[mythtvnz] SkyStar 2 remote with serial dongle...

[Steve Holdoway]

That'd be great - if it's not too late, can I borrow it for the weekend? I could drop round the office later today??

Cheers, Steve.

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:11:34 +1300
"Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm sorry to say that I think you should have bought the usb dongle.
> It acts as a HID, emulating a keyboard. Each remote key is mapped to a
> keyboard key, without lirc being needed at all.
> 
> I believe Martin might upgrade you for about $6.00 or thereabouts,
> plus postage I guess. Its a different computer dongle but the same
> remote, so all you need is the dongle. You can borrow mine to try it
> out if you like, the machine it is plugged into hasn't really worked
> as a frontend as it is underpowered, so there is a window of
> opportunity for you to give it a go if desired.
> 
> On Dec 5, 2007 6:37 PM, Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz> wrote:
> > I've just purchase a SkyStar 2 card with serial dongle, which I want to connect up to >freeview-powered mythbuntu box - running both a front and back end. This is my first try...
> 
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Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>