D'oh!!! stupid of me. That's the site I followed to setup the 2 instances of lirc in the first place. http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html
Thanks for the reminder. --P On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 11:14, Joel Anderson wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > How would I add a second Dishnetwork receiver? > > > > I currently have a mythtv 0.16, FC1, pvr-250, homebrew IR blaster. A friend > > of mine is giving me his old dish receiver and I'd like to add it to my > > system. > > I have the current receiver setup with 2 instances of lirc, one controlling > > Myth and the other controlling the receiver. I'm assuming I need another > > instance of lirc to control the second receiver. I plan on buying another > > pvr-250, building another IR blaster and adding the second receiver to my > > account. > > > > 1.) How do I set that up? > > 2.) How does mythtv know which instance to use for which receiver? > > 3.) Is this even possible or is it more work than it's worth? I'd REALLY > > like the ability to watch/record 2 things at the same time. > > > > On another note, is it possible to also add the ability to record "off-air" > > programs that aren't the same as what's in the program guide? There are a > > lot of local channels that I can get off-air around here that dish doesn't > > carry. I know I can add another tuner/guide to the PVR, but do the > > channels have to be the same or is mythTV smart enough to know which tuner > > carries which channels? > > > > Any help/advice would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > --Pete > > There is a big howto for setting up another instance as you mention, > sorry I don't have the link handy but it has been posted many times if > you check the archives. > > IIRC, you can change the remote codes for the dish receivers, so you > can use one blaster to control more than one. The basics seemed to be > programming the second remote and receiver for the alternate codes, > learning them for your lirc config, mod or add a new channel change > script that uses the new remote. > > I haven't tried it myself, but I will help my friend with a simliar > setup in the new year that will include 2-3 StarChoice receivers which > apparently can be done similarly. > > Sorry I don't know where I read all this, it was a while ago. Someone > please correct me if my memory is mistaken. :)
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