[mythtv-users] Serial port on Motorola DCT2244 cable boxes
Derek Meek
thekazan at gmail.com
Wed Jul 19 14:22:23 UTC 2006
Go Hskrs wrote:
> On 7/18/06, *Derek Meek* <thekazan at gmail.com
> <mailto:thekazan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> you gotta use your IR blaster - WARNING DCT2000's HAVE NOTORIOUSLY
> CRAPPY IR RECEIVERS! I have to sent "Exit" "Exit" #s "Ok" "Exit"
> x3 to
> mine to get it ot tune and it still occasionally fails to tune
> properly. Omitting the 2 "Exit"s at the beginning causes it to NEVer
> tune right - it just drops the first two signals it receives in the
> sequence - all the trailing exits are to kill the STB menu that
> sometimes likes the hang up and stay active and block subsequent
> channel
> changes
>
> here is my script
>
> <snip>
>
>
> Derek -
>
> Thanks for the heads-up. I haven't gotten my IR blaster yet, but I
> have experienced the same sorts of frustrating issues with the menus
> and program guide when using my remote control and DCT2244 box. One
> wrong key and you're lost in a twisty maze of eye candy, all of it
> alike, and as you said, the Exit button is your only way out.
>
> Your solution seems a very elegant way to get around that problem.
> I'll give it a shot and report back to the list.
>
> (Obligatory gushing praise for both the IVTV and MythTV teams:
> Fantastic job, all. The quality of the apps and the support is
> incredible for any application, but especially for an open source
> app. Additional thanks to Axel for the ATrpms site, and to Jarod for
> the Fedora MythTV guide. I don't have unlimited time to fiddle with
> this stuff, and thanks to you guys, I don't have to spend a lot of
> time on it.)
It also helps to put a big tinfoil cover over the front of the DCT2k
boxes - IE so yuo have Box, IR blaster right over the receiver, then
huge tinfoil blocking out all intereference (it accepts out-of-band
interference when receiving in-band transmissions - crappy crappy CRAPPY
IR receivers)
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