[mythtv-users] interfacing MythTV with a DTA, lirc queries

[James Miller]

The forum thread "Record from Cisco DTA 271HD - how to tune to channel 3?" 
dating to January of this year, seems to offer clarification on my 
questions regarding recording, using MythTV, SD from the "to tv" coaxial 
jack on the DTA I am experimenting with. The initiator of that thread is 
actually the author of the wiki article on the DTA 271HD, a link to which 
I posted earlier. As he makes clear in a concluding entry in the 
referenced thread, he was able to configure his MythTV system to record SD 
from this DTA.

One of my remaining questions regarding this DTA concerns the 3.5 mm jack 
on the back labeled "ir in." From what I so far gather, this is included 
to provide a means for Tivo systems to interface with the DTA by wire 
rather than by sending IR signals. Is there some way a MythTV system can 
interface with the device by wire using that 3.5 mm port? (see 
https://www.amazon.com/TiVo-Cable-Direct-Connect-Control/dp/B00VQWYNB8 for 
an example of a cable that is meant to connect a Tivo system with the DTA)