[mythtv-users] RCA DirecTV serial cable

[David George]

On 11/18/2004 10:40 AM, Kris.S.Boultbee wrote:

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>I have made me a serial cable that works great with the Windows control program. So I know the cable works. The problem is that when I download the rca.pl it does nothing and when I use the sony.pl script it just resets the receiver. I don't know the model number of the receiver off the top of my head but I do know that it supports the new command set and not he old. I also am fairly well versed in perl.
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The following script supports the new command set.  At least on my RCA 
DRD435RH.

http://bach.as.arizona.edu/~johng/rca_control.txt

rename to rca_control.pl and set the executable bits (chmod 755 
rca_control.pl)

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>Also, how do you tell myth to use the script? I think you go to the section for the external channel change command and put /usr/local/bin/sony.pl in there but I'm not certain. This is also something that seems quite vague.
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That's it.  Or in my case /usr/local/bin/rca_control.pl

HTH,
David