[mythtv-users] Serial control of a TV

[Yan Seiner]

This is driving me absolutely nuts.  I have a Sharp Aquos, which has a 
serial port.  You can send some very basic commands to the TV - like ON, 
OFF, set the volume, etc.

When I connect via minicom, I can send "POWR0   " I get back OK and the 
TV shuts off.

When I echo "POWR0   " via the shell, I get back ERR and the TV doesn't 
shut off.

Is anyone controlling a Sharp TV via serial?

And if so, WTF is the difference between minicom and

stty -F $PORT 9600 -crtscts cs8 -parenb -cstopb raw
echo "POWR0   "

????

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