On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:12 PM, George Mari <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:george_mythusers@mari1938.org">george_mythusers@mari1938.org</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">Josh wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:49 PM, John P Poet <<a href="mailto:jppoet@gmail.com">jppoet@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> 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<br>
>> get<br>
>>> mine working. I've got 2 USB -> Serial adapters, a Null Modem adapter,<br>
>> and a<br>
>>> null modem cable. I've tried with and without the NM adapter to no avail.<br>
>> 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<br>
>> use<br>
>>> the directv.pl script. I'm assuming that the cable setup is the problem,<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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>
>> 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>
>> --<br>
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>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?<br>
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> 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 (<br>
> <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> ),<br>
> does anyone know if the USB -> Serial converter they are referring to in the<br>
> "Cable Options" section is for compatibility with the Myth box or with the<br>
> DirecTV receiver?<br>
<br>
</div></div>It's for compatibility with Linux - Myth doesn't care.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> I assumed it was for the Myth box and Linux in general but<br>
> I have more then one of the converters working on my backend server so I<br>
> know the converter is compatible with Linux, but I don't know how to confirm<br>
> they are compatible with the H23 receiver. Maybe the Null Modem Cable is my<br>
> problem... I'll venture out today to try and get the exact parts mentioned<br>
> on the wiki.<br>
><br>
> Oh, and my H23 gets fussy when something is plugged into the USB port and<br>
> doesn't always boot-up the first time, I have to unplug it and plug it back<br>
> in a few times for it to finally boot with the converter in the USB port.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Have you tried temporarily swapping one of the USB->Serial converters<br>
from your known working D10s to the H23? Or try the converter your are<br>
trying to use on your H23 with one of your D10s?<br>
<br>
My guess is your converters/cables are fine and the USB port on your H23<br>
is probably flaky.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Yea, I tried using one of the known working converters and even tried using them both on each end with the null modem cable in between.<br><br>I'll keep trying to get it working with different configurations I guess, but I'm with you... I think the USB on the H23 is the root cause.<br>
<br>Josh<br>