[mythtv-users] Controlling STB with Lirc

[Daryl McDonald]

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 12:49 PM, aaron <memoryguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:22 AM, aaron <memoryguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rick,
>>
>> Thanks for that. I had been placing my transmitter a fair bit back from
>> the box, so I thought maybe I need it closer. I tried your trick on using
>> SEND_START and moving the device around, right in front of the face of the
>> box. But still, no luck :-(
>>
>> I also tried the other suggestion of adding a delay (I tried 1 sec), but
>> that also didn't help (although I had tried that with the device further
>> away). I'll have to try playing with it some more when I get some time
>> (which is less and less often... We're in the process of moving into the
>> house, finalising the wedding plans, and I bunch of other stuff.
>> Unfortunately it doesn't leave much time for the important things like
>> MythTV :-))
>>
>>
>
> Sorry to drudge up an old thread, but I've not had a lot of opportunity to
> look into this over the last few months. I tried moving the transmitter all
> over the place, while it was busy sending the "SELECT" command, but still no
> luck.
>
> Interestingly, while it is continuing to send"SELECT", if I pick up the
> actual Bell Fibe remote and press "Select" the box does respond... which
> hints to me that there isn't any IR interference... is it possible it's
> using different frequencies than my emitter knows about?
>
> I still haven't been able to find any other information about controlling
> this box with LIRC. All my searches just bring up this thread.
>
> I tried changing the driver back from "uirt2_raw" (which seemed to work to
> record the keys), to "usb_uirt_raw", but that didn't seem to make any
> difference... unsurprisingly. It was a long shot :)
>
> I stared more closely at the remote and I see on the back it says, "MXv4
> IR"... which seems to be the only indication of what the remote is.
> Searching for this turns up ... not much. Apparently there is a car tire
> with the same model... and a few other providers use the same remote with
> their boxes. It's a Motorola box, so maybe it's also a Motorola remote, but
> I haven't found anything promising (based on key names) in the LIRC remotes
> repository.
>
> I really don't want to give up on MythTV (after using it for 11 years) ...
> it really makes the provided PVR's offerings look pathetic... but I just
> don't seem to be able to control the Fibe box :(
>
> aaron
>
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I used a flashlight to identify exactly where the IR receiver was
located on my Motorola DCT700, then stuck the emitter there. Mine was
right above the "G" in my providers name that they tattooed on the
STB, works great for me. Cheers    Daryl
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