[mythtv-users] Last Ditch Attempt - HD DirecTV and MythTV

[Kristo Kriechbaum]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 02:34:04PM -0700, mythtv at hundekeandroyal.com wrote:
> Dan Morphis wrote:
> >mythtv at hundekeandroyal.com wrote:
> >
> >>Does anyone, *ANYONE*, have a High Definition Set Top Box with
> >>DirecTV working with Myth?  Anyone at all?  I've been working on
> >>getting MythTV to change channels on my stb, but have failed
> >>miserable at every attempt.
> >>
> >Have you tried an IR blaster?  You'd need an IR receiver to record the 
> >signal for each button, but its pretty easy.
> >
> >-dan
> 
> Dan,
> 
> I've tried to use the Actisys IR-200L along with this guide 
> (http://members.cox.net/rwraithr/IRBlaster_Howto.txt).  I figured I 
> could make my own config file (remoted.conf) because my model of stb 
> (Samsung SIR-TS360) isn't on the LIRC site.  After getting to step 6 in 
> the howto, I fired up irrecord and the only buttons that irrecord could 
> catch were 0, 2, 6, the "dash" button and the "audio" button.  That's 
> it!  I was stuck.
> 
> FWIW, I also saw (but can't find now) that the method used in the how-to 
> above is outdated.  Apparently, if I understood it correctly, you no 
> longer have to compile two different LIRCs.
> 
> Any thoughts are much appreciated!
> 
> Geoff

Your settop box doesn't have a serial port on it by chance, does it?
It's possible that it looks like a phone jack.  If it does you may
have a better chance trying to control it over the serial port.

-kristo