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On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 13:25 -0500, Erik Karlin wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 01:04:42PM -0500, Michael Bochynski wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 12:36 -0500, Erik Karlin wrote:</FONT>
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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>
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<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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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hmm... I actually thing that it should be easy. This USB port is</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> designed to be used by USB transmitter/receiver pair, which you can buy</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> from Scientific Atlanta. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">are you talking about a USB IR xmit/rcv device? Wouldn't the cable box</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">itself already have an IR receiver?</FONT>
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Built-in receiver, yes. This was just an example, I want to use USB port (and cable) to send signals from my PC directly
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">My cable box has a usb port that will take a USB keyboard to control the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">channel changes. I guessed that was what you were referring to.</FONT>
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My cable box, as I mentioned above, has USB port for xmitter/receiver. not that I want to connect those devices, <BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> This means that this port is designed to receive codes from remote.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Correct me if I'm wrong, but does it matter what is on the other end of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> USB cable as long as correct codes are being sent? Hence, whether it's a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> IR receiver or a PC with Myth, it shouldn't matter. Unless I got it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> wrong :)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I've used the <A HREF="http://www.irblaster.info">www.irblaster.info</A> connected to my serial port to try and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">control my cable box. It sounds like that's what you're trying to do</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">over a USB connection on your PC? I figured you really wanted to go</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">USB-to-USB. My posts in the thread I linked above, along with the older</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">thread I posted there talk about usb<->usb problems.</FONT>
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That's the thing. I don't want to use any blasters, since I can use USB port. I was actually thinking about using serial-to-USB cable, connect it to the box and voila ! My question is whether I need to use lirc or something similar?<BR>
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Michael
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