[mythtv-users] Comcast STB upgrade breaks firewire channel changing

Nasa nasa01 at comcast.net
Wed Mar 9 11:06:40 UTC 2011


----- "Christopher Meredith" <chmeredith at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Christian Szpilfogel <
> chriszpml at gmail.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 08/03/2011 6:51 PM, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Nasa< nasa01 at comcast.net >  wrote:
> >> ----- "Stephen Otto"< sotto at emsco.com >  wrote:
> 
> >> I tried this and got:
> >>
> >> ./mythchanger -c 220 -v
> >>
> >> mythchanger .10f beta
> >>
> >> Acquiring firewire handle... OK.
> >> 1 port(s) found
> >>
> >> Acquiring handle on port 0... 1 devices detected.
> >> STB Vendor ID: 0x1947 Model ID: 0x0be0, Scientific Atlanta Model
> SA3250HD
> >>
> >>
> >> Skipping empty node 1
> >> 1 STB(s) found:
> >> -------------
> >> STB 1: port=0, node=0, changer=1, GUID=0x0019472d784a0000
> >>
> >> Note: it didn't change channels...
> >>
> > Look at my email in this thread, where I link to a prior email sent
> to
> > the list detailing what to do this information.  Once you have the
> > Vendor ID and Model ID, you will need to use that information to
> > modify the source code and recompile.  It sounds daunting, but it is
> > very easy.  I can't code and I try not to install from source
> because
> > I seem to always have make error out on me, but this worked fine.
> >
> I'm pretty sure "mythchanger -f" with either 2 or 4 should work for
> the
> SA3250. It will not need any code changes as the -f option forces the
> protocol choice.
> 
> By chance did your cableco move to 4 digit channels?
> 
I really wish that were the case, but no.  And no, the "-f" option (with either
2 or 4) doesn't work for me :{

Nasa


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