It would be very exciting to have 2 machines (computer to cable box) talk to each other over a USB to USB connection. I believe USB is somewhat like SCSI in that there must be an initiator and a listener to have a means for 2 machines to talk together.
Does anyone have an idea of how to connect 2 machines using a USB to USB technique? Jerry > On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 09:14 -0400, Gerald J. Berg wrote: > > I have a pvr-350 and a pvr-500 in my MythTV box. > > An IR Blaster would require multiple serial ports > > to control the 3 cable boxes. These days, USB > > ports are easier to come by than serial ports. > > Has anyone heard of a way to control multiple > > cable boxes using one or more USB ports? > > I'm hoping to use the CommandIR beta hardware from > http://www.innovationone.ca. It is already supported by lirc and > controls up to 4 separate devices using a single USB port. On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:14:36AM -0400, Brian Long wrote: Along these lines, does anyone know how to control a cable box via direct USB connections? I know my cable box has a USB port, and if I hook up a USB keyboard to it, I can change the channels by hitting the number keys. I dug a little into it, and it would seem that I'd need a USB host-to-host cable, but researching linux that for linux, I really only came up with drivers that I use for my linux ipaq. Does anyone have any other pointers? It would hugely cut down on my channel changing time.
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