Re: [mythtv-users] Directv channel change script directv.pl
On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 10:05 -0400, David Morris wrote: Check your serial cable to the sat box? If you just patched up a cheap phone line as a serial cable or have a loosely cimped or soldered connector, that could be your problem especially if the cable is run near other cables and noisy components. RS232 is very susceptible to noise, which is why you should always uses shielded cable. Dropping a single character is often indicative of noise, but if it's always the first character then it could be a timing issue, like the UART on one end or the the other isn't quite initialized fully before the first character is sent. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a couple reports of occasional changes to wrong channel with my script directv.pl with D10-100 boxes using the new firmware. I have updated the script to query the channel and try again if you are using the setup_channel command. New version at http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml It looks like the box takes the remote codes and return the ok response but actually looses the first digit sometimes. This can also happen with the D10-200. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Has anyone been able to get the D10-300 boxes working with the directv.pl script or satcontrol script? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Directv channel change script directv.pl
I had a couple reports of occasional changes to wrong channel with my script directv.pl with D10-100 boxes using the new firmware. I have updated the script to query the channel and try again if you are using the setup_channel command. New version at http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml It looks like the box takes the remote codes and return the ok response but actually looses the first digit sometimes. This can also happen with the D10-200. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Directv channel change script directv.pl
Check your serial cable to the sat box? If you just patched up a cheap phone line as a serial cable or have a loosely cimped or soldered connector, that could be your problem especially if the cable is run near other cables and noisy components. RS232 is very susceptible to noise, which is why you should always uses shielded cable. Dropping a single character is often indicative of noise, but if it's always the first character then it could be a timing issue, like the UART on one end or the the other isn't quite initialized fully before the first character is sent. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a couple reports of occasional changes to wrong channel with my script directv.pl with D10-100 boxes using the new firmware. I have updated the script to query the channel and try again if you are using the setup_channel command. New version at http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml It looks like the box takes the remote codes and return the ok response but actually looses the first digit sometimes. This can also happen with the D10-200. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
