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<span style="font-weight: bold;">On Fri Oct 30 15:51 , Travis Tabbal <travis@tabbal.net> sent:<BR>
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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Marius Schrecker <<a href="javascript:top.opencompose('marius@schrecker.org','','','')">marius@schrecker.org</a>> wrote:<BR>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">></span> Does anyone know if the above can be done?<BR>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">></span> My motorola stb will accept signals from an external usb-uirt, but it would<BR>
> be great if I cold bypass this, and just send the signals directly over usb<BR>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">></span> (maybe using an A-A usb network cable). Can't see rthis described anywhere,<BR>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">></span> but with the proliferation of htpc,s I can't be the first to have thought of<BR>
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It looks to me like the usb-uirt uses serial port emulation. So you need something that can look like a serial port to the stb and you need to emulate the protocol. It's not as simple as using one of the pre-made USB networking cables. If such a thing exists, a USB null modem would likely work, but you would need 2 USB clients in the hardware between the computer and the stb. Using 2 FTDI USB to serial chips or cables wired in a null modem configuration would likely get you talking, but you need to know the protocol to transmit. There is an LIRC driver available, so there might be enough info out there to do it.<BR>
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Thanks Travis,<BR>
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It looks too complicated for me and the amount of time I have. Thanks for the info. Maybe a good business idea for someone ;-)<BR>
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Cheers!<BR>
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