[mythtv-users] controlling two digital cable boxes

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Monday 01 March 2004 19:56, Frank Linhares wrote:
> I tried many times to get various USB -> Serial cables to work
> properly, but never could.  I just went out and bought a serial card
> to control two different satellite systems.  Was not only the
> easiest, but the cheapest way also.
>
> frank.linhares
> Visit the PVR Database - www.pvrcentral.net
>
> On 1-Mar-04, at 7:42 PM, Robert Kulagowski wrote:
> >> I'm sure that I'm not the only one with this kind of arrangement. 
> >> Is there
> >> a cheap/easy way to, say, run a cable from a usb port on the myth
> >> box into
> >> the serial port on the second cable box, and then use a second
> >> instance of
> >> the "channel" script for this?
> >
> > There do exist USB->Serial converters.  It may or may not work
> > under linux.  Failing that, you could purchase a PCI serial card.

I believe CVS LIRC has some preliminary support for some native USB IR 
devices.  Check www.lirc.org.

-JAC