[mythtv-users] Tune Backend from command line or API?

Bret Clark bac52266 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 13 14:51:50 UTC 2014


On 01/13/2014 08:26 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 13/01/14 13:15, Bret Clark wrote:
>> I've got a cheap Lava antenna before I knew better. Actually it works
>> well, but I find antenna will move slightly on windy days due to its
>> weak rotor? I've written (or hacked) a PHP script that will check my
>> signal strength of channels at various times, but I need to shutdown the
>> backend first before checking signal levels otherwise I get a message
>> saying my DVB card is in use. Is there a way to tell send commands to
>> the backend to tune to a channel whether via command line or via the web
>> API?
>>
>> Google searches haven't yielded much in the way of results,
>> Thanks
>> BC
>
> This won't connect to your script, but have you tried femon?
> See femon --help
>
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Yes, I use femon for my script, but it only checks the channel the was 
last used by the backend. I need to change the channel to a few channels 
that are further away and have a weaker signal.



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