[mythtv-users] IR-200L Help
Cedric Tefft
cedric at phreaker.net
Thu Aug 12 01:39:02 EDT 2004
Cory Megitt wrote:
>Can anyone offer any advice as to how to get change_channel.csh to actually
>change the channel or elaborate on what I might be doing wrong?
>
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>Scientific Atlanta remote.
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I tried getting my IR-200L to change the channel on my SA 2100 for a
week without any luck. Eventually I ran across some posts which, if
they're to be believed, explain why this won't work. Keep in mind, I
haven't verified any of this, I'm just passing along what I've read.
Apparently, the SA remotes and receivers use a non-standard frequency of
about 57000 (compare to the "standard" IR frequency of about 38000).
Although the Windows drivers can (supposedly) get the IR-200L to
transmit at the SA's frequency, the LIRC driver cannot. Thus, the the
combination of Linux, IR-200L, and Scientific Atlanta cable box seems to
be a no-go. There is a post from earlier this year in which somebody
claims to have gotten this working on an older SA 2000, but there are no
details on how it was done and I couldn't find any posts from anybody
else saying that they had gotten it to work (despite many people
asking). As far as I am able to determine, there are no reports of
anybody getting this to work on an SA box with a model number greater
than 2000 (but wait five minutes, and I'll be proven wrong :-)
The alternative solutions I'm aware of are:
1) Build your own IR transmitter (http://www.lirc.org/transmitters.html)
[this is the cheapest solution and probably the best if you're handy
with a soldering iron]
2) Buy an off-the-shelf variation on the above
(http://www.irtrans.de/english/index.htm) [expensive, but no assembly
required]
3) Bypass the infrared issue completely and control the SA box through
the USB port. [Also expensive, but with no assembly required. See my
previous post for details.]
Good Luck,
- Cedric
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