[mythtv-users] more than one capture card

brian boyle homepvr at gmail.com
Tue Nov 7 00:44:59 UTC 2006


this sounds like a really exciting idea to resolve my problem. however i can
not find anything in my 2700 manual about how to change the code the
receiver "listens" to. perhaps i miss understand the idea but i don't think
so. it is brilliant but i don't know how to do as you say.

On 11/6/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/05/2006 03:19 PM, brian boyle wrote:
> > but how do you get one device to control two identical receivers
> > independently?
>
> Go here: http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/DISHNetworkLIRCConfiguration
> and http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/196566#196566
> (where Endaf says his codes work with Bell ExpressVu, too).
>
> Configure your LIRC IR blaster with the wiki's /etc/lircd.conf .
>
> Test.  (Set one of your receivers to use code 1 and another to use code
> 9--or 1, 6, 12; or 1, 5, 10, 14; or whatever--depending on the number of
> receivers.  Send "power_off" and "power_on" commands (i.e. "irsend
> SEND_ONCE dish1 power_off").  Verify that only one of the receivers
> responded.)
>
> Update the text in the wiki (and possibly the "supported devices"
> comment in the actual lircd.conf) to say that it also works on your
> model of receiver (but don't update the remote names in the
> lircd.conf--leave them as "dish1", "dish2", etc.).  Write in the text
> something about:
>
> -----
>
> Bell ExpressVu users may copy the same lircd.conf and update the remote
> names to "expressvu1", "expressvu2", ... with the following script:
>
> sed -i -e 's/name dish/name expressvu/' \
>        -e 's/dish#/expressvu#/' \
>        -e s'/called "dish/called "expressvu/' \
>        -e 's/dish" and a "dish/expressvu" and a "expressvu/' \
>     lircd.conf
>
> Those wanting to update the buttons named "dish_home{,2}" may do so with:
>
> sed -i -e 's/dish_home/expressvu_home/' lircd.conf
>
> -----
>
> If you can, figure out how to make a "Redirected from
> BellExpressVuLIRCConfiguration" page on the wiki that goes to the DISH
> page.  (Sort of like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpeg2 and
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG2 both redirect to
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2 .)  Sorry, I don't know wikis well
> enough to tell you how.  I was doing good just to create the DISH page...
>
> Contact the LIRC list to say that the lircd.conf that's given in
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lirc/4415 works on Bell
> ExpressVu receivers (and give your model numbers), also.
>
> Say to yourself, "Thanks, Endaf Jones" (he's the one who decoded the
> command set).
>
> (I didn't say anything about ExpressVu in the wiki or the LIRC post
> because I don't have any to test and don't know enough about them to
> just put it in there.)
>
> I'd say that those steps--even doing the "first-ExpressVu-user"
> steps--is a small price to pay for the benefits of the given LIRC
> config--such as the power_on command that can prevent your recording
> "Blackness and Silence" over and over...
>
> Thanks for helping to make things easier for the next ExpressVu user.  :)
>
> Mike
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