[mythtv-users] controlling two digital cable boxes

[Peter Lee]

Scott, thanks for the heads-up on this.  I am indeed using the C version,
and so I'll have to take a look at that.  I'm a bit tied up this week, so
I'm planning to work on this over the weekend.

I still find it hard to believe that others haven't already gone through
this.  Basically, I am aggregating two digital cable boxes together into one
mythtv box...

Peter


On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:01:06, Scott Rowe wrote:
> 
> Peter, you may have to hack the source of the C program if you're using
> that.. It scans the serial ports automatically.. If you're using the perl /
> python / whatever code, you should be able to edit each instance to point to
> the right port. Just a FYI for when you go to set up the second cable / box.
> 
> -Scott Rowe 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Peter Lee
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:20 AM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] controlling two digital cable boxes
> 
> Thanks all for the advice.  I have a USB->Serial converter (Belkin) lying
> around and so I tried for a while last night to get that working, but with
> no luck.  It might actually be working (the LEDs on the device light up in a
> semi-convincing manner), but I am not able to get the channel script to talk
> to it.
> 
> So, I'll go ahead and get a PCI serial card.  As has been pointed out, they
> seem cheap and well-supported under linux.  Furthermore, this will give me
> two additional serial ports in case I want to add a third cable/satellite
> box at some point...
> 
> Peter
> 
> On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:56:32, Frank Linhares wrote:
>> 
>> I tried many times to get various USB -> Serial cables to work
>> properly, but never could.  I just went out and bought a serial card
>> to control two different satellite systems.  Was not only the easiest,
>> but the cheapest way also.
>> 
>> frank.linhares
>> Visit the PVR Database - www.pvrcentral.net
>> 
>> On 1-Mar-04, at 7:42 PM, Robert Kulagowski wrote:
>> 
>>>> I'm sure that I'm not the only one with this kind of arrangement.
>>>> Is there a cheap/easy way to, say, run a cable from a usb port on
>>>> the myth box into the serial port on the second cable box, and then
>>>> use a second instance of the "channel" script for this?
>>> 
>>> There do exist USB->Serial converters.  It may or may not work under
>>> linux.  Failing that, you could purchase a PCI serial card.
>