[mythtv-users] Sky+ HD channel change script failing
Dave Pearson
lists at the-pearsons.co.uk
Wed Nov 23 19:55:16 UTC 2011
On 23/11/11 19:33, Lawrence Rust wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 19:08 +0000, Dave Pearson wrote:
>> For some time now I've been controlling my Sky+ Box with an MCE Remote
>> Sender through a "Digisender" box.
>>
>> This has worked perfectly for me up until now when I have changed the
>> box to a Sky+ HD box.
>>
>> I know that the Digisender is still working as I can control the box
>> using the Sky plus remote control through it.
> Sky+ and Sky+ HD boxes use different RC codes for the same key press.
> You can't control an HD box with a Sky+ RC and vice-versa.
>
> E.g. SkyHD RC scan code is 0x00005cxx whereas Sky+ is 0x00000cxx and an
> original Sky RC code is 0x000000xx.
>
>> The problem I am having is that some key presses are being repeated,
>> while others are not being received by the HD box, obviously this means
>> that channel changes do not occur or are wrong.
> Guess that the SkyHD box doesn't do a good job of RC6 decoding.
>
>> I can only assume that it is a problem with sensitivity on the HD box as
>> the normal Sky+ Remote still works - does anyone else control a Sky+ HD
>> box via an MCE Remote Sender? If so, can I have a copy of your working
>> general.conf for the sky remote? Or, does anyone have any other ideas
>> that i could try to get this working again?
> I believe all that you need to do is translate the 0xcxx key codes to
> 0x5cxx and all will be OK.
>
Hi Lawrence,
I'm not so sure about the Sky+ & Sky +HD boxes using different codes -
I'm using the old Sky+ remote and it seems to work perfectly.
I am, however willing to try changing the scan codes - I'm just not sure
what I should be changing ;-( I presume it's in the general.conf file,
here's a snippet of mine:
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.0(userspace) on Fri Jul 28 02:45:39 2006
#
# contributed by Lloyd Williams <binary_frog|chatcircuit.com>
#
# brand: SKY
# model no. of remote control: URC 1650-00 B00 - 9RC16P-1014 Sky+ Rev 6
# devices being controlled by this remote: SKY+ DVB-S receiver & PVR
#
begin remote
name sky
bits 8
flags RC6|CONST_LENGTH
eps 10
aeps 100
header 2691 890
one 427 460
zero 427 460
pre_data_bits 17
pre_data 0x3FF3
gap 149845
min_repeat 2
toggle_bit 0
rc6_mask 0x100000
begin codes
POWER 0xF3
TV_GUIDE 0x33
BOX_OFFICE 0x82
SERVICES 0x81
INTERACTIVE 0x0A
INFO 0x34
UP 0xA7
LEFT 0xA5
RIGHT 0xA4
DOWN 0xA6
SELECT 0xA3
CH+ 0xDF
CH- 0xDE
Any help gratefully received.
Regards,
Dave.
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