar McKay IIRC) doesn't work either.
> 
> # change-channel 45
> changing to 45
> [root at marcus root]# buffer: -BEGIN-
> buffer: -SEND_ONCE gi-motorola-dct2000 4-
> buffer: -ERROR-

That script is for infrared transmitters via LIRC, not the direct
serial connection.

-jim