[mythtvnz] Lirc remote for Pace DSR2000 sky decoder

[Steven Ellis]

David Shepherd wrote:
> Steven Ellis wrote:
>> On Tue, May 29, 2007 3:42 pm, Simon Eatough wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi Guys
>>> I've got a DSR2000 and a RC18 remote setup with mythtv.
>>>  I used irrecord to generate a irblasterd.conf & comparing that with a
>>> RC30
>>> config they are different. Here is my RC-18 irblasterd.conf
>>>     
>>
>> I've just done a visual comparison of this against the RC30 file and
>> there
>> really isn't a lot that differs.
>>
>> All of the core keycodes are identical. Some of the header specification
>> differs slightly but that isn't unusual. I tried to generate a fresh
>> RC30
>> file this morning and my header values differed slightly from the
>> standard
>> RC30 config file.
>>
>> Simon - Has you have an IR Receiver, can you add the standard RC30
>> config
>> onto your /etc/lirc/lircd.conf and run irw. I think you will see you
>> remote is sending RC30 compatible codes.
>>
>> David - I'd be very very interested if this produced better results than
>> the RC-30 file as it might help some of my customers.
>>
>> Steve
>>   
> Success! But I'm not sure exactly what the cure was yet (couldn't do
> much testing due to Dancing with the bloody Stars).
>
> I loaded the RC-18 config file and got the same nil response from the
> Pace DSR2000 STB.  Then I tried unsticking the IR blaster from the STB
> and holding it at various distances from the STB, without success. (as
> suggested on the list by Wade a few months ago)
> This made me realise even though the LED in the blaster was flashing
> the 'Remote Command' LED on the STB wasn't flashing.  Then it suddenly
> dawned on me that I didn't actually know where the IR receiver on the
> STB was (I had assumed it was part of the Remote Command LED indicator
> (like it was on my Motorola STB).
> So I pulled the black face plate off the STB and found it.  Then I
> stuck the blaster over it and tried again and it worked!  The STB is
> designed so that the face plate (black opaque plastic) covers the IR
> reciever.  I replaced the face plate, stuck the blaster on the outside
> of the face plate at the right place and it still worked.  So I now
> have a working system.
> I still want to test whether the RC-30 config also works.  Will test
> this tonight and report back.
>
Great news. I'd be impressed to hear if the original RC_30 file also works.

Any chance of a photo of the position you needed to use to keep on file.

Steve


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