[mythtv-users] Re:Low Speed Data Port

Tom Jaeger tjaeger at networksinstalled.com
Mon Jan 26 21:31:51 EST 2004


Yeah that is what I have and it is working great.  All I can say is the
obvious check your connections and the pin out on the phone connector is
from the pin side not the tab side.
Tom J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jason Donahue
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:08 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re:Low Speed Data Port
> 
> 
> So I butchered a phone cord for my myth remote...I'm trying to get the
> pinouts figured out. According to http://www.pcmx.net/dtvcon/
> the serial port->data port pins are as follows:
> 
> 9pinSerial->DataPort
> 5->1
> 2->2
> 3->4
> 
> Can anyone confirm/deny this?
> 
> I hooked up myth with the above, and when I run the sony.pl 
> script I get
> : Error (0x00)
> 
> I'm assuming the syntax is 'sony.pl 354'. What have I got wrong?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 15:57, Romel Llarena wrote:
> > It's not an RJ-11, rather I believe the term is RJ-4.
> > Same jack used to connect a phone handset into a phone
> > receiver.
> > 
> > I had buddy make a cable for me by cutting one end off
> > a phone receiver cord (leaving on RJ-4 intact) and
> > crimping on an RJ-45 on the other end. The RJ-45 then
> > clicked into a RJ-45 to Serial Port adapter I picked
> > up at Radio Shack. Worked like a charm.
> > 
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