[mythtvnz] IR Blaster and Sky settings

[Wade Maxfield]

>Hi Wade,
>
>I also bought a couple of those from Mike, and had it working at one 
>point.  My Sky box is an old DSR600 and the remote is the black one 
>with the 4 color buttons on top (says RC-18 on the bottom).  I don't 
>know if the DSR2000 uses a different remote.  If it is the same one, 
>the lirc config file I was using is RC-30 under the Pace directory.
>
>I currently have everything working on my new setup except lirc, 
>which is refusing to run.  When it starts behaving, I'll get to try 
>out the instructions for using a single instance of lirc for both 
>the receiver and transmitter.  I hope you get it all working first 
>so I can pick your brain when the time comes.
>
>- Dagan

Hi Dagan,

I've tried the RC-30 config file, and had no success.  However after 
reading your message I had a look at the Sky remote and it does have 
RC-18 written on it (I'd never thought to look before - always use a 
Universal Remote), and another one in the house has RC-30 on it. 
Both work with the DSR2000 box.

So I've played round with it a bit more, and I've managed to get it 
to work a couple of times.  It seems very strict on where you place 
the blaster LED, and which way it's orientated.

The blaster has a bit of double sided tape on it, that would imply 
you would attach it to the decoder just beneath the sensor, with the 
LED in front of the sensor.  But I can't get it to work like that. It 
only seems to work with the blaster if the blaster LED is pointed 
(along it's axis) directly at the sensor from about 3-6 cms away. 
And even then it may take 5 or 6 attempts for it to pick it up.  But 
at least it's a start.

My apologies to others who have suggested using this config file in 
the past.  I should have played with it more.

  - Wade