[mythtv-users] Using multiple DirecTV STBs

[James Orr]

On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 12:03 -0500, Matthew Bodkin wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 15:05 -0500, James Minihane wrote:
> > If I have several (4 as the current DTV deal goes) DirectTV STBs, how can
> > I tune them independently of one another by serial cable? Most machines
> > only have 2 serial ports.
> >  
> > J. Minihane
> 
> CommandIR does exactly this - 4 independently controllable tx channels
> and a built-in receiver on one Linux-compatible USB device.  
> 
> http://www.commandir.com

You can also get USB->Serial cables.  I use two of them to control my
digital cable boxes.

-- 
James Orr <james at orrwhat.net>