[mythtv-users] I guess I don't understand...

[Ian Forde]

On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 12:46, Guy Bayes wrote:
> I'm not even going to try to work it through the
> serial port, seems pretty pointless when you can buy
> an IR blaster for $10. I totally do not understand why
> anyone would build a homebrew? Something wrong with
> the commercial ones?

How homebrew?  I didn't have to build anything to get serial working. 
Just a standard RS-232 serial cable, ensuring that my cable box has
firmware version 7.54 or greater, and a couple of scripts (that I'll
happily send to anyone who wants them).  Set mythtv to use an external
channel-changing script, and it's done.

Total cost?  Just the serial cable and whatever serial adapters you need
(like gender changers or 25-to-9-pin adapters...)

	-I
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