[mythtv-users] HD-PVR IR Blaster Not Working

Kane Tse kane.tse at gmail.com
Thu Mar 8 21:57:55 UTC 2012


On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Devin Heitmueller
<dheitmueller at kernellabs.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Christopher Wingert <mailbox at wingert.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am working on Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel 3.0, MythTV 0.24, lirc 0.90.
>>
>> When I try to "find" the correct code for my cable box, I can not find one
>> that works with my cable box.
>>
>> I know this is a very common IR code set, because I have used a universal
>> remote for the last ten years with the same IR codes to control MANY
>> different cable boxes I received from TWC.

Also, check out Jarod Wilson's page that contains a link to a
monster-sized (600k) lircd.conf file with settings for many, many
cable boxes and even a script that will cycle through each one.

http://wilsonet.com/?p=40

When I was configuring my box, I found that I was pointing the IR
blaster at the wrong position on my cable box.  Yours may have a more
obviously-visible IR-receiver-window than mine.

My Hauppauge HD-PVR (capture and IR blaster) has been working smoothly
& reliably for many months now.


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