Controlling the DirecTV D11 via USB:<br><br>Most DirecTV stbs can be controlled by a serial line operating at 9600 baud. The D11 only has a USB port, and operates at a higher speed with hardware flow control. To use it, you need a USB->Serial adapter, null modem cable, and a modified copy of the script to connect at the higher speed with flow control. Here is the writeup I did on it:
<br><br><a href="http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DirecTV_20D11_20USB_20Control?action=highlight&value=CategoryHowTo">http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DirecTV_20D11_20USB_20Control?action=highlight&value=CategoryHowTo</a><br>
<br> - Jeff Simpson<br><br>(This is mostly for the benefit of the mailing list archive since a few of you have asked about it - I said
I'd post again when I fixed up the script, but I haven't had time, so I'm
just posting it as-is, since it works. The reason I didn't put the details in this email is that I'll be able to update the wiki howto in the link if something changes, whereas I won't be able to update this message and it'll contain outdated information in archive searches for years to come. boo mailing lists.)
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