<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Harrison T. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neptune.h@gmail.com">neptune.h@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><br><b>Have you tried performing a Red-Button Reset by any chance?</b> <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I hadn't, but it seemed to have no effect either. Does that perform</div>
<div>anything different than a cold boot?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>
</div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><div>Is there some device I can hook up to verify the port on the DirectTV unit</div>
<div>still works? Or any other ideas?</div></blockquote></div><div><br><b>I've had issues in the past with mine, and ended up having to seriously tweak my <a href="http://directv.pl" target="_blank">directv.pl</a> script to get anything to work. Are you able to get anything out of the box at all?<br>
<br>If you have a Windows box, give this software a try (it's free): <a href="http://www.dtvcontrol.com" target="_blank">http://www.dtvcontrol.com</a></b><b>/<br>I was able to get this to work even when I couldn't get anything to work between the D10 and the MythTV system. This will at least help us determine if the connection is good and if the port is working.<br>
</b></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks for this tidbit! I installed the software on an old Win XP machine I have and hooked it</div><div>up with all the same cables. After installing the drivers for the usb/serial adapter, everything</div>
<div>worked perfect! I can do all the functions you'd expect to do. Now I just need to go back and</div><div>figure out why the Fedora system won't play nice. It had been working for the last year without</div>
<div>any problems. Perhaps a recent kernel upgrade messed something up.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>
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<br>Quick question: What revision of the box do you have? There are three different versions, depending on who actually made the box. You should have either a D10-100, D10-200 or D10-300. They are all controlled just a bit differently IIRC.</b></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This one says D10 model 100. There aren't any company identifying marks such as RCA or anything.</div><div>The only name other than directv on the unit is Macrovision. </div><div>
<br></div><div>Thanks again for the help,</div><div><br></div><div>Scott</div></div><br>