[mythtv-users] LIRC UK Sky Control.

[Per Öberg]

Aha, then I'm as clueless as anyone.
Per Öberg

Razza wrote:
> Per,
> I'm using it to send not receive, the box is doing very little, I'm just
> playing with irsend!
>
> Per wrote:
> Hi there, two questions:
> 1) Is it always two button presses?
> 2) Is your computer idling or under heavy load?
>
> I bought a M$ remote because my box wasn't able to receive IR transmits
> while watching videos. The heavier load the harder to get it right i
> believe. The serial port does not sample anything by itself so if
> something is missed you never get it back. For my old comp it was at 80%
> when watching videos and barely every tenth button-press was received.
>
> Regards Per Öberg
>
> Razza wrote:
>   
>> Hi all, not sure if this is really the right list - so apologies in 
>> advance if it's not. I have built a homebrew serial transmitter to 
>> control my sky box, which appears to be generally working. The problem
>>     
>
>   
>> I have, is the need to send every "button press" twice to achieve a 
>> single digit sent. For example, if I want to change to channel 106 
>> (sky one), I would need to send "irsend SEND_ONCE digibox 1 1 0 0 6 
>> 6", does anyone use a serial homebrew transmitter, who is able to 
>> share their /etc/lircd.conf?
>>  
>> Thanks
>> Ray
>>     
>
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