[mythtv-users] Last Ditch Attempt - HD DirecTV and MythTV

[Dan Morphis]

> Dan (et al),
> 
> Over a grand to get set up?  Yowza, I'll never complain about my bill
>  again!
Yeah, need the larger dish up here (Alaska)
> 
> First off, the stb does have a RS232 port, and that's the preferred 
> method for my setup.  I've tried most of the channel scripts out 
> there, Bill's "channel.pl", the "RCA.pl", the "sony.pl" and even the 
> "joypad.pl". None seem to work.
> 
> I have tried recording in raw mode (I'm assuming that's "irrecord 
> -f"). I had the same results, not all the keys could be read.
> 
> In searching through the net, I came across a post over in the AVS 
> forums concerning this stb (Samsung SIR-TS360) and the RS232 port. 
> Someone had picked apart the software (Crestron software) that the 
> engineers at Samsung use, presumably with MS boxes, to talk to the 
> stb. He was able to get some codes and he listed them as follows:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Com port setting need to be: none 8 1 none 5760 Off 2A6474764A0D0A On
>  2A647476490D0A 5 2A647476350D0A 0 2A647476300D0A 9 2A647476390D0A 
> Enter 2A647476480D0A 1 2A647476310D0A 2 2A647476320D0A 3 
> 2A647476330D0A 4 2A647476340D0A 6 2A647476360D0A 7 2A647476370D0A 8 
> 2A647476380D0A ch+ 2A6474763E0D0A ch- 2A6474763D0D0A
> 
> </snip>
I can tell you the trailing 0x0D0A is a Carriage Return Line Feed.  The 
other part isn't that hard.  It looks like the first part ("2A6474763") 
is control codes of some sort, the middle is the actual code, and the 
final is the CrLf.

> 
> I'm assuming the "5760" is missing a zero...?
Thats what it looks like :-)  I thought that was an odd port speed.
> 
> I figured, armed with this, I should be able to hack up Bill's 
> script, or someone's script, to get the two boxes to talk.  Perhaps 
> someone can confirm that these codes look like what I would need. 
> FWIW, Word of warning, I'm a dunce when it comes to hex codes and 
> perl.  Any suggestions would be *HUGELY* appreciated.