All,<br><br>Problems solved. The guide Nick posted did work; the key was setting the device to /dev/lircd (vice /dev/lircd1) and then telling the channel change script (/usr/local/bin/change_chan.sh) to enter a long series of numbers, then moving the IR blaster over the front surface of the set-top box until the channel started changing. I can now change channels while watching "Live TV" and I assume that Myth will change channels in order to record scheduled programs.<br><br>Thanks everyone for your assistance. Now if I can just lick that "fuzzy audio" problem I'll be set :)<br><br>Best regards,<br>Pete<br><br><b><i>Nick <knowledgejunkie@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On 04/10/06, Pete Cap <peteoutside@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>> Update:<br>><br>> The channel change script is like so:<br>><br>> #!/bin/sh<br>>
REMOTE_NAME=DCT2000<br>> for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do<br>> irsend --device=/dev/lircd1 SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit<br>> sleep 0.4 # note, you may have to tweak the interdigit delay up a bit<br>> done<br>> irsend --device=/dev/lircd1 SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME OK<br>><br>> The relevant portion of modprobe.conf:<br>><br>> alias char-major-61-0 lirc_i2c<br>> alias char-major-61-1 lirc_serial<br>> options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8 #COM1 aka /dev/ttyS0<br>> install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install<br>> lirc_i2c<br>> install lirc_serial setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none; /sbin/modprobe<br>> --ignore-install lirc_serial<br>><br>> When I change the channel-change script to use /dev/lircd it executes<br>> without any error messages; however, nothing happens on the set-top box. I<br><br>This normally means things are good. It's no good giving irsend an<br>invented device (I think
the LIRC error message could be improved<br>though to "Device not found" if you really do not have a /dev/lircd1<br>device)<br><br>> have no digital camera to test to see if the blaster is doing anything. Nor<br>> have I seen any information on where exactly the IR blaster is supposed to<br>> go--does the stick bit fix to the front of the box? To the "IR" port on the<br>> back? Which way should it face?<br><br>The "stick bit" is there to fix the IR blaster over the IR receiver on<br>your cable box (the receiver is normally behind the glass/perspex<br>panel).<br><br>The easiest way to find out where this is is to execute the channel<br>change script with a long string of numbers and slowly move the IR<br>blaster across the glass display until you find the position where the<br>STB starts to detect the IR signals. Once you have found this<br>position, feel off the tape and affix it to your cable box.<br><br>Nick<br><br>MythTV Official
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