[mythtv-users] USB->Serial for controlling DirecTV boxes

Drew Tomlinson drew at mykitchentable.net
Mon Sep 29 01:51:39 UTC 2008


Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Sep 27, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>
>   
>> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>     
>>> Yeah, that looks like the right one. Does dmesg report that it's  
>>> using
>>> the pl2303 driver?
>>>
>>>       
>> I search dmesg for the string "123" but found nothing.  I know I had  
>> to
>> compile two modules to get this to work.  usbserial being the first  
>> and
>> one called ftdi_sio.  I don't know if this tells you what you need  
>> or not.
>>     
>
> I'm not sure why "123" would reveal if you're using the pl2303 the  
> driver unless you meant "l23"
I guess my eyes are getting old.  Only after looking *very* carefully at 
your reply did I realize that the driver name starts with "pee ell" and 
not "pee one".  However I rechecked my dmesg output and find no 
ocurrances of "pee ell two" either.

Cheers,

Drew


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