[mythtv-users] MyBlaster Serial and MythBlaster Serial

[Mike Perkins]

On 20/12/12 01:28, sudanmas at gmail.com wrote:
> My Cabco, Eastlink Cable, is terminating its analogue cable service as of
> next year.  The stock DC box they provide is a Motorola DCX700.  I've
> connected the DC box to my Haupauge 250 capture card, plugged the IR
> Receiver cable that came with the 250 into the IR IN port of the DCX700.
> I've placed a serial IR blaster connected to COM1 of my Myth box, directly
> in front of the DC's IR cable receiver.
>
> I've been following the instructions MyTHTV.ORG Wiki Page - section 5 which
> doesn't rely on LIRC (I don't need to use the H'page remote from here on
> out)
>
> The Serial IR Blaster's LED lights up when I execute either of the two
> SourceForge serial IR Blaster perl scripts, so I know the IR blaster does
> work. I've also checked the DCX700's diag menu and it detected that the IR
> receiver is attached. But so far no luck getting the mythbox's IR Blaster
> to have an effect on the DC Box.
>
> I'm running M'Buntu 10.04 LTS
>
> Any advice on how to make this thing work?  Ideally I'd love to hear from
> any Myth users who subscribe to Eastlink's DC service, but any advice at
> all would be really appreciated.
>
Why would you want to plug the Hauppauge IR receiver into your DCX700 box? I 
don't see what use that is.

THe Hauppauge IR receiver is used so that /you/ can tell the frontend what you 
want it to do. You can't do that by connecting it any other way.

All you need between your PVR-250 and the DCX700 is a blaster, which you appear 
to have connected. You don't need anything else. The DCX700 already has a 
built-in IR receiver, which should communicate with the remote control you 
received with it.

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Mike Perkins