[mythtv-users] DirecTV D11-500 Control Issue

[Rich West]

John P Poet wrote:
> On 6/30/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
>   
>> John P Poet wrote:
>>     
>>> On 6/25/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> John P Poet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> On 6/23/07, jmk <jmk at foofus.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> [1] The Wiki states that the adapters found at the URL below have been
>>>>>> successfully tested. I am assuming that EMT is now shipping something
>>>>>> other than what was tested. I received two "HL-340" adapters. They do
>>>>>> not look like what is pictured and contain a FTDI-based chipset, which
>>>>>> does not appear to have Linux support.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.emtcompany.com/products/adapters/dxubdb9-usb-to-serial-db9-adapter-cable.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Ug!  I ordered one of the EMTC adaptors on Thursday, for this purpose.
>>>>>  Guess I will be sending it back.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the info.
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Ack.  Did you call/email them to point out the difference?
>>>>
>>>> I had bought the USB->Serial adapters from that link early on (I have 4
>>>> of them), and they were as pictured on the site and the worked perfectly
>>>> out of the box..
>>>>
>>>> -Rich
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I emailed them, asking if there was a difference.  They have not
>>> gotten back to me yet.
>>>
>>> Assuming they already shipped my order, I will try it before sending it back.
>>>       
>> Any news?  I'm curious because I am looking to order another 2.
>>
>> -Rich
>>     
>
> The adaptor arrived today.  It does look different than the picture on
> the EMTC website (for example, it is green instead of blue).  As far
> as I can tell, it does not work.
>
> If I plug it into my Fedora Core 6 box, I get:
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
> usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Which is not terribly helpful.
>
> If I plug it into my H20-100, and try to use the directv.pl script, I get:
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> # directv.pl baudrate 9600 verbose setup_channel 240
> Initializing Serial Port...
> SEND: 0xFA [�] 0x82 [�]
> RECV: Timeout Error
>
>
> Retry Mon Jul  2 20:33:50 2007
> SEND: 0xFA [�] 0x82 [�]
> RECV: Timeout Error
>
>
> Retry Mon Jul  2 20:33:52 2007
> SEND: 0xFA [�] 0x82 [�]
> RECV: Timeout Error
>
>
> Retry Mon Jul  2 20:33:54 2007
> SEND: 0xFA [�] 0x82 [�]
> RECV: Timeout Error
>
>
> Retry Mon Jul  2 20:33:56 2007
> Error excessive retries
>         (in cleanup) Can't call method "opened" on an undefined value
> at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Device/SerialPort.pm
> line 2020 during global destruction.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I have tried both versions of the directv.pl script on the wiki.  I
> have tried using every box_type.  I have tried 9600 and 19200 baud.
>
> Anything else I can try?

Hrmm.. it looks like the system is able to recognize that there is a USB
device there.. that's a start. :)

What is the output from "lsusb" (from the "usbutils" package)?  For
example, mine looks like:
[root at mythtv1 ~]# lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial
Port
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0557:2008 ATEN International Co., Ltd UC-232A
Serial Port [pl2303]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial
Port
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Also, and this is probably a dumb question, but is this a new set up or
are you trying this in a configuration which had worked previously?  I
ask because the timeout error is a common indicator of a mis-wired cable.

-Rich