[mythtv-users] Two HD-PVR's and two stb's Is there a how to?

Greg gregl at nycap.rr.com
Wed Jan 7 21:14:47 UTC 2015


On 01/07/2015 03:25 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Greg <gregl at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>>      I have 2 hdpvrs and 2 SA 4240 stb's..  Would anyone know of a how to for
>> me to get this up and running? I have had one since they first came on the
>> scene.. I change channels by Firewire.  My main question is how would I
>> change channels on the second one??
> You should create a separate channel changing script for each tuner
> and in each script make sure to specify the correct GUID for the STB
> you want to change.
>
> So, for example, I have a script that does:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/local/bin/6200ch -g  f80bbefffe707f3e -d 10 -4 $1
> /usr/local/bin/6200ch -g  f80bbefffe707f3e -e
> sleep 2
>
> The "f80bbefffe707f3e" is the GUID for the STB shown by plugreport.
> If you have two boxes, you'll have two GUIDs.  Just write one script
> for each STB.
>
> Eric
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Thanks for the reply Eric.. That's what I thought I need to do.. You 
gave me a starting point. Hopefully this won't be too painful
Thanks again...


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