Re: [mythtv-users] Re: MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only??

2005-10-27 Thread Dr. Doug L. Hoffman
I've been using a MyBlaster with my DishTV receiver for some time now with no problems. The receiver sometimes gets hung up, but that happens with the hand remote as well:-) I use a Pundit and dual PVR-250s. On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 11:41 -0400, Dan Wilga wrote: > I have also experienced problems us

[mythtv-users] Re: MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only??

2005-10-27 Thread Dan Wilga
I have also experienced problems using LIRC to send IR signals through the serial port. I believe the reason is LIRC's reliance on the (low priority) RTC interrupt for timing. LIRC toggles a single serial port control line up to 56,000 times per second, to directly turn an LED on/off. If anothe

[mythtv-users] Re: MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only??

2005-10-26 Thread Scott S.
Hello, Thanks for your all your responses. I am running the script from the command line as my mythtv user. I tried putting in the clear key twice before sending the channel change and it still works from the command line just fine but going through Myth it seems to have the same problems. Do

[mythtv-users] Re: MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only??

2005-10-26 Thread Mike Frisch
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 01:22:47PM -0400, David Ellis wrote: > What I've noticed is it only pops up if the same blaster is used to > receive the command as send the command. I use discrete send and receive IR emitters/receivers and I have the problem. > 2) changing channels is 25% reliable Mine

[mythtv-users] Re: MyIRBlaster - Myth Issues Only??

2005-10-26 Thread Mike Frisch
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:08:53AM -0700, Scott S. wrote: > There's typically three things could happen when it fails, one is it > could do nothing. It's rare but it's happened a couple of times), > another is that it misses a digit (usually at the beginning or middle > of the channel number), and