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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So, the last of my parts finally came in today, and I’m
going to start putting together my MythTV box together tomorrow. Up until today
I had everything pretty much figured out except for how I was going to control
my cable box, so that’s what I spent today researching. It looks like a
lot of people have had luck using the simple transceiver diagram from lirc.org.
I don’t really mind putting one together myself, except I wasn’t
quite sure how I was going to make it as nice as the Tivo solution where the IR
led is encased in the molded plastic and shaped to overhang a cable box without
being in the way or looking too ugly. Then it hit me. I’m not going to
repair my Tivo, and even if I was, the IR cable is two headed, and how many
people ever use both heads, anyway? So, I took my Tivo IR cable, and where the
cable splits in the middle, I cut off one of the sides leading to the IR led.
Now, I’m going to cut off one connector of a serial cable, and solder the
proper pins to the leads connected to the IR led, along with a resistor, and
wrap the joint up with some electrical tape or something, and I’m
thinking that I should have an instant serial to IR blaster cable that should
overhang the cable box very nicely. Possibly I’m not the first person
with this idea, but I thought I’d throw it out there anyway, in case
nobody thought of it yet. Could be handy for people who also have Tivos laying
around, or who have friends with Tivos that they can convince to part with one unused
head of the IR cable.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Shawn Asmussen</span></font></p>
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