[mythtv-users] Dish 311 and lirc

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/09/2007 10:40 PM, Dave wrote:
> Endaf Jones wrote:
>   
>> On 2/9/07, Allison Jones <allisonannejones at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> However, I was unable to find a codeset that
>>> actually worked with the Dish 311.  I googled until my fingers were bloody,
>>> and tried every last Dish 311 lircd.conf that I could find, but it still
>>> didn't work.
>>>       
>> Have you tried this one:
>>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/DISHNetworkLIRCConfiguration
>>     
> You can get a receiver off of http://irblaster.info record the codes and 
> then send it back to them as a return when you are done with it.
> Total cost $3 for shipping and you got yourself the config file.
>
> I found the easiest way to do the recording with this method is to use 
> winlirc.  Takes about 5 minutes total.

Don't do that for a DISH receiver...  It's just not worth the effort and 
the product you get is 10000x (approximately) less useful than the 
ACTUAL codeset--which Endaf took the time to reverse engineer.

Why you should use Endaf's config (the one on the wiki):
    - The codes are correct--rather than "close enough"
    - ALL codes are available (in case you ever need to have your Myth 
box browse through some of the sys_info pages or whatever)
    - There are /discrete/ power on and power off codes (for which NO 
button on the remote exists), so you can--assuming you do most recording 
in primetime--have a cron job send a discrete power on at primetime - 10 
minutes (or so) so you don't keep re-recording "Blackness and Silence"
    - It's already done--why re-invent a wheel (especially if you don't 
have the time/tools to do it correctly)

Mike