Re: [mythtv-users] USB IR receiver of choice
On 1/6/06, Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike wrote: Apparently I'm the rear end of a donkey. I had a family member order two serial IR receivers from irblaster.info for his new Myth boxes, but neither of the computers have serial ports. (Go figure, it isn't 1992 anymore.) I'd rather not throw more PCI cards in these boxes just to support yesteryear's technology, so are there any users out there that have recommendations for USB IR receivers that are easy to implement with lirc and myth? I use this USB to Serial Adapter with MyBlaster and it works without problems. www.mytvstore.com/product_id_011.html It shows up as dev/ttyUSB0 Rick I can also recommend the Streamzap USB remote/receiver; it was trivially simple to implement with lirc myth (I use Gentoo, and it was just a matter of including a USE flag when emerging lirc). I found one at retail for $40 but got one from Amazon more recently for $29. --nelson ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] DirecTV D10-300 receiver + serial cable - SUCCESS
Hi everyone - Just wanted to report a success story to the list, in case others are in the same situation. I got a new D10-300 DirecTV receiver and tried to figure out if it can change channels via serial cable. Google searches turned up lots of messages saying it doesn't work, but it sounded like a few people using BeyondTV got it to work, so theoretically it should work with Myth too. Well, I did get it to work, and here's how to do it: 1. Buy a cable from http://dtvcontrol.com (even though they say this receiver is not compatible) - though if you have nimbler fingers than me, feel free to make your own from parts from Radio Shack (I couldn't deal with the tiny wires in the handset cord). 2. Update the software on the receiver itself. To do this, open the access card door and press the little red reset button; as soon as it resets and the Hello message is displaying on the screen, press 02468 on the remote. This needs to be done relatively quickly, before the message goes away. Press the numbers only once, and don't hit Enter afterwards. If you did it right, you should see a message saying Downloading new software. If not, hit reset and try again. After it downloads the new software, your receiver will respond to the Low-Speed Serial with the D10-100 command set. 3. Peel off the little black sticker on the back of the receiver that hides the Low-Speed Serial port and plug the cable in there. Plug the other end into a free serial port on the Myth box. 4. Download the directv.pl file at http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml. Make it executable and set it as your channel changing script from mythsetup; I use the command: /usr/local/bin/directv.pl box_type D10-100 setup_channel (Myth appends the channel number to the end of the command). This is exactly what I did, and my box now changes channels flawlessly, so I'm a happy camper. Hope this information helps someone else out there. --nelson ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: (slightly OT) improving wireless connections
Thanks to everyone who replied about my question of increasing my wireless signal. Many of the suggestions mentioned buying a detachable antennas to increase the strength, but as Lee Koloszyc pointed out, the Sveasoft firmware on the Linksys lets you adjust the transmit strength above the factory default. The range is 0-84mw and the default is a measly 28, so I've set it to 84 and have had MUCH improved results, where I can actually watch TV from my remote FE. Thanks again for all the responses! Back to being a happy Mythtv user again, --nelson ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] (slightly OT) improving wireless connections
Hello list members, I've been following the list for awhile, and hopefully this isn't too far OT for the list: I use to live in a two-story townhouse and had my Myth BE/FE downstairs, connected via 802.11g to a FE running on my desktop machine upstairs. My wireless signal was great, and I could watch something on the FE with only a rare occasional stutter. Now, I've moved to a 3-story townhouse, and the BE/FE is all the way in the basement, but the desktop machine is on the upper floor, so it's two floors away. Now my wireless signal is so weak that if I try to watch something on the FE I get pauses every few seconds, making things unwatchable. (While downloading a file over the net, I was getting about 10Mb/s, so definitely too slow.) So, my question is, is there a good way to improve my wireless signal? Any placement tips, antenna orientation, etc.? Any references online I can read? If it matters, the two stations are a Linksys WRT54G with a Sveasoft firmware (don't remember which version offhand) on the FE/BE and a Netgear WGT624v2. Thanks for any suggestions, --nelson ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
