On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:49 PM, John P Poet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jppoet@gmail.com">jppoet@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Josh <<a href="mailto:TwoOneSix@thatclothingco.com">TwoOneSix@thatclothingco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Has anyone had any luck controlling a H23-600 STB from DirecTV? I've read<br>
> where it should work with the directv.pl in H20 mode but I can't seem to get<br>
> mine working. I've got 2 USB -> Serial adapters, a Null Modem adapter, and a<br>
> null modem cable. I've tried with and without the NM adapter to no avail. I<br>
> get the excessive retrys error. I have 2 other USB -> Serial adapters<br>
> controlling a pair of D10's without a problem so I know how to tweak and use<br>
> the directv.pl script. I'm assuming that the cable setup is the problem, I'm<br>
> hoping that someone can confirm the correct cable setup for me because<br>
> there's nothing out there specific to the H23 STB... other then a August<br>
> post on the list where Jedi simply claims to have a similar setup (only it<br>
> works). <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/344130#344130" target="_blank">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/344130#344130</a><br>
><br>
> Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!<br>
><br>
> Josh<br>
<br>
</div></div>Have you tried rebooting the H23? Directv units only enable the USB<br>
port if they detect a device hooked up *during boot*.<br>
<br>
John<br>
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.<br>
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br>Wouldn't that be some crap... let me go try that. Nope, same timeout error:<br>RECV: Timeout Error<br><br>On the wiki article ( <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Controlling_DirectTV_D11_via_USB" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Controlling_DirectTV_D11_via_USB</a>
), does anyone know if the USB -> Serial converter they are
referring to in the "Cable Options" section is for compatibility with
the Myth box or with the DirecTV receiver? I assumed it was for the
Myth box and Linux in general but I have more then one of the
converters working on my backend server so I know the converter is
compatible with Linux, but I don't know how to confirm they are
compatible with the H23 receiver. Maybe the Null Modem Cable is my
problem... I'll venture out today to try and get the exact parts
mentioned on the wiki.<br>
<br>Oh, and my H23 gets fussy when something is plugged into the USB
port and doesn't always boot-up the first time, I have to unplug it and
plug it back in a few times for it to finally boot with the converter
in the USB port.<br>
<br>Any other suggestions would be fantastic.<br><br>Josh<br>