[mythtv-users] IR Blaster with Spectrum STB

[Greg]

On 5/5/20 5:45 PM, mythtv wrote:
> Is any using an IR blaster with the following equipment? I just got
> Spectrum and cannot find a working solution to change channels.
> I have 2 rs232 serial blasters that worked with uverse but for some
> reason are not working well so I'm thinking about building a
> multi-blaster from a raspberry pi. I can get lirc working but when I try
> to record the codes from the remote, all I get is zeroes:
>
> begin remote
>
>    name  s4
>    bits            0
>    flags CONST_LENGTH
>    eps             0
>    aeps            0
>
>    one             0     0
>    zero            0     0
>    gap          50000
>    toggle_bit_mask 0x0
>    frequency    38000
>
>        begin codes
>            BTN_1                    0x0
>            BTN_2                    0x0
>        end codes
>
> end remote
>
>
>
> The STBs are an Arris DCX3200 and DCX3220
> The remotes are URC1160.
>
> Please help, my Myth system is completely broken right now.
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I use a pair of DCX3200's  with Spectrum,but I use Fire wire on one and 
a rs232 changer called MyBlaster (no longer available) on the other.. 
This setup works flawlessly,and it takes LIRC out of the picture.. What 
are your RS232 devices? When I first got mine more than 15 years ago, I 
had problems with permissions on the serial ports,so I would look there 
first... One  other problem I encountered was I needed to add dialout to 
my groups..

Greg