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| Author: | brianwc [ Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Replacing PVR-150 and need remote control suggestions |
With the death of analog in the U.S. coming up, I'm replacing my PVR-150 and PVR-250 with two PCHDTV HD-5500 cards. (I already have a PCHDTV HD-3000 card.) I have always used the PVR-150's remote control and so now need a new way to handle that. I believe the three PCHDTV cards will also fill up my regular-sized PCI slots on this motherboard. And finally, I actually don't use the remote that came with the PVR-150, but the Universal MX-350: http://www.universalremote.com/product_ ... p?model=40 which works fine with the IR hookup on the PVR-150. What's the easiest way for me to have that remote control work going forward? |
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| Author: | ceenvee703 [ Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:33 am ] |
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Not sure there's any way to use the 150's IR receiver. I take that back, I'm SURE there's a way of rewiring it, but you'd have to Google around for that mod, probably involves wiring it up to a serial plug. Do you have serial ports on your motherboard? Basically you'll either need to do that, or get or make a serial IR receiver. Then, you'd have to configure LIRC to tell it you've got a serial IR reciever and that it should pretend it's talking to a Hauppauge remote. Never having done this either, hopefully someone else will fill in the details. Or just buy a Streamzap for about $30 and plug it into a USB port... KnoppMyth automatically recognizes it and configures automatically too. |
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| Author: | marc.aronson [ Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:37 am ] |
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I used the streamzap for my brother's myth box -- works great out of the box. Another option is the Antec Veris Basic -- see this threadfor more info. I'm still working with Harmony support to eliminate the lag problems, but my belief is that they will have this issue resolved within the next 1-2 weeks. |
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| Author: | neutron68 [ Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | serial IR receiver |
I've been using the Iguanaworks Serial IR receiver for several years (uses a serial port connection). http://iguanaworks.net/product2.psp |
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| Author: | ceenvee703 [ Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:16 pm ] |
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And if you're a do it yourself-er, sure enough, here's a page that describes how to hook up the receiver to a serial port: http://www.terrington.id.au/linux/my-se ... al-adapter |
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| Author: | brianwc [ Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Upgrade completed |
Original poster here: So, I've completed the upgrade. (It's nice to be able to record three OTA HD signals at once!) I couldn't resist the Streamzapper solution for the measly $30. I plugged in the Streamzapper's USB receiver and typed (as root): Code: lirc-reconfigure.sh I'm not sure if it mattered, but I had previously also typed: Code: modprobe lirc_streamzap
modprobe -r lirc_pvr150 anyway, the reconfigure script automagically said it was configuring the Streamzapper. I rebooted, put two AAA batteries in the remote, and the Streamzapper was working! Next I just used the "learning" mode of my Universal MX-350 to teach it the frequencies of the Streamzapper and so now I'm back to using my old remote like nothing happened. (For anyone actually teaching the MX-350 I found that I had to just tap the Streamzapper buttons instead of holding them down as the MX-350's manual suggests as it didn't learn anything on long presses, only short taps.) Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. |
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