[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] comcast moving to settop on Bay Area - goodbye analog

[David Shay]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> I'd recommend CommandIR ( http://www.commandir.com ) for IR control of
> >>> multiple cable boxes.  I've got it controlling two right now with zero
> >>> issues.  USB based, can control up to 4 devices - $69 right now I
> think.
> >>>  LIRC compatible for send and receive.  This would probably be the
> >>> easiest/cheapest to get you going with the existing PVR-150s. To go the
> >>> high-def route for non-local/QAM encrypted stuff, you'd need the
> Hauppauge
> >>> 1212, and 1 of those per HD cable box, so that would get pricey,
> although it
> >>> would be high-def, it does come with an IR controller, and would
> require you
> >>> to run SVN trunk at the moment.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Nice looking device. The $69 version seems to be the Mini. Is that
> >> what you are talking about?
> >>
> >> Looks like a perfect device. Reasonable price. LIRC support. Great info.
> >
> > I looked at the instructions, and there are none for gentoo. Is it
> > hard to update if you're not using Mythbuntu?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Brad Fuller
>
> Good question. Did you see this page?
>
> http://lircconfig.commandir.com/lircd.conf/
>

Those are mainly for configuring the device to RECEIVE IR input from a
variety of different remote controls.  If you want to control cable boxes,
you can take a look at remotes.tar.bz2 linked from the main
http://www.lirc.org home page (also available here individually :
http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/.  If you concatenate the appropriate
entries together to create your /etc/lircd.conf file, you will then be able
control the appropriate cable box via irsend commands.  You can control
which transmitter gets used by using "irsend set_transmitters N" where N is
the transmitter number. These commands just all need to be put in an
appropriate script that gets configured inside a MythTV called external
channel change script, and you are all set.
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