[mythtv-users] Does MythTV send power off commands to STB devices
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Feb 17 05:15:48 UTC 2012
On 02/16/2012 10:38 PM, Derek & Cindi Cass wrote:
>
> I have Dish Network and a VIP222, and the default behavior appears to
> be that the STB will power off after a while. I just added a power_on
> command followed by a sleep 2.0 to my channel changer script to ensure
> that the box would be turned on when a recording starts.
>
>
FWIW, the power_on can take up to 30s before the device responds to
further remote input... You should probably think about the cron-type
approach mentioned in the wiki page:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/DISHNetworkLIRCConfiguration .
Mike
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