[mythtv-users] Comcast CableCard Info

[Ronald Frazier]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Patrick Oglesby <octoberblu3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I put the card into my Ceton and booted up.  The CableCard allowed the
> channel map to be loaded very quickly, but of course the card was not
> able to tune anything.  The diagnostic web page simply gave me the
> (888)-COM-CAST number to call to activate.  After getting to an actual
> person, I told them I wanted to activate my CableCard for a ONE-WAY
> device.  Apparently, if you don't mention this, they might send a
> different signal for something like a TiVo, which is a two-way device.
>  I had to read off my CableCard ID, Host ID, and Data numbers.
> Shortly after that, I had a working stream through MPlayer, and I
> could just enter a channel number on the web page to change the
> channel.

If I am reading between the lines correctly, are you saying that you
managed to complete the whole pairing/activation process under linux
without issue? If so, that's great. It eliminates Windows as having
been the determining factor for getting it working in my case. The
question still remains as to what was the cause of my problem. Was it
me changing the IP? Was it because I hadn't upgraded the firmware or
hardware image? Was it an issue with my cable company's activation
process (maybe they had tried activating it as a 2-device instead) No
idea, but it's one less thing to worry about.

-- 
Ron Frazier