[mythtv-users] DCT-6200 Channel changing

[Chris Nelson]

If you are like me and don't want to be messing with the C file you
could also wrap it in a simple shell script like the following and
have myth run that.

-Chris


#!/bin/bash

NUM=$(printf "%03d" $1);
/usr/local/bin/6200ch $NUM



On 4/13/05, Devan Lippman <devan.lippman at gmail.com> wrote:
> sounds like your cable company may have changed things...
> throw a patch on 6200ch at the begining that makes sure the channel is
> three digits and adds neccesary zeros
> 
> On 4/13/05, Michael Eldridge <meldridge at mac.com> wrote:
> > I'm having some odd channel changing behavior and I'm not sure if it
> > was caused by a recent mythtv CVS build I did or maybe a lib upgrade.
> > Channel changing used to work fine. I did a CVS build of mythtv and the
> > 1.0 of libiec61884 on the 12th.
> >
> > It used to be when it came time for a program to be recorded 6200ch
> > would be called with the channel number, the channel would change, and
> > all was well. Now when it's time to record a program the numbers on the
> > 6200's display change briefly to the numbers of the channel being
> > changed to, so it appears that the channel will be changed, but it
> > doesn't actually change the channel. Running 6200ch manually does
> > change the channel no problem. mythtv-setup has /usr/local/bin/6200ch
> > for the remote channel changing command so that's all good.
> >
> > I noticed that when manually inputting numbers on the remote to change
> > the channel you have to put in three numbers for it to change without
> > having to press the enter button. For example, if you wanted to change
> > to channel 3 without pressing 3 -> enter you would have to press 0 -> 0
> > -> 3. It doesn't seem like that would be a problem since I can run
> > '6200ch 3' and the channel changes. Strange.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
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> --
> Thanks,
> Devan Lippman <devan at lippman.net>
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