[mythtv-users] Red Eye Serial problems with USB to Serialconverter

[Kieron Wilkinson]

Kieron Wilkinson wrote:
> After plaugging in the RedEye and changing the device to
> /dev/ttyUSB0 I can change channels on my Telewest box. ONCE. It
> only works once, and I have no idea why. If I remove the USB
> adaptor and plug it back again, I can change channel one more
> time.

> Subsequent attempts to change channel still show the RedEye power
> being applied as normal (from the red power light) but the light
> does not pulse for the channels being sent like it normally does.
> It just stays with power light for roughtly the same amount of
> time, and then finishes. There are no errors emmitted by the
> program.

Well I found out what the problem was just in case anybody has the same
problem. Apparently there is a bug in the HX version of the PL2303 USB
to serial hardware so I had to update my kernel to incorporate a
work-around patch that went in 2.6.13. Details here:

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg371
49.html

It works fine now!

Kieron

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