[mythtv-users] Comcast 6200 boxes won't change channel over firewire anymore?

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Fri Jul 16 02:39:45 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Greg <greg12866 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> On 07/15/2010 09:13 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM, John Baab<john.baab at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Steven Adeff<adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> they stopped responding to channel change commands via firewire
>>>> anymore. I tried reseting the boxes but still no go.
>>>>
>>>> anyone have this issue before? anyone know anything I can try to resolve
>>>> it?
>>>>
>>>> thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does plugreport still see them?  If not you may want to try unplugging
>>> them for a few minutes and restarting your backend.
>>>
>>
>> yes, and myth can record from them fine. They're "stuck" on a clear to
>> record channel, so things are still recording, they just all record
>> the same channel.
>>
>> So I tried changing it manually and they do change, so I'm wondering
>> if maybe Myth is passing the wrong number for a channel and the
>> channel change fails?
>>
>>
>>
>
> I don't know if this has anything to do with it or not,but my MYBlaster
> (serial blaster) started yesterday not being able to change channels..It
> worked fine from the CI..I had to restore my database to July 13 to get it
> to work again..It's probably just a coincidence..

no, it seems to be getting the channel right (my channel change script
echos the channel it's changing to), I think it's something wrong with
the cablebox.


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