[mythtv-users] Satellite TV and MythTV, getting started

[David George]

On 1/23/2009 11:16 AM, David Asher wrote:
>> ...I thought the problem was the DirecTV box, not Linux.
>>     
>
> I don't think that is correct.  Most (all?) of the directv receivers
> work with serial channel changing scripts, but the trick is to get the
> serial output from MBs which only have USB.  The chipset used in the
> usb->serial converters that was compatible with linux has started to
> disappear, so finding a source with the correct chipset has become
> difficult.  The MythTV wiki has a page on it:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Controlling_DirecTV_Set_Top_Box_(STB)_via_USB_or_Serial
>
> Again, this is just what my research has told me, I have not tried any
> of this yet.  (Though I did buy 2 of those adapters in preparation to
> getting 2 directv HD receivers and a HD-PVR and a PVR-150).
>   

This is incorrect.  Linux supports a lot of USB serial interface chips.  
It is the Directv box that only supports the pl2303 chip.  Several of us 
have tried many different serial cables.  So far it appears Directv only 
supports the original pl2303 (as of March 2008 anyway).

-- 
David