[mythtv-users] Backend - Input connections - DirecTV receiver serial control

[Nick]

On 21/02/06, Steve Dorsey <info at dorseygraphics.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
>    I'm trying to get my RCA DRD435RH DirecTV receiver to change
> channels via the serial cable from my MythTV box. I have a "rca.pl"
> file loaded into the /usr/local/bin/changechannel directory on the
> box. I then went to the mythtv-setup program, and I placed "/usr/
> local/bin/changechannel" in the "external channel change command"
> field under "Input Connections".

MythTV will need the full path to the actual script, including the
script's name, so ensure

/usr/local/bin/changechannel/rca.pl

is in the external channel change command field, and that the script
has appropriate permissions to allow it to be run by the backend.

Nick