[mythtv-users] another DCT2000 query

[Bruce Smith]

I had exactly the same problem before my cable company upgraded the
firmware on my cable box.  But don't worry, you can make it work.

I bet your cable box requires to you press "OK" (Enter/Return) after
entering the channel number.  If you just press the channel numbers
without pressing "OK" using the _remote_, then I bet you see the same
results.  Right?

It's any easy fix.  In the changechannel.py script, add this line:

  send_to_unit(serCon, SELECT_OK)

the second line from the bottom, right above the line:
  send_to_unit(serCon, EXIT_KEY)

I contacted the author of the dct-channel C program, who was kind enough
to write a patch for that program too.  If you're interested (and it's
not already in the standard distro), I can send it to you.

 - BS


On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 19:21, Preston Crow wrote:
> My cable box (from MediaOne/ATT/Comcast) is a DCT-???? with firmware
> 7.74.  I tried the changechannel.py script from mythtv/contrib in CVS,
> and it almost works straight out of the box:
> 
> I connected a pass-through 9-pin cable from serial port 1 (not 0 so I
> didn't have to modify the script) to the Motorola/GI box.
> 
> I ran the script to change to channel 42, and I saw the digits '0', '4',
> and '2' appear on the DCT's LCD one at a time, and then it changed back
> to the previous channel.  I had the same results trying to change to
> channel 042.
> 
> So the box is at least receiving some signal, so the port is
> active--that's good.
> 
> The only thing I see is that it's rather slow in sending the digits.  So
> I watched the on-screen display, and saw that it was dropping the first
> digits before the last arrived.  If I hit the last digit right after it
> sent the '4' then it changed channels.
> 
> Any thoughts on how to speed it up?
> 
> --PC