Hi Mike,<div><br></div><div>if the idea of the IR Blaster doesn't appeal to you, have you thought about installing a Firewire card in the PC instead and change channels like you used to?</div><div><br></div><div>Yannick.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tuesday 11 May 2010 09:06:11 am Michael Tiller wrote:<br>
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Brian Wood <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > On Tuesday 11 May 2010 07:57:12 am Michael Tiller wrote:<br>
> > > So I'm interested in low maintenance alternatives. I've seen notes<br>
> > > that say the MCE-USB IR devices are supported out of the box but I've<br>
> > > seen other posts saying they don't have very good transmission<br>
> > > strength.<br>
> ><br>
> > I've<br>
> ><br>
> > > seen mention of USB-UIRT devices they seem a bit pricey and don't even<br>
> > > seem to come with an emitter (just a port for it) and I've not clear<br>
> > > how good the support for them is.<br>
> ><br>
> > What you really want is a USB MyBlaster, sadly they are no longer made.<br>
> > They<br>
> > came in serial and USB versions, and are great, from opening the box to<br>
> > working perfectly took me less than 10 minutes. Best $50 I ever spent on<br>
> > Myth<br>
> > gear.<br>
><br>
> As a matter of fact, I have a MyBlaster. Sadly, it is the serial variety.<br>
<br>
</div>Unlike the LIRC-based blasters, the serial MyBlaster can be used with a USB-<br>
to-serial adapter, assuming the chipset in the adapter is supported by Linux.<br>
<br>
So you may be OK. The serial MyBlaster was once sold with a commercial<br>
adapter, before the USB version was available.<br>
<br>
The MyBlaster uses a serial port in the standard way, unlike lirc devices that<br>
toggle the handshaking lines, which is why they won't work with USB-serial<br>
converters.<br>
<br>
Perhaps you can get an adapter to try, with return rights if it doesn't work.<br>
If it works with Linux in general, it should work with a serial MyBlaster.<br>
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