[mythtv-users] Scheduling recordings from a satellite box

[Mike]

see:
http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html

there are step by step instructions on exactly what you want to do there.


and also

http://www.irblaster.info


Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Jul 20, 2006, at 3:11 PM, JCA wrote:
> 
>>> You need to set up an external channel changing script that  
>>> changes the
>>> channel on the Satellite box either using a direct serial  
>>> connection or
>>> an IR blaster or some kind of device like that.
>>    How would this help me? My problem is not what channel the
>> satellite box is tuned in at a particular moment. My problem is that
>> the satellite box sends the video signal to mythtv at channel 3, and
>> channel 3 alone. My understanding is that this can hardly be changed -
>> well, one could use channel 4 instead, but that seems to be pretty
>> much it.
>>
>>   Like I said, this is not about mechanisms to get mythtv to change
>> the channel that the satellite box is tuned in at a particular
>> instant. This is, I believe, what you are describing. The problem is
>> the following: How can one use the  Manage Recordings -> Schedule
>> Recordings -> Program Guide menu in mythtv to record shows, bearing in
>> mind that there is only one channel, namely, 3, available to mythtv?
> 
> You're misunderstanding. Setting up an external channel-change script  
> and way to control the satellite box will keep the tuner tuned to  
> channel 3 like you need. Instead of changing the channel on the tuner  
> in your myth box, myth will know to execute the channel change script  
> which (if the hardware is set up properly) will change the channel on  
> the satellite box. 
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