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On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 12:36 -0500, Erik Karlin wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 11:54:29AM -0500, Michael Bochynski wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hi,</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I want to use USB port on my cable box (Scientific Atlanta 2100) for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Myth TV to change channels. According to SC2100 this port is designed to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> be used for remote.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> My question is, if I get usb-to-serial cable, do I still have to install</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> lirc to change channels? Can I use only those scripts in</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> mythtv/contrib ?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Note that I don't need receiver configured using lirc, since I have</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> wireless (IR) keyboard on PS2. I've learned my remote a bunch of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> keypresses, and I don't have to install anything on the OS side. :) </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Michael</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I'm not sure it'll be that easy:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/149223">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/149223</A></FONT>
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Hmm... I actually thing that it should be easy. This USB port is designed to be used by USB transmitter/receiver pair, which you can buy from Scientific Atlanta. <BR>
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This means that this port is designed to receive codes from remote. Correct me if I'm wrong, but does it matter what is on the other end of USB cable as long as correct codes are being sent? Hence, whether it's a IR receiver or a PC with Myth, it shouldn't matter. Unless I got it wrong :)<BR>
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Note that I don't need to control several boxes, as described in the thread you linked to, I have one box only and I already took care about the receiver part for Mythtv. I only need to send commands from Mythtv to my cable box ... :)<BR>
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Michael<BR>
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