[mythtv-users] Multiple Hauppauge USB2 transceivers

Mike Bennett mbppg at comcast.net
Sun Aug 1 12:08:50 UTC 2010


Oh sorry using Mythdora 12.23-5.

On 08/01/2010 06:05 AM, Mike Bennett wrote:
> I have an IguanaIR USB transceiver that just went bad. I have it 
> because I have three tuners and Comcast has gone all digital in my 
> area with the Qam channels encrypted so I have three DTA's and the 
> IguanaIR device can blast up to four devices. So I am waiting to get a 
> replacement one but in the mean time I had to resort back to my 
> MCEUSB2 transceiver.
>
> So I have a question about the MCEUSB2 transceivers, I know they have 
> two blaster ports so I tried to use a splitter since I pulled apart 
> the cover and saw the jacks are stereo jacks inside. So I tried the 
> stereo to two mono splitter I use with the IguanaIR to see if it would 
> let me use three transmitters, two blasters in port one using the 
> splitter and the third blaster in port 2. When I try to do an "irsend 
> set_transmitters 3" it tells me that only two blasters are supported.
>
> I am not sure if this is a driver limitation or a hardware limitation 
> so my first question is do they really only have two usable blaster 
> ports? My second question is can I use a second MCEUSB2 unit for a 
> third blaster port? If so how do you setup a second USB unit for 
> blasting only?
>

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Regards,

Mike Bennett
mbppg.com



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