[mythtv-users] PVR-150 and the IR Blaster

Chuck Filson mythtv at goodeid.com
Sun Oct 22 14:07:05 UTC 2006


On Saturday 21 October 2006 03:18 pm, Rich West wrote:
> I apologize if this was asked and solved on this list before, but I
> couldn't find many, if any, references to a solution.
>
> I have DirecTV and I am setting up a MythTV box.  Actually, the box is
> set up and everything is working well except for the obvious fact that
> the MythTV system cannot change the channel on the set top box.
>
> Now, I could go and get a script
> (http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml) and some hardware
> (http://www.dtvcontrol.com/index.aspx?content=cable) which will do the
> trick (I have to check to see if I can build one of those cables from
> supplies available at RadioShack).  However, since the PVR-150 already
> has an IR blaster, I thought it would make the most sense to just use
> that.
>
> I've seen references to the latest lirc being able to TRANSMIT IR
> (http://www.lirc.org/html/install.html#sending) but I'm wondering if I
> am barking up the wrong tree.  The receiver I am testing with is the
> D770, so I took that remote config file and the Hauppauge remote
> config file and combined them together in to one lircd.conf file.
>
> However, I am not sure if that is the right thing to do.  Would I then
> use irsend to have it do the transmit?  Will myth even know what to do?
>
> There's no how-to on this that I can find (I'll put together one if I
> can get this working. :) ), so I was hoping to get some ideas/input
> from the folks on the list..
>

I followed the instructions here 
http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/blog/?p=24 and have had no problems at 
all with lirc for receiving or transmitting.

Chuck


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