[mythtv-users] Help:Simple transmitter

[steve at nexusuk.org]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Stuart Felenstein wrote:

> I've put together the simple transmitter.  The problem is the it's not 
> being detected.  After a few tries I figured better check the serial 
> port , so yes its still functional.
> 
> > I'm not sure where it's not wired correctly, but my concern is witht 
> he db9 shell.  From what I gleamed (and I tried both) , from behind 
> where the wire get soldered onto the shell, 4 & 5 (top right pins), 4 is 
> DTR and 5 is ground.  I am using 9 wire cable (that's what the 
> electronics store had available).  Since it's all color coded I and I 
> figured all equal, I chose black for ground and yellow for dtr.  The 
> rest obviously remain unconnected.

You've got the LED the right way around haven't you? (the anode connects 
to DTR and the cathode to signal ground).

What do you mean by "not detected" anyway? you mean your cable box / 
whatever isn't seeing the signal?  how did you program LIRC?

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