[mythtv-users] How to configure channels in UK

[Martyn Weber]

You need to buy the serial based redeye. This plugs into the serial port and
sticks to the front of the NTL STB. The original remote still works. You can
down load a program for linux called (I think) redeye that you can call from
the change_channel.csh script that you specify in the mythtv setup.

The redeye does not use lirc at all, so its possible to setup a 'normal'
blaster and control your TV. Im trying to get mythtv to switch off the TV
when you press the on/on button on the remote used with mythtv, its the only
thing I have to use another remote for!

Martyn

PS
My change_channel.csh script looks like this:-

#!/bin/csh
/usr/local/bin/red_eye /dev/ttyS1 $1 1
echo "Changing to channel $1"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Wood" <AdamWood at Xephi.co.uk>
To: "'Martyn Weber'" <martyn at blacksun.uk.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 3:31 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] How to configure channels in UK


Thanks for the info about IRDA - that might explain a few things.

It seems someone has managed to get it working with myth but they're not
using the same model I am. It looks like a red-eye is the way forward. I'm a
little confused and maybe you can clear something up for me. Does the
red-eye plug into the NTL box and you still have to use some sort of lirc
transmitter to "talk" to the red-eye?

Thanks,

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martyn Weber [mailto:martyn at blacksun.uk.com]
> Sent: 04 April 2004 15:01
> To: Adam Wood
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How to configure channels in UK
>
>
> Hi Admin,
>
> I ended up get a serial redeye to control the NTL STB. Many
> of the NTL STBes use a protocol based on IRDA, so you cant
> easily control them. The box I bought just plugs into the
> serial port and uses a propeirtory program to change
> channels, easy to setup in a change_channel script.
>
> Info can be found at http://www.redremote.co.uk/serial/index.html
>
> I am scared to make the DVB the first or highest priority
> card until I know that it will only schedule channels from
> that card...which the way I had things setup it would
> schedule any program, but just record the current channel.
> Thats from CVS a couple of days ago....
>
> Wish you luck and if we can pool our investigations might get
> there sooner..I love Mythtv btw even with these problems, its superb.
>
> Martyn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adam Wood" <AdamWood at Xephi.co.uk>
> To: "'Martyn Weber'" <martyn at blacksun.uk.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] How to configure channels in UK
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to help you much right
> now as I think I'm having the same problem. I'm trying to
> setup an IR transmitter first to change channels on the NTL
> box, once that's working I'm going to really test the scheduling.
>
> I did notice there is an option (I think while setting up the
> cards) to give them priority for recording. If you set the
> DVB card as higher priority it should always try to record
> from that first, if it can't find the channel then it falls
> back to the PVR. As I say I've not tried this yet but it
> seems like that's the way to do it.
>
> Let me know how you get on and I'll keep you up to date if I
> find anything interesting out.
>
> Adam
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martyn Weber [mailto:martyn at blacksun.uk.com]
> > Sent: 04 April 2004 13:17
> > To: Adam Wood
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How to configure channels in UK
> >
> >
> > Hi Adam,
> >
> > I tried that 1st as thats what it suggests in the dvb
> setup. However
> > everything went ok until I tried to schedule 2 programs. It put one
> > (BBC1 shared channel) on the cable then tried to schedule the 2nd
> > (Living only on
> > cable) for the DVB. What actually happened was that the DVB
> recording
> > was of what ever was playing on the most recent used channel on the
> > DVB card.
> >
> >
> > Martyn
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Adam Wood" <AdamWood at Xephi.co.uk>
> > To: "'Martyn Weber'" <martyn at blacksun.uk.com>; "'Discussion
> > about mythtv'" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 10:11 AM
> > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] How to configure channels in UK
> >
> >
> > > Hi, I have to input cards....
> >
> > Hi Martyn,
> >
> > >
> > > 1)  PVR350 connected via composite to an NTL cable tv box
> with 100+
> > > channels
> > >
> > > 2) USB based DVB terrestrial reciever (Nova-T) with
> > Freeview channels
> > >
> >
> > I have almost exactly the same setup. I've only just got my Nova-t
> > (pci) installed though so I'm still working on it.
> >
> > > Most of the freeview channels are available on the NTL box
> > (the ones
> > > that arent, I havent setup).
> > >
> > > I set the system up with the 350 first and added the nova-t later.
> > >
> > > I have manually entered the channel numbers and short
> codes for the
> > > NTL input and tried to match these with the Freeview entries. The
> > > Freeview entries have the same channel number, short
> code, and name
> > > but have a different ID and also have the DVB information.
> >
> > I've only configured 4 or 5 DVB channels so far, but I've
> been trying
> > to put the DVB information on the same channel id. Some one
> correct me
> > if this is completely wrong, but it seems to be working so far.
> > Channels are only listed once in the EPG (I'm not using
> mythweb) and
> > when a recording is in progress it (seems to at least) use
> the other
> > input. I have much testing to do with this before I'm sure. I also
> > envisage a problem with the homebrew IR transmitter I'm currently
> > building; I wouldn't want to change channels on the Nova-t
> > and have myth send a signal to the NTL box, screwing up my
> > recording. Keeping the channel id the same might cause this
> > problem, but I'm not sure yet.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Martyn
> > >
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
>
>