[mythtv-users] Directv channel change script directv.pl

[Jeff "Muddy" Waters]

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 10:05 -0400, David Morris wrote:
> Check your serial cable to the sat box?  If you just patched up a cheap 
> phone line as a serial cable or have a loosely cimped or soldered 
> connector, that could be your problem especially if the cable is run 
> near other cables and noisy components.  RS232 is very susceptible to 
> noise, which is why you should always uses shielded cable.  Dropping a 
> single character is often indicative of noise, but if it's always the 
> first character then it could be a timing issue, like the UART on one 
> end or the the other isn't quite initialized fully before the first 
> character is sent.
> 
> David
> 
> djg at pdp8.net wrote:
> 
> >   I had a couple reports of occasional changes to wrong channel with
> >my script directv.pl with D10-100 boxes using the new firmware. I have 
> >updated the script to query the channel and try again if you are using the
> >setup_channel command.  New version at
> >http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml
> >
> >It looks like the box takes the remote codes and return the ok response
> >but actually looses the first digit sometimes.  This can also happen
> >with the D10-200.
> >  
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Has anyone been able to get the D10-300 boxes working with the
directv.pl script or satcontrol script?