On 11/30/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff Simpson</b> <<a href="mailto:jeffsimpson@alum.wpi.edu">jeffsimpson@alum.wpi.edu</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Alternatively, you can try to control the STB from a windows machine<br>using that USB->Serial device. That will make sure the device and STB<br>are working properly. It sounds like you already have one box on a<br>standard serial port, so that testing step is probably unnecessary.
<br><br>That's amusing how many people posted immediately with very helpful<br>advice on connecting the D11 through USB :-P If I see "DirecTV" and<br>"USB" on the same line, I assume that's the goal, too. I had to read
<br>it a little more carefully to see that you were trying to use USB on<br>the PC side and Serial on the STB side.<br><br> - Jeff<br></blockquote></div><br>Thanks for the suggestion, Jeff. I do have an XP machine I can use to test the USB->serial converter.
<br><br>Seems like the D11 is far more popular than my old RCA STB. I just wish my myth box came with 2 serial ports so I could avoid this whole issue.<br>