[mythtv-users] Re: PCI Serial card and second Hauppauge card.

[Jeff]

Quoting mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org:

> I currently have a setup that requires a serial port in my mythtv box to
> control my digital cable box. However the system I built only had one serial
> port and I figured that would not be an issue... however I was looking
> online today and noticed a few PCI based serial cards. However I have a few
> questions maybe someone can answer.
>
>
>
> 1)       If I add the second capture card my current Hauppauge's audio out
> pipes into the audio in of my sound card. Is this necessary if I am not
> using the TV-out function on the Hauppauge card?
>
> 2)       Anyone know a better way to control the Sci Atl Explorer 2100 and
> 3100 series of boxes other than a IR blaster?
>
> 3)       Anyone able to recommend a card that works well without any extra
> drivers in Fedora Core 1?
>

(Sorry for the delayed answer)
Regarding only having the single serial port - I had the same problem, got a USB
to serial cable (5 bucks from sfcable.com) and it worked like a champ.  You
access it just like a serial port /dev/ttyUSBx.