<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Phil Linttell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phil.linttell@rogers.com">phil.linttell@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 22:41:06 -0400<br>
> From: Jerry Rubinow <<a href="mailto:jerrymr@gmail.com">jerrymr@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] How to ensure STB is on<br>
> To: Discussion about mythtv <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>
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> After a few trouble-free years, for the third time in a month, I discovered<br>
> my STB had somehow entered a power-off state, and as a result I missed a<br>
> couple of recordings.<br>
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</div>Hi Jerry,<br>
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I gather you only care about turning the STB on, not off? I'm using the<br>
external channel changer 10f "mythchanger" by majoridiot that has a<br>
power on function - not a toggle, it only turns the STB on. I'm using<br>
the sa4250, but the program supports the 3250 as well.<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/majoridiot" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/majoridiot</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Phil, thanks for the pointer to majoridiot's program. Unfortunately, it looks like from the second-to-last post here:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=977820&page=3">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=977820&page=3</a></div><div><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=977820&page=3"></a> </div>
<div>that mythchanger doesn't work with the QIP boxes (that's what I have, not an SA3250). I'll verify tonight just in case, but I don't have high hopes. Also, it looks like majoridiot doesn't maintain the program anymore. It probably doesn't matter, because I'm thinking the QIP-6200 doesn't even have a discrete on command, just a toggle.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In any case, one of the scripts posted on that mythchanger thread I linked demonstrates exactly what I needed to do. Namely, starting a program and then killing it off after a second. I figured it would be something pretty simple.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the pointer,</div><div>Jerry</div></div>