[mythtv-users] changing channels on Directv D10 receiver

Jim Gifford maillist at jg555.com
Fri Dec 10 19:19:56 UTC 2004


Kayne wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 10:07, Jim Gifford wrote:
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>>Kayne wrote:
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>>>I am looking for information on anyone who has actually made mythtv tune
>>>a Directv (thomson) D10 reciever.  I have searched hi and low for days
>>>and have not found many results.  Interfacing to IR or serial I have no
>>>preference as long as it works.  If you can help me find this
>>>information, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Kayne Kruse
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>>I use a serial cable from http://www.dtvcontrol.com/. I also use this 
>>script to change the channels, with the following modification 
>>http://tarek.2y.net/myth/RCA.pl/
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>>Change my $serial=init_serial("/dev/cua1","9600"); to
>>my $serial=init_serial("/dev/ttyS0","9600"); for COM1
>>my $serial=init_serial("/dev/ttyS1","9600"); for COM2
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>So you were able to make RCA.pl work with a serial cable?  I'll have to
>review my wiring.  I wonder if the serial port on the receiver is not
>enabled or if you had to enable the port on the D10 some how.
>
>Kayne
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Make sure the user is a member of the uucp group, that was the only 
other issue I had with fedora.

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