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<pre wrap=""><div class="moz-txt-sig">On 04/04/2007 12:31 PM, Gary wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>My Equipment:
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>pvr150 capture card -- no remote and no ir receiver; I am using the
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>composite input on the pvr150
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Mythtv is configured to change channels on a set top satellite receiver
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> using an irblaster attached to the serial port on the pc.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>What I would like to do - with a script, before each recording - is
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>test to see if a signal is present (ie is the satellite receiver turned
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>on) and if not, then turn it on using "irsend"
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Is this feasible?
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span><span
class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Are you using DISH? If so,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/DISHNetworkLIRCConfiguration"><span
class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/DISHNetworkLIRCConfiguration</a> .
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span><span
class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>(Please read the entire text as it explains exactly how to do what you
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span><span
class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>want.)
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span><span
class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>There's currently no support for "pre-recording" user jobs... Perhaps
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span><span
class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>one day in the future.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span><span
class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Mike
I already have the irblaster changing channels for me; the problem is
age is creeping up on me and I forget to turn on the satellite receiver when I schedule something to record, and end up getting 1 1/2 or 2 hours of blank screen!!!
I was under the impression that all I had for power control was an <u><i><b>on/off toggle</b></i></u>; but when I took another, closer, look at the remote-code list I saw the codes for power_on and power_off, and they work. (they do not toggle the power)
The link you provided, indicated that there was too much of a delay between issuing the power_on command and the power actually coming on, for the change-channel to be recognized by the satellite receiver;
Any comments or suggestions about how this problem might be circumvented
---when a scheduled recording is started, when does mythtv send the channel change command to the irblaster script? Is there a delay that can be programmed in the script to cause a delay in the script sending the channel change to the satellite receiver?
Thanks for listening to me
Gary
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gwgrover@windstream.net">gwgrover@windstream.net</a>
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