[mythtv-users] Where to buy CommandIR ?

mythtv at derdev.com mythtv at derdev.com
Thu Jul 29 13:53:33 UTC 2010


On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:50:00 -0400, Ben Eisemann <ben at locojeeper.com>
wrote:
> Yep, yep and yep.
> 
> One emitter worked just swimmingly...
> 
> then I enabled the other emiter with a set_transmitter (3 iirc)
statement
> at
> the top of a copy of the channel change script.  Then it would change
> channels on both units.  I tried all sorts of means of electrical tape
and
> card board and putting them on separate sides of the same wall to try to
> isolate and remove the possibility of IR interference... and the problem
> continued.
> 
> I would love to get that solution working, as my newer Asus board was in
> limited supply when it came to serial ports (hence my need to add the
PCIe
> card just to get a second serial port).  But I spent a good two or three
> weeks trying all sorts of different ways of configuring software and
> hardware and the dang IguanaIR still kept tripping both DTA's.
> 
> God Bless,
> 
> Ben T. Eisemann
> beisemann at gmail.com
> 
> Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today
of
> its strength.—Charles Spurgeon
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:17 AM, <mythtv at derdev.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:27:55 -0400, Ben Eisemann <ben at locojeeper.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I am on round three of trying to get my Comcast DTA's to channel
change
>> > with
>> > my backend.
>> >
>> > I tried IguanaIR, one channel worked fine but the second channel
would
>> > cause
>> > both channels to fire IR commands.
>> >
>> > I then put in a 4 port PCIe Serial card with two IR Blasters... but I
>> can
>> > get two seperate instances of lirc_serial.
>> >
>> > So, my third option was to buy a CommandIR ... but their website
shows
>> that
>> > they are out of stock until v3 comes out which was in October 2009?
>> >
>> > Any ideas where I can get one or something else that will fit the
bill?
>> >
>> > God Bless,
>> >
>> > Ben T. Eisemann
>> > beisemann at gmail.com
>>
>> IguanaIR should work great with your Comcast DTAs
>>
>> You're saying that you were able to get the first emitter to change
>> channels correctly?
>> You're saying that requests to the second emitter would change channels
>> on
>> box DTAs to the same channel at the same time?
>>
>> Did you isolate the emitters to make sure the emitter signals aren't
>> scattering?
>> does your channel change script for the second emitter contain
something
>> like
>>   irsend set_transmitters 2
>> so that you are not sending the command through all emitters?
>>
>>
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can you post both channel change scripts?  also, which IguanaIR device do
you have?  how many emitters?





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