[mythtv-users] USB dual channel IR blaster?

[Greg Oliver]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Tony Brummett <brummett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm starting to gather parts to put together a new backend machine.
>>>> One issue I'm having is figuring out what to do for IR blasters.  I
>>>> need to be able to control two identical set-top-boxes, and they only
>>>> understand one set of IR codes, so I need two independently
>>>> addressable IR blasters.  My current setup uses a couple of serial
>>>> blasters with two instances of the related kernel modules and lirc
>>>> daemons.  I'd keep using that kind of set up, except that it seems
>>>> that modern-ish motherboards only have one serial port anymore.
>>>>
>>>> I have a usb-based MCE remote (this one:
>>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121002)
>>>> currently hooked up to a frontend.  The receiver part works great, but
>>>> I can't get either of the two blaster parts to do anything.  It shows
>>>> up in the syslog as a "Topseed Technology Corp. eHome Infrared
>>>> Transceiver"
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have an example of a usb-based transceiver where both
>>>> blasters actually work?
>>>
>>> That one, with just a little bit of legwork, figuring out if the
>>> transmit mask is simply inverted, I'd wager.
>>>
>>
>> I tried all combinations.  commenting it out of the transmit mask
>> section while using both, 1 and 2 for the transmitter, etc several
>> times.  I hope I'm not that incompetent (but I may be)  :-/
>>
>> I'll gladly confess to being a dumbass if it works though!
>
> Damn, is this the exact same one you've got?... So there must be
> something else going on... Perhaps it needs a different init sequence,
> a la the pinacle transceivers... Definitely interested in poking at
> one of these ones. :)

Yep - one in the same unfortunately.  Seeing these recent two posts
about these is what sparred my memory that I have one - I just am not
using my hdpvr right now, so no need to blast again quite yet.

On another note, I have not seen any comments on whether the hdpvr
reliably blasts if it is in "blast only" mode and not polling.  Does
anyone have comments regarding this?

Thanks,

Greg