On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Robert Kulagowski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rkulagow@gmail.com" target="_blank">rkulagow@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div></div><div>On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Christopher Meredith<br>
<<a href="mailto:chmeredith@gmail.com" target="_blank">chmeredith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Nasa <<a href="mailto:nasa01@comcast.net" target="_blank">nasa01@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> ----- "Eric Sharkey" <<a href="mailto:eric@lisaneric.org" target="_blank">eric@lisaneric.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Nasa <<a href="mailto:nasa01@comcast.net" target="_blank">nasa01@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > > So does anyone have any other suggestions for Chris and I? I am<br>
>> > stuck<br>
>> > > the same why he is...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Did you try contacting Comcast customer support? (Long shot, I<br>
>> > know...)<br>
>> ><br>
>> Yeah went something like...<br>
>><br>
>> > Hello, my name is ABC how may I help you?<br>
>><br>
>> Yeah, I have been using firewire...<br>
>><br>
>> > What is firewire?<br>
>><br>
>> Next<br>
>><br>
>> > Hello, my name is XYZ how may I help you?<br>
>><br>
>> Yeah, I have been using firewire...<br>
>><br>
>> > The boxes have firewire ports?<br>
>><br>
>> Next<br>
>><br>
>> > Hello, my name is YYY how may I help you?<br>
>><br>
>> Yeah, I have been using firewire...<br>
>><br>
>> > Those ports never actually worked...<br>
>><br>
>> Next<br>
>><br>
>> > Hello, my name is XXX how may I help you?<br>
>><br>
>> Yeah, I have been using !@#$ firewire...<br>
>><br>
>> > We never supported those ports...<br>
>><br>
>> NEXT<br>
>><br>
>> > Hello, my name is EFZ how may I help you?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Yeah, I have been using !@#$ firewire...<br>
>><br>
>> > we don't support those ports...<br>
>><br>
>> Click<br>
><br>
> I just had one of those conversations.<br>
> "How can I help you?"<br>
> "I'd like to talk to someone who knows technical details about the firewire<br>
> ports on the Cisco STBs."<br>
> "Did you say firewire? That's funny..."<br>
><br>
> Here's the log of my chat session:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://pastebin.com/vcEyAn6d" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/vcEyAn6d</a><br>
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> Looks like IR blasting is in my future.<br>
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</div></div>Do those boxes have USB ports? If yes, what happens when you plug in<br>
a keyboard? Can you change channels or do anything useful?<br>
<br>
I just got a microcontroller development kit and creating a USB<br>
keyboard is practically project 1.0.<br><br></blockquote><div>Interesting. I can check when I get home. Though wouldn't any solution that basically "emulates" a keyboard require special hardware?<br></div></div>
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