[mythtv-users] MCE Blasting

[Gerry Freymann]

On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 15:25 -0500, Mitch Gore wrote:

> 
> This command seems to take:
> 
> irsend SEND_ONCE att enter
> 
> but I am not at the box to test right now.  
> 
> Some questions this does raise are:
> 
> 1.  How do I select which blaster to use?  Does it send the same code
> to both blasters?
> 
> 2.  How do i know Lirc is sending this to the dongle?  When the
> mceusb2 module loads does it automatically send the dongle as the
> default?
> 


 I'm probably not the best person to answer, but my setup has two dish
receivers in two different locations. I don't have to worry about
things, MythTV handles it.

 I have a master backend/frontend in the basement, and a secondary
backend/frontent in the living room. Both have a dish receiver and the
MCE remotes with blasters. 

 I have a frontend in the master bedroom with a MCE remote/blaster
(although the blaster portion isn't required there).

 No matter what 'dish' is providing the video feed, the remote at any of
the 3 stations controls the receiver being used without having to worry
about anything. It's magic. lol

 So in response to question #1, I'm not sure if that applies to you.

 For question #2, I suppose if you see the lights blink you know
something was sent to the dongle. However, I'm pretty sure the tutorial
I linked to in my forum post provides methods of testing things too see
if they are working.



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