[mythtv-users] Arris DCX3200M-P3 and firewire on Shaw

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
> The Arris DCX3200M-P3 I got from Shaw seems to have its firewire ports enabled, from the box's diagnostics, and the fact that I can use the 6200ch channel-changer (with mods) and test-mpeg2 captures content.
>
> Is this enough of a test to suggest Myth can record from this box over firewire?

Maybe.  Reports vary widely regarding Shaw (and they seem to
"randomly" change the configs from time to time), but you may
want to check if the channels you want to actually record have
the 5C flag set, which would prevent them being recorded via
firewire and MythTV.  You can check in the diagnostic pages of
the STB for the current channel as I recall.

And last I remember seeing it reported Shaw does not support
the firewire port, so if it stops working, no one (at Shaw) will
care or help or replace the device.