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Jeff Simpson wrote:
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cite="midedae40750603082120g38ee13f1o5ee554afddc882a@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">On 3/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew</b> wrote:
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I
am looking at installing 2 DirectTV D11 receivers and running them off
the Double Headed MythTV LIRC RS232 IR Blaster<br>
(Two Standard IR Heads connected to one DB9) from <a
href="http://irblaster.info">irblaster.info</a>
. Now that I investigate, I see that the D11 has a USB<br>
port. Would I be wiser to connect 2 USB cables to my Mythtv box? or
just go with the dual IR blaster? Any pros or cons?</blockquote>
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I suggest using 2 cables instead of IR blasters. Reason being, I know
that serial cables to the D11 box works (it's what I use). I also
purchased an IR blaster and gave up when I couldn't find a
configuration that worked.
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That being said, you can't just use a USB cable. The USB port on the
sat box is expecting to be connected to a USB->Serial converter, so
you can either use that and plug it into a normal serial port on your
PC or use two USB->Serial converters for each box (4 total in your
case).
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<a
href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Controlling_DirectTV_D11_via_USB">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Controlling_DirectTV_D11_via_USB</a><br>
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ok, thanks for the info. I knew I shouldn't have thrown those old 232
> RJ45 connectors away!<br>
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Before I buy this hardware, has anyone been successful making the
double head IR blaster work on the D11? I already have the IR blaster
and hate to buy the cables if what I have will work.<br>
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