Mailing List Archive: MythTV: Users

New guide for controlling external cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3

Index | Next | Previous | View Threaded

andymyth at gmail

Jan 27, 2005, 11:50 PM

Post #1 of 4 (5910 views)
Permalink

New guide for controlling external cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3

With the help of Pete Stagman, I have attempted to create a how-to
guide for controlling an external cable/satellite box using an IR
blaster. What makes this guide different from other guides on this
matter is that this guide shows how to achieve cable/sat box control
WITHOUT compiling a second instance of LIRC. Both Pete and I have
been using this method for a while now, and it has been trouble free.

At the moment, the guide is currently geared around users who are
using FC3 and followed Jarod's guide to do their myth install.
However, I would like for it to be more "distro-neutral," so any
community feedback I could get to achieve this would be greatly
appreciated. Also, info from people using non PVR-x50 cards is needed
as well, especially concerning some of the edits made to the
modprobe.conf file in Step 3 of the guide.

This guide should be useful to FC3 users since FC3 no longer comes
with Kernel source code. Regardless of that fact, since this process
only involves making changes to a few files (noteably modprobe.conf,
lircd.conf and rc.local), it should be substantially faster than
compiling a second instance of LIRC, and a bit easier for newbies as
well.

This has been a bit of a learning experiment for me, so any feedback
(positive or otherwise) is welcome.

http://comp.uark.edu/~aslong/mythtv.html

Thanks.

-Andy

tyrstag at gmail

Jan 28, 2005, 6:15 AM

Post #2 of 4 (5744 views)
Permalink

Re: New guide for controlling external cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3 [In reply to]

Hi Andy,

I just read through the iwamble howto,(I had never seen it before) the
steps from yours should work just as well.

--P

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:50:51 -0600, Andy Long <andymyth[at]gmail.com> wrote:
> With the help of Pete Stagman, I have attempted to create a how-to
> guide for controlling an external cable/satellite box using an IR
> blaster. What makes this guide different from other guides on this
> matter is that this guide shows how to achieve cable/sat box control
> WITHOUT compiling a second instance of LIRC. Both Pete and I have
> been using this method for a while now, and it has been trouble free.
>
> At the moment, the guide is currently geared around users who are
> using FC3 and followed Jarod's guide to do their myth install.
> However, I would like for it to be more "distro-neutral," so any
> community feedback I could get to achieve this would be greatly
> appreciated. Also, info from people using non PVR-x50 cards is needed
> as well, especially concerning some of the edits made to the
> modprobe.conf file in Step 3 of the guide.
>
> This guide should be useful to FC3 users since FC3 no longer comes
> with Kernel source code. Regardless of that fact, since this process
> only involves making changes to a few files (noteably modprobe.conf,
> lircd.conf and rc.local), it should be substantially faster than
> compiling a second instance of LIRC, and a bit easier for newbies as
> well.
>
> This has been a bit of a learning experiment for me, so any feedback
> (positive or otherwise) is welcome.
>
> http://comp.uark.edu/~aslong/mythtv.html
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Andy
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users[at]mythtv.org
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>
>
>

wmunson at rochester

Jan 28, 2005, 2:01 PM

Post #3 of 4 (5740 views)
Permalink

RE: New guide for controlling external cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3 [In reply to]

> This has been a bit of a learning experiment for me, so any
> feedback (positive or otherwise) is welcome.
>

Just a suggestion for an alternative path. One easy distro-neutral way to do
IR control is to use a commercial IR blaster product such as the MyBlaster
serial. This serial device has a non-lirc driver and will control multiple
devices with one emitter. Search the archives or visit their site for more
info.

Bill

andymyth at gmail

Feb 16, 2005, 11:46 PM

Post #4 of 4 (5685 views)
Permalink

Re: New guide for controlling external cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3 [In reply to]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:50:51 -0600, Andy Long <andymyth[at]gmail.com> wrote:
> With the help of Pete Stagman, I have attempted to create a how-to
> guide for controlling an external cable/satellite box using an IR
> blaster. What makes this guide different from other guides on this
> matter is that this guide shows how to achieve cable/sat box control
> WITHOUT compiling a second instance of LIRC. Both Pete and I have
> been using this method for a while now, and it has been trouble free.
>
> At the moment, the guide is currently geared around users who are
> using FC3 and followed Jarod's guide to do their myth install.
> However, I would like for it to be more "distro-neutral," so any
> community feedback I could get to achieve this would be greatly
> appreciated. Also, info from people using non PVR-x50 cards is needed
> as well, especially concerning some of the edits made to the
> modprobe.conf file in Step 3 of the guide.
>
> This guide should be useful to FC3 users since FC3 no longer comes
> with Kernel source code. Regardless of that fact, since this process
> only involves making changes to a few files (noteably modprobe.conf,
> lircd.conf and rc.local), it should be substantially faster than
> compiling a second instance of LIRC, and a bit easier for newbies as
> well.
>
> This has been a bit of a learning experiment for me, so any feedback
> (positive or otherwise) is welcome.
>
> http://comp.uark.edu/~aslong/mythtv.html
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Andy
>

I have changed the location of the LIRC/IR Blaster guide Pete and I
wrote. The new URL is http://www.lircsetup.com (no clever points for
me, but still easy to remember). This should hopefully be a bit more
stable than my previous server. For those wondering, the guide is
centered around setting up an IR Blaster with MythTV and LIRC, but
doing so without having to compile a second instance of LIRC. Very
useful for any FC3 users since the kernel source isn't included. As
always, feedback/criticism is appreciated.

-Andy

Index | Next | Previous | View Threaded

Interested in having your list archived? Contact lists@gossamer-threads.com