[mythtv-users] Ensure STB is on

[Daryl McDonald]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:28:25 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >You have proved yourself a genius once again Mr. Worthington, with your
> >direction even a newbie like me can see that the script is working: (not
> to
> >mention the STB turned on)
> >
> >daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ /usr/local/bin/check_stb
> >daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ grep mythstb-check /var/log/syslog
> >Aug 14 08:08:08 daryl-A780L3C mythstb-check: Wed Aug 14 08:08:08 EDT 2013
> >STB seems to be turned off, last count was 1728, attempting to Power it on
> >Aug 14 08:09:27 daryl-A780L3C mythstb-check: Wed Aug 14 08:09:27 EDT 2013
> >STB seems to be turned off, last count was 1728, attempting to Power it on
> >Aug 14 08:13:22 daryl-A780L3C mythstb-check: Wed Aug 14 08:13:22 EDT 2013
> >STB seems to be turned on, last count was 465
> >Aug 14 12:16:31 daryl-A780L3C mythstb-check: Wed Aug 14 12:16:31 EDT 2013
> >STB seems to be turned off, last count was 1728, attempting to Power it on
> >daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
> >
> >Will Mythtv use this script every time I direct it to record from the STB,
> >just because it's in the directory beside the change_channel.sh ? Or do I
> >need to insert it into the change_channel.sh?
>
> Nothing like that will happen automagically - you need to add a call
> to check_stb at the top of your channel change script.  Just add these
> lines:
>
>   # Ensure that the STB is turned on.
>   /usr/local/bin/check_stb
>
> >Many thanks and much tribute, Daryl
>
> And of course, thanks to curious onlooker for his rather ingenious
> script.
>


amen!

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