[mythtv-users] controlling two digital cable boxes

Frank Linhares frank at diskshop.ca
Mon Mar 1 19:56:32 EST 2004


I tried many times to get various USB -> Serial cables to work 
properly, but never could.  I just went out and bought a serial card to 
control two different satellite systems.  Was not only the easiest, but 
the cheapest way also.

frank.linhares
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On 1-Mar-04, at 7:42 PM, Robert Kulagowski wrote:

>> I'm sure that I'm not the only one with this kind of arrangement.  Is 
>> there
>> a cheap/easy way to, say, run a cable from a usb port on the myth box 
>> into
>> the serial port on the second cable box, and then use a second 
>> instance of
>> the "channel" script for this?
>
> There do exist USB->Serial converters.  It may or may not work under 
> linux.  Failing that, you could purchase a PCI serial card.
>
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