[mythtv-users] IR Frustration -- Is there an easier way?

Dan Morphis dan at milkcarton.com
Fri Apr 16 13:22:05 EDT 2004


Scott, there is a site out there which has a complete walk-through on 
putting together the receiver.  
http://lnx.manoweb.com/lirc/?partType=section&partName=parts


Scott Nicholson wrote:

>Okay. I don't think I'm cut out for this homebrew stuff...
>
>I've got my Myth backend working, I think, except for lirc. Which means it's
>not working at all because if I can't change channels on my satellite boxes,
>it's worthless.
>
>I've got three devices that I want to connect (through two PVR-250s). Two of
>them are Dish Network receivers (probably soon to be replaced by Comcast
>digital cable boxes) and one is a USDTV receiver.
>
>As far as the Dish ones go, I don't imagine there will be much problem
>finding remote codes or lirc config files for them, so all I should need for
>those is an IR transmitter.
>
>But I've searched high and low for any information on the USDTV remote and
>come up with bupkis.
>
>(USDTV is a HDTV receiver and subscription service that provides several
>channels like Food Network, Disney, HGTV, ESPN, Discovery in addition to the
>standard networks via standard broadcast frequencies -- no dish or cable
>required, just an antenna)
>
>This means that I'll have to create my own lirc config, which means I'll
>need an IR receiver in addition to the transmitter.
>
>So I figured I could build one using the diagrams at lirc.org. I got
>everything soldered together, carefully checked and re-checked it, then
>plugged it in. After some initial lirc confusion (I forgot to modprobe
>lirc_serial) I had lirc running without crashing and attempted to test the
>receiver via irw and/or irrecord. I get absolutely nothing.
>
>At this point, I'm at a complete loss as to how to determine if it's a
>hardware or a software issue, and I'm almost ready to throw in the towel on
>this whole Myth thing and get a TiVo instead (except my wife would not be
>happy about the several hundred I've spent on hardware for the Myth system).
>
>Is there a (fairly inexpensive, extensively tested, easy to configure, and
>readily available) pre-built IR transceiver that I can use instead? Can
>anyone provide any pointers, suggestions, and/or moral support?
>
>Help!
>Scott
>
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