On 15/01/06, obscure information. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a myth system I've been running successfully for a few days now > with a single PVR-150 capture card in it, and I'm looking to install a > PVR-500 alongside it so that I can record 2 shows and still watch live tv. > Currently I'm using an IR blaster from www.irblaster.info and their > configuration instructions for using an external cable box, which > coincidentally uses the same programming as my GI-2200. > > I'm wondering what my best option is for controlling 3 GI-2200 boxes with > one or two IR blasters? I've noticed that on the irblaster.info site that > he has a 4-LED IR blaster on one serial wire available as well as a 2-LED > blaster. Does anyone have any experience trying to control multiple 2200's > (or equivalent) with one serial cable? I've seen reference on a few sites > re: satellite boxes that can do this if they are programmed to receive > alternate IR commands, but I doubt that will work on my older cable boxes...
I'm not sure how you could driver multiple cable boxes using a single instance of LIRC and a single serial port if the boxes all use the same remote control codes. The two ways of achieving your goal that I can think of are: i) determine whether your cable boxes can use different control codes as you mention. If they do you could use a single transmitter to control them all as each code should be box specific ii) install a PCI serial card for additional serial port and run multiple lirc instances for each of the boxes. This way each box gets a dedicated transmitter which alleviates the problems of the boxes all using the same remote codes. iii) I'm not sure if the Hauappauge blaster you may have got with your PVR-150/500 card is supported in LIRC - if it is and you have an additional serial port, you may be able to use the 3 blasters in this configuration 2PVR/1serial). Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
