[mythtv-users] USB->Serial for controlling DirecTV boxes

[Brad Fuller]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know where to get older supported USB->Serial converters?
> I've bought several over the past couple of weeks. Apparently, the
> newer pl2303X ones don't work on the DirecTV boxes where the older
> pl2303 ones do. There's no way to tell which chip you have until you
> plug it in and I've already wasted a bunch of money on different ones
> that the wiki say will work including identical ones that I currently
> have working.

question: Are you plugging the USB part into the DirecTV box? I ask
cause the PL2303 works fine in Linux - you just have to enable the
kernel module.

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Brad Fuller
www.bradfuller.com