[mythtv-users] DirecTV D11-500 Control Issue

Rich West Rich.West at wesmo.com
Sun Jul 1 00:58:12 UTC 2007


John P Poet wrote:
> On 6/25/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
>   
>> John P Poet wrote:
>>     
>>> On 6/23/07, jmk <jmk at foofus.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> [1] The Wiki states that the adapters found at the URL below have been
>>>> successfully tested. I am assuming that EMT is now shipping something
>>>> other than what was tested. I received two "HL-340" adapters. They do
>>>> not look like what is pictured and contain a FTDI-based chipset, which
>>>> does not appear to have Linux support.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.emtcompany.com/products/adapters/dxubdb9-usb-to-serial-db9-adapter-cable.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Ug!  I ordered one of the EMTC adaptors on Thursday, for this purpose.
>>>  Guess I will be sending it back.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the info.
>>>       
>> Ack.  Did you call/email them to point out the difference?
>>
>> I had bought the USB->Serial adapters from that link early on (I have 4
>> of them), and they were as pictured on the site and the worked perfectly
>> out of the box..
>>
>> -Rich
>>     
>
> I emailed them, asking if there was a difference.  They have not
> gotten back to me yet.
>
> Assuming they already shipped my order, I will try it before sending it back.

Any news?  I'm curious because I am looking to order another 2.

-Rich


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list