[mythtv-users] Serial STB Control oddness (directv.pl)

[Mark Buechler]

Hi

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:07 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>   I just recently put a recorder online that is attached
> to an HD DirecTV. Box. For the most part it is an identical
> setup to another box I have. Although the models are slightly
> diffferent. They are both HD.
>
>   The peculiar bit is that I started having trouble tuning
> the newer STB. So I beefed up my channel change script and
> added some logging and it turns out that very frequently
> I have to try twice to get the channel changed. Oh, this
> script will be more persistent than that. Although I've only
> seen that I need to retry it once.
>
>   Has anyone else experienced other serial control oddities?
>
>   Will MythTV retry on it's own if you generate useful error
> codes?
>

First try increasing the delays at the top of the script
($sd_hd_signal_delay and $clear_osd_delay). I believe I use .5 pretty
successfully. Next try the retries argument. The default is 4, try 8.

- Mark.
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