[mythtv-users] Best deal on premade lirc receivers?

[Brian Long]

On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 01:58 -0400, David Ellis wrote:
> Its generally a bad idea to use multiple ir devices on a single machine.
> 
> It is possible to chain lirc (have two instances of lirc - one for receive
> one for transmit) but I wasn't able to get it to stabilize........it was
> also a MAJOR pain to setup.
> 
> My suggestion would be to get a IR device that receives and transmits (I use
> the USB UIRT www.usbuirt.com) which allows you to send and receive with the
> same device and Lirc Instance. Once you have your device - they generally
> work with ANY remote - use irrecord to setup the remote of your choice.
> 
> If all your interested in receiving IR commands - your audigy is probably
> supported (do a google search for audigy LIRC).

Hello David et al,

I'm setting up a new MythTV box and I notice a patch just got submitted
to Lirc for the USB-UIRT product.  It appears this device supports an
external emitter.  I need to be able to control two separate digital
cable tuners of the same model.  Would I be able to accomplish this with
the USB-UIRT and an external emitter like the following one?
http://www.smarthome.com/8171.html

If both cable boxes are Sci Atl 3250 (non-HD), how would Lirc know which
one is which?

I was planning to get a Hauppage PVR-500, but since my system has plenty
of PCI slots, I could just get two PVR-150's with the integrated IR
receiver and blaster.  Would this work better in my situation?

Thanks.

/Brian/

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