[mythtv-users] Tune Backend from command line or API?

[John Pilkington]

On 13/01/14 13:15, Bret Clark wrote:
> I've got a cheap Lava antenna before I knew better. Actually it works
> well, but I find antenna will move slightly on windy days due to its
> weak rotor? I've written (or hacked) a PHP script that will check my
> signal strength of channels at various times, but I need to shutdown the
> backend first before checking signal levels otherwise I get a message
> saying my DVB card is in use. Is there a way to tell send commands to
> the backend to tune to a channel whether via command line or via the web
> API?
>
> Google searches haven't yielded much in the way of results,
> Thanks
> BC

This won't connect to your script, but have you tried femon?
See femon --help