[mythtv-users] Backend 3000 miles away (kinda)
Boyd II, Willy
wboyd at fulbright.com
Thu Oct 16 15:12:43 EDT 2003
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Goldenhar [mailto:joshuag29 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 1:49 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Backend 3000 miles away (kinda)
>
> Hey all -
>
> I'm trying to gain an understanding for this...
>
> I have a Motorola DCT2244 digital cable box with a serial
> port on the back.
>
> I had purchased an the ACTiSYS IR200 thinking I had to have
> it, but it sounds like I might be able to just run the serial
> cable from the myth box to the cable box to control channels
> - but this is where I get a little confused...
>
> What do you do with lirc? Do you have to recompile and tell
> it to use com1 instead of the (in my case) hauppauge ir device?
No, lirc is still used to receive signals for the Hauppauge remote.
>
> If so, then how does the system respond to the hauppauge
> remote (is the answer "it doesn't")? Does the cable box send
> any IR codes it receives TO the mythTV box - in which case I
> only use the remote that came with the cable box?
You will still use the Hauppauge remote. You'll use a channel change script
(search the archives) to change channels on the cable box. Basically this
is a perl script that sends out commands over the serial cable to change
channels on your cable box. When myth receive a channel change request (via
the Hauppauge remote), it internally call this script to perform the change.
See the mythtv setup for where to specify the full path to this
command/script that you installed.
- Willy
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
>
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