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= SKY Channel Changer =
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{{Script info
Here's a channel changer script for Sky in the UK. It cooperates with  ../[[Sky Dog Remover Script]].
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|author=David Greaves
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Here's a channel changer script for Sky in the UK. It cooperates with  [[SKY dog remover script]].
  
 
My box occasionally misses a digit so this is thorough:
 
My box occasionally misses a digit so this is thorough:
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* send a couple of BACKUPs to clear the show info banner
 
* send a couple of BACKUPs to clear the show info banner
  
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You can achieve faster and more reliable channel changes on sky hardware by using a wired solution instead of infra-red. The [[UK_Television#Sky.2FSky.2B_Box]] page lists several options.
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{{perl|/usr/local/bin/change_channel|
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
  
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clear_lock;
 
clear_lock;
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I install this as <code><nowiki>/usr/local/bin/change_channel</nowiki></code>
 
I install this as <code><nowiki>/usr/local/bin/change_channel</nowiki></code>
  
 
It uses <code><nowiki>ir.pm</nowiki></code>:
 
It uses <code><nowiki>ir.pm</nowiki></code>:
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{{Code box|/usr/local/lib/site_perl/ir.pm|
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# a couple of useful utility functions for locking during IR activity
 
# a couple of useful utility functions for locking during IR activity
 
use Fcntl;
 
use Fcntl;
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This is installed as <code><nowiki>/usr/local/lib/site_perl/ir.pm</nowiki></code>
 
This is installed as <code><nowiki>/usr/local/lib/site_perl/ir.pm</nowiki></code>
  
Ask if you have any problems --[[David Greaves]]
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Ask if you have any problems --[[Abandoned_User_Pages#David_Greaves|David Greaves]]
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[[Category:HOWTO]]
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[[Category:Channel Change Scripts]]
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[[Category:United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 16:46, 20 February 2013


Author David Greaves
Description Channel-change script for Sky
Supports



Here's a channel changer script for Sky in the UK. It cooperates with SKY dog remover script.

My box occasionally misses a digit so this is thorough:

  • send a couple of BACKUPS to clear things out.
  • wait a second
  • do it again
  • sleep 2 seconds to let the channel change happen
  • send a couple of BACKUPs to clear the show info banner

You can achieve faster and more reliable channel changes on sky hardware by using a wired solution instead of infra-red. The UK_Television#Sky.2FSky.2B_Box page lists several options.


Application-x-perl.png /usr/local/bin/change_channel

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use ir;

my $chan=join(" ", split(//,$ARGV[0]));

get_lock || die "No lock : $!\n";

print "Sending $chan\n";
system "irsend SEND_ONCE SKY BACKUP BACKUP $chan";
sleep 1;
system "irsend SEND_ONCE SKY BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP";
sleep 1;
system "irsend SEND_ONCE SKY BACKUP BACKUP $chan";
sleep 2;
system "irsend SEND_ONCE SKY BACKUP";

clear_lock;

I install this as /usr/local/bin/change_channel

It uses ir.pm:


Script.png /usr/local/lib/site_perl/ir.pm

# a couple of useful utility functions for locking during IR activity
use Fcntl;

my $MAX_TRIES = 10;
my $LOCK_FILE="/tmp/ir_lock";

sub get_lock() {
  my $tries = 0;
  while (-f $LOCK_FILE && $tries < $MAX_TRIES ) {
    sleep 1;
    $tries ++;
  }
  return 0 if $tries == $MAX_TRIES ;
  sysopen(IR_LCK, $LOCK_FILE, O_RDWR | O_EXCL | O_CREAT) || return 0;
  return 1;
}

sub clear_lock() {
    close IR_LCK;
    unlink($LOCK_FILE);
}

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This is installed as /usr/local/lib/site_perl/ir.pm

Ask if you have any problems --David Greaves