[mythtv-users] Comcast DTA direct channel change?

[Scott]

On 04/02/2010 07:57 PM, Ron Garrison wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Scott <pickle136 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   
>> On 04/02/2010 07:25 PM, Ron Garrison wrote:
>>     
>>> Well it sounds like I'm in a similar posotion to Scott except I can't
>>> get either ports to transmit.  Here is what I have done:
>>>
>>> Built lirc from the cvs repository using the follwing configuration:
>>>
>>> ./configure.sh --prefix=/usr --with-driver=all --enable-sandbox
>>> --with-transmitter
>>>
>>> I had to remove lirc_gpio and lirc_parallel from the makefile due to
>>> compile errors.  Since I don't need them it should not be an issue.
>>>
>>> lircd -v returns rcd 0.8.7-CVS
>>>
>>> added kirk's lircd.conf (follows) to my already existing lircd.conf
>>> (which contains my hauppauge remote settings)
>>>
>>> begin remote
>>>
>>>    name DTA
>>>    bits           24
>>>    flags XMP
>>>    eps            20
>>>    aeps          300
>>>
>>>    one             0   137
>>>    zero          250   710
>>>    ptrail        250
>>>    pre_data_bits   32
>>>    pre_data       0x170F443E
>>>    post_data_bits  8
>>>    post_data      0x0
>>>    pre           250 12921
>>>    gap          81698
>>>    toggle_bit_mask 0x0
>>>
>>>        begin codes
>>>            KEY_1                       0x1E0001
>>>            KEY_2                       0x1D0002
>>>            KEY_3                       0x1C0003
>>>            KEY_4                       0x1B0004
>>>            KEY_5                       0x1A0005
>>>            KEY_6                       0x190006
>>>            KEY_7                       0x180007
>>>            KEY_8                       0x170008
>>>            KEY_9                       0x160009
>>>            KEY_0                       0x1F0000
>>>            KEY_CHANNELDOWN             0x11000E
>>>            KEY_CHANNELUP               0x12000D
>>>            KEY_MUTE                    0x13000C
>>>            KEY_VOLUMEDOWN              0x14000B
>>>            KEY_VOLUMEUP                0x15000A
>>>            KEY_LANGUAGE                0x150082
>>>            KEY_INFO                    0x170026
>>>            KEY_ENTER                   0x180025
>>>            KEY_LAST                    0x190051
>>>        end codes
>>>
>>> end remote
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> executed the following two commands (first is for hauppauge, second for mceusb):
>>>
>>> lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0
>>> --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc/lirc0.pid
>>>
>>> lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1
>>> --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc/lirc1.pid
>>>
>>> Now to test receive I type:
>>>
>>> irw /var/run/lirc/lircd0
>>>
>>> Using my hauppauge (actually a universal programmed to look like a
>>> hauppauge) I get the proper responses as defined by the lircd.conf
>>> file.
>>>
>>> Now doing the same with the other port:
>>>
>>> irw /var/run/lirc/lircd1
>>>
>>> I use my new comcast DTA remote and I get the proper responses (which
>>> uses Kirk's lircd.conf indicating that the Thomson DCI1011COM DTA uses
>>> he same codes as the Pace and Motorola).
>>>
>>> So far so good.  Hardware is there and can receive properly.
>>>
>>> I now type the following
>>>
>>> irsend --device=/var/run/lirc/lircd1 set_transmitters 1 2
>>> irsend --device=/var/run/lirc/lircd1 send_once DTA KEY_2
>>>
>>> And there is nothing transmitted.  No errors - no transmission.  I
>>> have tried both ports.
>>>
>>> I own a nirvis slink-e which can receive ir and display the wave form
>>> on the computer.  I tested that it works using all remotes (including
>>> the new comcast DTA remote) so it really easy for me to know if ir is
>>> being transmitted or not.  I have also used this in the past to
>>> determine protocols, device IDs etc for unknown remotes.  Very useful.
>>>
>>> Not sure where to go from here.  Maybe add debug logging to see if it
>>> will show anything.  Did I miss something to enable transmitting?
>>>
>>> Note when I try to set transmitters on my hauppauge card (lircd0) it
>>> complains - as it should - that the hardware cannot transmit.  If I
>>> try to set more than 2 transmitters on the mceusb it also complains -
>>> as it should - that there are only 2 transmitters.  It appears that
>>> everything is setup properly.
>>>
>>> Ron
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>>>       
>> Mine are working now with the latest CVS, one idea suggested to me was
>> to feed the IR transmitter's back into the receiver while running IRW.
>> But i also discovered mine does in fact flash red when a signal is sent.
>> Also i couldnt get all the drivers to build (maybe same issue as you) so
>> I just built mceusb and and am using the mce remote now.
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>
> Did you get both ports working - as you said earlier that only one was working?
>
> What did you do to get the second port going if that's the case?
>
> Ron
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Yeah both work now, there was a typo in the sources thats been fixed since.