[mythtv-users] Homebrew help?

Scott Rowe mythgnomer at rowelab.com
Thu Apr 8 22:38:14 EDT 2004


*ping* - any ideas? I'm getting ready to tell my friend to return the
digital cable box and use the coax connection. To recap,
/usr/local/bin/change_channel.csh 411 works from the command line, but not
inside mythtv. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:32 PM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Homebrew help?
> 
> 
> So a week or so ago, I sent a buddy home with a mini-itx 
> frontend, a working homebrew lirc transmitter, and a promise 
> to build out his backend. 
> 
> Thanks to Mikhail, the frontend issues were resolved, and I 
> added an irman for remote control of the frontend.
> 
> Building out the backend with FC1 went well, until it came to 
> the cable box.
> His dct-2000 doesn't have the serial port enabled- that's why 
> I sent the transmitter with him. So I compiled the lirc 
> driver and installed it without issue. Irsend works and 
> /usr/local/bin/change_channel.csh nnn works from the command 
> prompt. However, when entered into mythtvsetup, the command 
> appears to process, but the channel doesn't change. It's 
> sending the correct digits to the script.. (verified as the 
> log below shows)
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Scott Rowe
> 
> 2004-04-06 20:18:30 adding: mythbox as a client (events: 0)
> 2004-04-06 20:18:30 adding: mythbox as a remote ringbuffer
> 2004-04-06 20:18:30 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 
> changing to 15 -In csh script [1] 2524 -In perl script..
> changing to 15
> 
> 



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