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<DIV>It works!!!<BR><BR><B><I>John Gruenenfelder <johng@as.arizona.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 09:41:01PM -0700, Mike Jacobs wrote:<BR>>I'm trying to setup MythTV box to control my Direct TV DRD435RH RCA<BR>>receiver. I keep seeing references, here in the list, to<BR>>tarek.2y.net/myth/RCA.pl but this site seems to be offline. I've also seen<BR>>some references to channelchange.pl. Can someone point me to an available<BR>>location for these scripts?<BR>> <BR>>Thanks<BR>>Mike <BR><BR>I have the same receiver and I've got the script you want. I found that the<BR>one from the site you list above wasn't quite working for me, plus it didn't<BR>clear the OSD. I took the sony script and modified it to use the new RCA<BR>codes (there are different codes for older RCA receivers).<BR><BR>You can get the script at:<BR>http://bach.as.arizona.edu/~johng/rca_control.txt<BR><BR>Just rename it to .pl and it should work. Near the top are some
configurable<BR>bits for serial device, baudrate, and OSD delay. Aside from serial device, it<BR>shouldn't need any modification.<BR><BR>If anybody wants to mirror this or link to it, feel free.<BR><BR>Here are the major differences between this script from the older RCA script<BR>(some are my changes, some are due to the way the Sony script was written):<BR><BR>* Issue power on sequence before channel change attempt<BR>* Use Perl's select command to delay rather than external usleep command<BR>* Delay for 0.20 seconds after changing channel before clearing OSD.<BR>Otherwise the OSD won't actually clear.<BR>* Use newer RCA code sequences.<BR>* Use 9600 baud rather than 115200.<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>--John Gruenenfelder Research Assistant, Steward Observatory, U of Arizona<BR>johng@as.arizona.edu<BR>Try Weasel Reader for PalmOS -- http://gutenpalm.sf.net<BR>"This is the most fun I've had without being drenched in the blood<BR>of my enemies!"<BR>--Sam of Sam &
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