On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 14:12 -0500, Dan Wilga wrote: > I have two Dish 311 receivers. Rather than deal with an IR blaster > that either requires an ugly LED attached to the two units, or a > blaster that is subject to interference, I made a really cheap (about > $15) hardware modification that allows me to make a hardwired > connection directly from the 311's board to a small interface board > that sits inside my HTPC. The interface board is connected to a > serial header on the PC's motherboard.
I certainly agree this is doable. Is there any reason to do this other than for cosmetic reasons? I remember someone was selling a simple tiny transmitter that connected with clear doublestick tape that was fairly unobtrusive. I wouldn't think having to physicaly modify the hardware would be worth it unless perhaps you ended with a simpler or more reliable setup software wise. I suppose if you needed this to look absolutely professional, it might be useful. > This hack involves a handful of components, as well as opening the > Dish receiver and breaking one IR receiver lead. When the Dish->PC > cable is plugged-into the back of the Dish receiver, the regular > remote is disabled; when it is unplugged, the receiver operates with > the remote. > > This change will void your warranty, and should also not be performed > on leased equipment. > > I have only tried it on a Dish 311, but there's really no reason this > same circuit shouldn't work with other IR-based equipment that lacks > a real, hardwired interface. If there's enough interest, I'll do a > writeup and post the URL here. > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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