[mythtv-users] Comcast STB upgrade breaks firewire channel changing

[Robert Kulagowski]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Christopher Meredith
<chmeredith at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do those boxes have USB ports?  If yes, what happens when you plug in
>> a keyboard?  Can you change channels or do anything useful?
>>
>> I just got a microcontroller development kit and creating a USB
>> keyboard is practically project 1.0.
>>
> Interesting. I can check when I get home. Though wouldn't any solution that
> basically "emulates" a keyboard require special hardware?

Yes.  How badly do you want channel changing to work?  :)

DirecTV boxes apparently have a working USB port that works with
keyboards, and I've always been interested in microcontrollers.