[mythtv-users] IR Blaster and Dish Network: How close does it have to be?

[Calvin Harrigan]

Greg Foster wrote:
> On 9/6/07, Mark (home) <fairlane at springcom.com> wrote:
>>> On 9/6/07, Bearcat M. Sandor <HomeTheater at feline-soul.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll mess with it some more when i get home, but now it amounts to
>>>> "Honey, hold that next to the receiver while i try this code"..."Alright
>>>> let's try this one."  This may end in divorce :) I suppose i could just
>>>> tape it temporarily.
>>>>
>>>> Bearcat M. Sandor
>> I used to have a simple IR transmitter.  Diode and resistor.  Then I built a
>> USB powered amplified one.  Then I taped it to the receiver.  At that point
>> it was fairly reliable.  Answer is it depends on your ambient conditions.  I
>> have fairly bad ambient light.  My reciever occasionally gets sunlight on it.
>> YMMV.
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> With my 3100 receiver (301 in the US), I found that remote address '6'
> yielded the best results... 2 years without a missed channel.
> 
> Greg.
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What version of lirc are you using?  What kernel version?  What config 
file?  I have a 311 that works for most part.  But ever so often it 
misses a digit in a channel, usually the first digit in a three digit 
number. Seems more times than not, it misses the number 1 in the first 
position.  The blaster I used is the second one on 
http://www.lirc.org/transmitters.html.  I tried tuning it, but still the 
same, I get about 2-5 misses a month or so.  I've though about using a 
hardware carrier transmitter, but haven't had the time, they are said to 
be more reliable.  The software carriers are affected by cpu load, 
interrupts and other things.  I have a dual core cpu now, it used to 
seem as if it was more reliable on the single core.

Calvin...