[mythtvnz] IRBlaster compatibility with Sky STBs

[Steven Ellis]

On Tue, May 8, 2007 5:19 pm, Robin Gilks wrote:
>
>>
>> Hit a really odd one here with a customers Pace DSR620-GM STB. I can't
>> get
>> the standard IR Blaster units that come with Hauppauge IR Remotes to
>> work
>> with this STB. No issues with other Pace models, or with Zenith/Motoro=
la
>> boxes.
>>
>> I do have one customer with the RS232 irblaster from irblaster.info th=
at
>> works with no issues.
>>
>> Anyone else found any odd compatibility issues?
>
> If this is the mceusb2 driver then there were some speed issues with th=
e
> transmitter (fixed in latest version I think) - try an update of lircd.
> Also try playing with the 'frequency' in the lircd.conf file.
>
> I've had similar problems with turning a Sony theatre amp on/off which =
is
> fine with a serial blaster.
>
> There have also been reports of the 1st IR blaster socket not working
> reliably - try switching to the other with the appropriate SET_TRANSITT=
ERS
> command line mod.
>

I'm just using serial with a serial -> mono jack to use the IR units that
come with the Hauppauge remote controls. Until this box no issues using
the serial driver.


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