[mythtv-users] DCT700 IR Blaster

[Mike Perkins]

On 11/08/13 00:05, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>
> Copious kudos Mr. Worthington, with your help I think I've graduated from a
> newbie level -10 to newbie level -9. Most of the problems I had stemmed
> from creating a directory, when the wiki said create a file, secondly
> creating it outside the terminal caused the ownership issue. DCT700.conf is
> now only a file inside /etc/lirc and is owned by root, and even though I
> didn't see any light emitting from the IR blaster on the initial tests (I
> didn't see error messages either), with one hand holding the emitter on the
> STB and the other hitting "enter" for a preloaded channel change command,
> shazam! it did it! Again many thanks Stephen. More research and more
> tweaking in my immediate future, but I'm over what seemed a major hurdle 24
> hours ago.
>
A standard way to see if your IR transmitter is sending anything is to look at 
it using a digital camera, a smartphone or a webcam. All these are sensitive to 
Infra Red and will show you any flashes.

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Mike Perkins