[mythtvnz] Controlling a sky box without a serial port

[Robin Gilks]

> On Thu, March 23, 2006 3:27 pm, Steven Ellis wrote:
>>
>> Need to setup a USB or other solution that can control a sky or cable
>> box without building a serial based dongle as the HW has no serial
>> ports. Any tips?
>>
>> Steve
>
> DSE XH8290 is a usb to serial dongle and has linux drivers. Then attach
> your standard serial IR Device.
>

I'd be very suprised if a USB/serial converter worked as the LIRC driver
does not use the transmit and receive pins of the serial port but
bit-bangs the control lines at 38KHz (i.e. somewhat faster than a striking
slug...).

I think there are dedicated USB IR blasters out there though...

-- 
Robin Gilks