[mythtv-users] Problems with 6200ch

[Big Wave Dave]

On 10/17/06, Patrick Wagstrom <wagspat at iit.edu> wrote:
> > When I initially setup the box, I had to add the unit's vendor ID to
> > 6200ch.c.  I tried that after the update, but no luck.
> >
> > Here is the output of 6200ch:
> >
> > ./6200ch -v 105
> > starting with node: 1
> > node 1: vendor_id = 0x000000d1 model_id = 0x00000000
> > Could not find Motorola DCT-6200 on the 1394 bus.
>
> I was having a similar problem with my comcast box, basically the
> program was having problems because my box wasn't on node 1.  There's a
> -n option to 6200ch (I think it's in the mainline code now), that allows
> you to force specify a channel.  In my case, it's 2.  So I created a
> shell script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> /usr/local/bin/6200ch -n 2 $1
>
> And I point to the shell script for the channel change command.
>
> This might solve your problem.
>
> --Patrick
Yup... thats what I was getting to by asking him for his plugreport
output.  Could be the node needs to be something other than the
default "1".

Dave