[mythtv-users] Lirc receiver and directv from same serial port?

[Dan Morphis]

iirc lirc replaces the standard serial driver w/ its own.  So you 
wouldn't be able to easily share them even though they use different pins.

-dan

Josh wrote:

>  I bought a cheap motherboard for my myth box, it was so cheap that it
>  only has one serial port. I noticed that the serial connection I made
>  for my directv box, and the lirc IR receiver shown here in wonderful
>  ASCII art: http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html Use different pins
>  (except ground, but that should matter should it?). So I was
>  wondering does LIRC occupy the serial port all the time? i.e. would
>  it block the perl script that dumps channel changing commands to my
>  dtv receiver or could they both peacefully coexist? I'd rather avoid
>  spending $20 on a serial card just for that purpose. Anyone tried
>  this?
>
>  Thanks, Josh
>
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