[mythtv-users] Upgrading old mythtv

[Christopher Sean Hilton]

On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 05:03:32PM -0400, Chris Hilton wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 04:51:20PM -0400, Chris Hilton wrote:
> > [ ...snip... ]
> 
> > ... The one that I have reports as FTDI FT230X Basic UART and
> > creates `/dev/ttyU0` when I plug it in. I'm assuming that this is serial so I just need a
> > serial IR transmitter program and the set of codes for the replacement CATV box. The new box
> > is a Samsung SMT-C5320. My question is that I'm having trouble locating an appropriate
> > serial channel changer script outside of lirc. I literally only need to send the appropriate
> 
> 
> > [ ...snip... ]
> 
> 
> Sorry, my bad here I connected the IR transmitter to a FreeBSD box. I'll ammend the
> transmitter information shortly...
> 

This is what I get when I connect the transmitter to a Rocky Linux 9 box:


$ dmesg

```
[   55.929124] usb 1-3.1: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[   56.067750] usb 1-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6015, bcdDevice=10.00
[   56.067761] usb 1-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[   56.067764] usb 1-3.1: Product: FT230X Basic UART
[   56.067767] usb 1-3.1: Manufacturer: FTDI
[   56.067769] usb 1-3.1: SerialNumber: D308JIUH
[   56.114564] usbcore: registered new interface driver ftdi_sio
[   56.114856] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB Serial Device
[   56.115064] ftdi_sio 1-3.1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[   56.115113] usb 1-3.1: Detected FT-X
[   56.124756] usb 1-3.1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0

```

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Chris

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