[mythtv-users] another DCT2000 query

[Ian Forde]

On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 13:33, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> I'm attempting to control a DCT2000 cable box using Jim Paris' (contrib) C 
> program. It doesn't work; it reports it cannot establish communication with 
> the DCT2000. But the simple shell script from the TiVo Forum DOES work to 
> turn the DCT2000 on and off, so the port is not completely disabled.
> 
> Since Jim's program was written for a DCT2224, not a DCT2000 ... does 
> anyone know if the two differ in that the 2000 cannot do 2-way 
> communication? I'm wondering if it is worth the effort to modify the 
> program so it sends commands blindly, to see if that approach works with 
> the DCT2000 ... or if there is some simpler option I can try, at least to 
> test the theory.

What about the python scripts that AFAIK are still in mythtv/contrib?

Look for the file called dct2000serial.tar.gz

	-I
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