[mythtv-users] DirectTV D10 Receiver - channel problems

LarryX larryx at nyster.biz
Wed Jun 1 03:14:35 UTC 2005



Scott Harris wrote:

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>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of djg at pdp8.net
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:44 AM
>>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] DirectTV D10 Receiver - channel problems
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>>   What is the full number of your box?  My script at 
>>http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml
>>can change channels by sending remote keys.  The D10-200 box 
>>I have will lockup sometimes with the normal channel change 
>>command so I added support to change channel by sending the 
>>remote keys instead of the channel change command. 
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>>Try the script with the channel change command string
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>>directv.pl channel_change_type key setup_channel 
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>>for manual testing add the channel number at the end.
>>If you have a d10-200 box you will need box_type d10-200 also 
>>before the setup channel.
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>>You can also try without the channel_change_type key but I 
>>expect it will work the same as the other scripts.
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>>I only have a D10-200 so haven't tested on other boxes so 
>>would be interested in if it does work.  I attempted to not 
>>break support for other boxes as I added the additional stuff.
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>Interesting enough this script works but the satcontrol-0.02 only works
>for channels greater than 102 (I contacted the author).
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>Works fine
>./directv.pl  box_type D10-200 port /dev/ttyS0 6
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>Changes the channel to 6 on the guide but then kills the process leaving you
>on the same channel
>./directv.pl  channel_change_type key box_type D10-200  port /dev/ttyS0
>setup_channel 6
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>Produces an error for channels < 102
>./directv.pl  port /dev/ttyS0 6
>Error excessive retries
>./directv.pl  port /dev/ttyS0 102
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I was getting errors (failed command) using key controls while using the 
windoze software at www.dtvcontrol.com.  Why DirectTv feels like they 
can upload software to the box without permission and break the 
functionality of the box is beyond me...  I'll try the script tomorrow...


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