[mythtv-users] directv.pl channel_sd_hd issues
les
lhigger at att.net
Wed Sep 1 00:32:37 UTC 2010
it works...
John P Poet wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:44 AM, les <lhigger at att.net
> <mailto:lhigger at att.net>> wrote:
>
> hello everyone..
> setup here is mythdora 10.21 . dtv h21 stb.
> usb -->serial---->serial---usb..
> directv.pl <http://directv.pl> 1.9 all works except the
> setup_channel_sd_hd part..
> its true the new firmware does show signal even when the tv shows
> no signal. ie you are not paying for the hd channel..
> i have tried putting in an if statement ie if ($chan == 356)
> {send_key("ch_up"); } but it dosent work.
> i am not a perl programmer.. more a php guy..lol must be putting
> it in the wrong place..
> i did see some mention of a translation table .. but no example..
> i only have 5 channels i would like to have this work with..
>
> any ideas
>
>
>
> Probably easier to wrap a shell script around directv.pl
> <http://directv.pl>, and have myth call the shell script instead.
>
> Something like:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if [ "X$1" = "X" ]; then
> echo "Usage: $0 <channel number>"
> echo
> exit 1;
> fi
>
> /usr/local/bin/directv.pl <http://directv.pl> box_type H20 port
> /dev/ttyUSB0 on
> /usr/local/bin/directv.pl <http://directv.pl> box_type H20 port
> /dev/ttyUSB0 get_channel
>
> /usr/local/bin/directv.pl <http://directv.pl> box_type H20 port
> /dev/ttyUSB0 channel_change_type command setup_channel $1
>
> if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
> /usr/local/bin/directv.pl <http://directv.pl> box_type H20 port
> /dev/ttyUSB0 channel_change_type command setup_channel $1
> fi
>
> if [ "$1" = "356" ]; then
> /usr/local/bin/directv.pl <http://directv.pl> box_type H20 port
> /dev/ttyUSB0 key ch_up
> fi
>
> if [ "$1" = "357" ]; then
> /usr/local/bin/directv.pl <http://directv.pl> box_type H20 port
> /dev/ttyUSB0 key ch_up
> fi
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> John
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