<div>Thanks for responding Brad. </div>
<div>I read on the IRtrans website that the IRtrans server can be used as both a receiver and a transmitter, is that inaccurate?</div>
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<div>Thanks<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/15/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brad DerManouelian</b> <<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On May 15, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Conrad Montlouis wrote:<br><br>> I understand that there is a HOWTO out there for Directv receivers
<br>> and I am not sure that it will work for me (unless told otherwise),<br>> but I am looking for one for my dish receiver that only has a USB<br>> port on it (no serial). My questions:<br>> How can I control my dish receiver from Myth?
<br>> (If it can be controlled) I have an Origen X11 box with IRtrans<br>> which can supposedly be used to send and receive IR signals; will<br>> that be enough to control the receiver?<br>> Can I use a usb to usb cable?
<br>> Any answers/help would be much appreciated.<br>><br>> Thank you.<br><br>I can't find where I read it, but as far as I know there is no way to<br>control dish receivers through their USB connection. You'll need an
<br>IR blaster to simulate remote control key presses. Your Origin X11<br>box includes a VFD and IR receiver (I'm assuming - I have the Zalman<br>HD-160 box which I believe uses the same IR Trans hardware as yours),<br>
but not an IR transmitter (or "blaster") so you'll need to add one to<br>your system. Lots of people have good luck with the one from<br><a href="http://www.irblaster.info">www.irblaster.info</a>.<br><br>There's a howto on configuring lirc for DISHNetwork once you have an
<br>IR blaster here:<br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/DISHNetworkLIRCConfiguration">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/DISHNetworkLIRCConfiguration</a><br><br>-Brad<br>_______________________________________________
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