[mythtv-users] Dual HDPVR and Motorola STB question.

Gerald Brandt gbr at majentis.com
Thu Feb 16 22:41:17 UTC 2012


Hi,


----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Engel" <david at istwok.net>
> To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:05:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Dual HDPVR and Motorola STB question.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:23:38PM -0600, Gerald Brandt wrote:
> > > You also need to make sure your firewire channel change scripts
> > > access
> > > the correct STB.  IME, the firewire port numbers could change so
> > > you
> > > need to use the GUID to correctly identify the STB.
> > > 
> > > Attached is the script I used to use.  It was symlinked as
> > > stbchan0
> > > and stbchan1 for the two STBs I had.  N.B. the script has extra
> > > logic
> > > to background itself and periodically issue extra commands over
> > > firewire.  That was to defeat the Time Warner STB's desire to
> > > automatically switch away from SDV channels after some period of
> > > perceived inactivity.
> > 
> > How do I get the units GUID?
> 
> It's in the plugreport output.
> 
> David
> --
> David Engel
> david at istwok.net

I don't seem to have anything called plugreport.  Am I missing something simple?

Gerald


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