[mythtv-users] Ensure STB is on

[Daryl McDonald]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:35:23 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Greetings Mythizens, I have followed this wiki;
> >"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Motorola_DCT700_Channel_Change_Script"
> >to set up my remote definition and change channel script, it's functional,
> >but sometimes I loose the first channel digit. I'm hoping the
> >implementation of the Curious Onlooker from this post:
> >"http://evuraan.blogspot.ca/2008/01/how-to-ensure-set-top-box-stb-is.html
> "
> >will not only ensure my STB is powered on, but also revive it enough to
> >accept all channel digits.(subsequent irsend's seem to be fully accepted)
> >My problem is that I don't know where to put the script he suggests. I've
> >installed the ffmpeg and jp2a from software center. Does the new script go
> >in the same directory as the change-channel.sh with a reference in the
> file
> >to it? I get even more confused when I look at the "example" link on
> >Curious Onlooker's post.
> >
> >I'm running MythTV 0.25 inside a Ubuntu 12.04 lts desktop with a serial IR
> >Blaster connected to a DCT700 STB, the front & back end in one box uses my
> >Plasma TV for a monitor. Will Curious Onlooker's script work with my
> >set-up, if so How? Or is there a better solution?
> >
> >Daryl
>
> That script should work with your box, but you would need to customise
> it appropriately by changing the config variables at the top.
>
> The script needs to be called as the first thing in the channel change
> script.  The obvious place to put it is also in /usr/local/bin, and
> give it the same ownership and permissions as required by the channel
> change script.
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Can you walk me through this customization process? Is additional info
needed to do that? I can get t into /usr/local/bin, but I'm guessing it
should be modified first.
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