On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:45 -0700, Chris wrote: > I've been trying for some time now to get serial channel changing > working, hopefully someone here can provide me with some insight into > the whole problem. > > I've got the following: > 2x Motorola DCT-2224, firmware version: 7.93 > 1x Motorola DCT-2524, firmware version: 2.54 > > I've tried a few different scripts to just try and change the channel > for now, none of which seem to work. When I connect the serial port of a > windows box to these DCTs, hitting enter results in gibberish coming > back from the DCT, followed by the f/w version. I assume this is some > sort of menu prompt (VxWorks?), the reason I assume this is because when > I go through the alphabet on the 2524, different keys produce different > outputs. Seeing as I get gibberish from all three is it safe to assume > that their serial ports are enabled? > > When I run the serial cable from the FC4 box to the windows box and run > the python scripts, I do get output over in Hyperterm, so it looks like > I'm sending the data out. > > I remember reading in one of the python scripts that it wanted v2.2, but > on my new FC4 box, I have python 2.4 installed, should this be an issue?
Mmm... Just took a look at it - I haven't used (or even looked at) the code in a while. Python 2.4 is definitely going to be a problem, IMHO. I remember having issues with Python 2.3 as well... Best bet is to use the C code in contrib/ instead... > I seem to be able to get everything else working except serial channel > changing, so hopefully someone will be able to help me out. > > Thanks, > -Chris > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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