[mythtv-users] Cable box always on

[W.Kenworthy]

whoops - replied privately rather than the list the first time.

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 22:09 -0500, Mitch Gore wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics
> <steve at priorityelectronics.com> wrote:
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>         
>         >
>         >On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 17:12 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>         >>
>         >> On Mar 25, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Steve Peters - Priority
>         Electronics
>         >> wrote:
>         >> > Hello all. I'm using a channel changer script with an ir
>         >blaster to
>         >>
>         >>
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>         
>         >
>         >very much depends on the box: my early foxtel digital (in Oz)
>         is almost
>         >too hot to touch when on, but cool (not cold tho) in
>         standby.  As for
>         >channel change, I just prefix every command with a power on -
>         problem
>         >solved.  However, this box needs a 1/2 second delay between
>         digits so
>         >the more commands sent, the longer it takes to change
>         channel :(
>         >
>         >BillK
>         >
>         >
>         
>         
>         Bill, If you prefix it with a "Power On" command, then what
>         happens when the
>         power is already on? Does it turn the cable box off?
>         
>         I thought of that one too, but how would myth know if the
>         cable box was on
>         or off to begin with?
>         -Steve
>         

The remote has a "FOXTEL" button that wakes the box up, but seems to do
nothing else - so I send that code before each command sequence.

experiment!

BillK

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