[mythtv-users] mceusb2 transmit problems

[Oliver Brown]

Hi,

The kit I have is identical to the one in the picture except the card
it came with is the HVR-1300. Unfortunately the SET_TRANSMITTERS 1
didn't help (although there were no errors either) . I'd assume that
even if that was set incorrectly the red light on the receiver would
still light up?

I have just noticed a possible problem. During system startup
something to do with loading mceusb2 fails, but then the line
underneath says it really just took too long and will continue to
wait... Although I suppose if that was the problem it wouldn't receive
either.

Thanks,
Oliver

On 3/9/07, Michael Thome <mthome at bbn.com> wrote:
> No - separate issue - the MCE remote(s) that you point at are not
> generally learning remotes.  But the mce USB transceiver that comes with
> some of the cards (e.g. the Haup pvr-150 MCE *kit* see the USB IR
> Receiver in the following image:
> http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/15-116-631-04.JPG )
> is a pretty functional multi-channel transmitter as well as receiver.
>
> On re-reading, the original message, I'm not sure if Oliver has this
> thing or a receiver-only - you can tell by looking at the back of the
> USB receiver module - if it has two sockets (labeled "1" and "2"), then
> you are good to go, otherwise, I couldn't say.  BTW - I have no idea if
> the module itself has a transmitter in it - I use the separate LED
> emitter that came with my kit (see image above).
>
> Mitch Gore wrote:
> > I didn't know the blaster worked on the MCE remote.  I have hauppauge
> > MCE remote.  Will it work on that model?  I kind of looks like the one
> > on the link but it doesn't have the colored buttons on the bottom.
> >
> > Mitchell
> >
> > On 3/8/07, *Michael Thome* <mthome at bbn.com <mailto:mthome at bbn.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     Had this problem too.  Main thing is to change your set channel script
> >     to call "irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1" (assuming your blaster is plugged
> >     into the 1 port) before sending the digits.  The other gotcha that is
> >     apparently rare, but took me more than a week to figure out, is
> >     that the
> >     mceusb2 blaster is very bright - too bright for some receivers.  I
> >     need
> >     to attenuate the blaster LED in order to change channels successfully
> >     once everything was installed.
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >         mik
> >
> >     Oliver Brown wrote:
> >     > Hi,
> >     >
> >     > I have a HVR-1300 which came with the MCE USB IR
> >     receiver/blaster (the
> >     > newest one). The receiving part works fine but I can't get the
> >     blaster
> >     > part to work (with Sky in the UK incidentally). I'm using
> >     MythDora 3.2
> >     > which has a version of lirc_mceusb2 which the wiki says should work
> >     > ( http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MCE_Remote).
> >     >
> >     > If I use irw, button presses from both remotes (the Hauppauge
> >     one and
> >     > the Sky one) are correctly recognised. irsend though doesn't do
> >     > anything - it doesn't even make the red light on the blaster flash.
> >     >
> >     > Is there some extra step I need to take to enable transmitting? Most
> >     > things I've read (including the wiki page) focus on setting up
> >     > receiving and then imply that transmitting will just work...
> >     >
> >
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