[mythtv-users] Serial control specs

Jim Paris jim at jtan.com
Sun Nov 23 04:58:15 EST 2003


> specs on the serial input in cable boxes... The TIVO and many other 
> PVR's use a 2-line jack for serial control - does that mean that all I 
> need is to output TxD and ground? Do all cable boxes use standard RS232 
> levels?

The DCT2000 series needs RxD to work fully, although you can get
around that if you're willing to give up lots of features and
reliability and just send commands blindly without seeing the
response.

-jim



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