[mythtv-users] Serial port PCI card and problem controlling external DirecTV box

[Nick]

On 24/02/06, Steve Dorsey <info at dorseygraphics.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
>    I have one on-board serial port on my motherboard. I use it to
> control my DirecTV DRD435RH Satellite receiver. It works great.
>
>    I bought a second identical receiver, and it also works great, but
> I had no second serial port, so I bought a PCI card that had one port
> on it. I dropped it in the PC, and it does not work.
>
>    It is a SYBA IOC-2000 DB9 Serial card with Netmos 9820 Chipset.
>
>    Can anyone help me get this working? I'm not sure even where to
> start.

Does the card get detected by the BIOS/kernel, and does it appear in lspci?

Are there jumpers on the card to control the serial port config? Does
it work if you disable the onboard serial port? (could be conflicting)

Nick