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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT><BR> <BR>>The remote has a
"FOXTEL" button that wakes the box up, but seems to do<BR>>nothing else - so
I send that code before each command sequence.<BR>>experiment!<BR>
<BR>>BillK</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>You guys must have missed my response but there is a bash script that
grabs video from your video source, then converts the mpg to a series of
jpeg's, then a program converts the jpeg's into asci characters, then the
program parses the asci characters and if it find a certain amount of
characters, it'll know whether to send a power on command or not before
changing channels. It's really awesome. My STB was turning off once in awhile
also, don't know if it's due to updates or some setting in the STB that I
can't find. I haven't missed a recording in a long time. here's the link to
his script. let me know if I can help
more.<BR><BR>http://evuraan.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-ensure-set-top-box-stb-is.html<BR> <SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=558395416-27032008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Ya, i saw
your post. Just been too busy to check it out. Hopefully i'll have some time
this weekend to play with it. Luckely, my cable box does not run a
screensaver, nor do i even have the music channels (time warner rock, rnb,
etc...not talking about mtv or vh1) on my box, so i don't think i'd ever
run into one of those exceptions. So i think that sounds like it would
work.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=558395416-27032008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>But what
happens if the channel that the cable box was tuned into goes off the air
for a few hours in the middle of the night? That happens with some of the
smaller stations.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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