[mythtv-users] Where to buy CommandIR ?

Ben Eisemann ben at locojeeper.com
Thu Jul 29 13:59:50 UTC 2010


I've since removed the original IguanaIR channel change scripts... but may
be able to resurrect where I copied them from.

I purchased the "two plugs" version" with two plug in emitters.  I also
tried using stereo-mono splitters on the emitters hoping that was the
issue... but no avail.

If the consensus is that the IguanaIR is worth the effort, then I don't mind
resurrecting it... it just seemed like more trouble then it was worth a few
months back.

God Bless,

Ben T. Eisemann
beisemann at gmail.com

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of
its strength.—Charles Spurgeon


On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:53 AM, <mythtv at derdev.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:50:00 -0400, Ben Eisemann <ben at locojeeper.com>
> wrote:
> > Yep, yep and yep.
> >
> > One emitter worked just swimmingly...
> >
> > then I enabled the other emiter with a set_transmitter (3 iirc)
> statement
> > at
> > the top of a copy of the channel change script.  Then it would change
> > channels on both units.  I tried all sorts of means of electrical tape
> and
> > card board and putting them on separate sides of the same wall to try to
> > isolate and remove the possibility of IR interference... and the problem
> > continued.
> >
> > I would love to get that solution working, as my newer Asus board was in
> > limited supply when it came to serial ports (hence my need to add the
> PCIe
> > card just to get a second serial port).  But I spent a good two or three
> > weeks trying all sorts of different ways of configuring software and
> > hardware and the dang IguanaIR still kept tripping both DTA's.
> >
> > God Bless,
> >
> > Ben T. Eisemann
> > beisemann at gmail.com
> >
> > Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today
> of
> > its strength.—Charles Spurgeon
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:17 AM, <mythtv at derdev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:27:55 -0400, Ben Eisemann <ben at locojeeper.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> >
> >> > I am on round three of trying to get my Comcast DTA's to channel
> change
> >> > with
> >> > my backend.
> >> >
> >> > I tried IguanaIR, one channel worked fine but the second channel
> would
> >> > cause
> >> > both channels to fire IR commands.
> >> >
> >> > I then put in a 4 port PCIe Serial card with two IR Blasters... but I
> >> can
> >> > get two seperate instances of lirc_serial.
> >> >
> >> > So, my third option was to buy a CommandIR ... but their website
> shows
> >> that
> >> > they are out of stock until v3 comes out which was in October 2009?
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas where I can get one or something else that will fit the
> bill?
> >> >
> >> > God Bless,
> >> >
> >> > Ben T. Eisemann
> >> > beisemann at gmail.com
> >>
> >> IguanaIR should work great with your Comcast DTAs
> >>
> >> You're saying that you were able to get the first emitter to change
> >> channels correctly?
> >> You're saying that requests to the second emitter would change channels
> >> on
> >> box DTAs to the same channel at the same time?
> >>
> >> Did you isolate the emitters to make sure the emitter signals aren't
> >> scattering?
> >> does your channel change script for the second emitter contain
> something
> >> like
> >>   irsend set_transmitters 2
> >> so that you are not sending the command through all emitters?
> >>
> >>
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>
> can you post both channel change scripts?  also, which IguanaIR device do
> you have?  how many emitters?
>
>
>
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