<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the comeback. I've been wondering if you could grab the HDMI from the newer Contour box with with HDPVR2. It will capture HDMI but I don't know if it's easily controlled with Myth. Do you (or does anyone else) know? <div><br></div><div>Also are you controlling the Contour box with an IR blaster, or can you change channels with firewire, like you can the SA boxes they'r changing from?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 11:49 AM Bob <<a href="mailto:mythtv@cox.net">mythtv@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 4/10/19 8:28 AM, DryHeat122 wrote:<br>
> Hi. I am currently using MythTV with a Cox (Phoenix) SA 4240HDC <br>
> receiver. Now Cox is asking me to upgrade to their Contour boxes for <br>
> free (right). I'm wondering if these can be used with MythTV. Has <br>
> anyone tried to do it?<br>
<br>
I am also in the Phoenix market and have transitioned to Contour. What <br>
you need to do is tell them you need "Countour I" (as in Roman number <br>
one). The "Contour I" has component output that I use with my HD-PVR.<br>
<br>
The other issue you will have is making sure the cable box is <br>
powered-up. I used a trick on the old 4240HDC that is not available with <br>
the new Cisco box. As best as I can tell, here are your options:<br>
<br>
1. Leave the box powered-up all the time and disable the automatic <br>
"power down" feature. I am trying to be more "green" and wanted to <br>
avoid this, though I have friends that use this technique.<br>
<br>
2. I "patched" the 6200ch code to recognize my box. You can run "6200ch <br>
-q" to determine if the box is powered on or off and you'll get a string <br>
like "Power is off" or "Power is on". I use this in my channel changer <br>
script to power on the box if necessary. This assumes you only have one <br>
cable box connected to your system via firewire.<br>
<br>
Here's a wiki entry for the 6200ch: <a href="https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/6200ch" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/6200ch</a><br>
<br>
Here's roughly what I had to do to "patch" 6200ch.c:<br>
<br>
#define MOT_UNKNOWN_VENDOR_ID22 0x0068ee96<br>
#define MOT_UNKNOWN_MODEL_ID01 0x00001286<br>
<br>
You'll see a huge "if" statement where these values are checked, you'll <br>
want to add the definitions above to that statement.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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