[mythtv-users] remote to sony.pl link

[M. Barnabas Luntzel]

thanks...total brain fart. I had thought I rebooted the whole system.  
this works after I restarted the backend.

now if only dtv would activate my new card...

thanks again!

On Jan 16, 2005, at 1:09 PM, Jim Kusznir wrote:

> I use sony.pl to change channels on my system.
>
> Mythbackend calls whatever is in the "channel change script" with the  
> channel number as the argument.  Therefore, if sony.pl works from the  
> command line and you have the full path to the executable in myth  
> setup, and you've restarted the back end since making the change, it  
> should work.  If not, I would run the frontend through a terminal (ssh  
> in, set the display approprately, and run mythfrontend manually) so  
> you can see any errors and such.  If you add debugging print  
> statements to sony.pl, you should see it here as well as any  
> permissions problems.
>
> --Jim
>
> mark luntzel wrote:
>
>> probably something simple and I'm having a brain fart but...
>>
>>
>> I have it all working, except I cant seem to figure out how to pass  
>> remote control signals to the (working from the command line)  
>> sony.pl. scouring google, docs...I put the path to the sony.pl in the  
>> mythtvsetup as the external channel changer, but it seems to me that  
>> lirc will have to know something about it? or is mythtv  
>> misconfigured?
>>
>> this is a serial connection to low speed data port on a sony sat b50  
>> through a hauppauge 250, sony.pl working from the command line...as I  
>> said everything is working except this last trivial changing channel  
>> business.
>>
>> thanks!
>>
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