[mythtv-users] External channel change not passing channel

[Remco Treffkorn]

On Sunday 01 April 2007, duck wrote:
> Output from mythbackend
>
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.635 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.696 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.706 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.716 Current Schema Version: 1160
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.735 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.737 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.744 EITHelper: localtime offset -4:00:00
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.753 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2007-04-01 07:37:34.754 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> Error excessive retries      <- this is output from the
> /capture/directv.pl box_type RCA_OLD setup_channel $1 line of my script.
> 2007-04-01 07:37:35.816 ret_pid(11761) child(11761) status(0x0)
> 2007-04-01 07:37:35.816 External Tuning program exited with no error
> 2007-04-01 07:37:35.849 New DB scheduler connection


"Error excessive retries"?

Have you tried running the directv.pl script from the command line?
I edited mine to have the correct box type as default, 
thus '/usr/local/bin/directv.pl 35' does change my channel to 35. You can use 
mplayer to display to the screen, then change channels in another window. All 
without mythbackend.

Only if this works would I try to teach Myth to use it. Too many variables.

Also try 9600baud.

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