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timmayk
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 Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:09 pm |
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I decided to try hooking my myth box to my satellite (Dish Network 311) so I could get more out of it than just recording off the standard cable. I purchased a homebrew IRBlaster and reformatted/installed R5C7 because rumor has it it was good to go out of the box.
Now, please pardon my noobness, but I'm just not that good at linux. I think it would be a good thing to have a concise walkthrough getting this to work, as I think this configuration is pretty common among knoppmyth users.
Basically, I just don't know where to begin. I answered during setup that my IRBlaster is connected to COM1 and chose the DCT2000 option because my current model wasn't listed and figured I could edit out whatever to make it work for me. The problem is though that I don't have a clue what needs to be changed for it to work with my dish receiver.
Also, how do I modify the input for my tv tuner (pvr350) to accept the signal. I currently have the coax output from the dish receiver going into the coax input on my pvr350. When in mythtv-setup, I don't know what needs to be modded in order to accept the change channel script.
I assume that in the end I'll be using my hauppauge silver remote to control everything, but how do I test this?
Once again, I kind of need my hand held through this as I am a bit of a noob. Here is what I have:
Hardware:
Asus A7n8x-e
PVR350
Homebrew IRBlaster
Dish Network Model 311 Receiver
Configuration
COAX TV out from Receiver into COAX input of PVR350
IRBLASTER on COM1 placed over IR of DISH receiver
Thanks for any help in this matter
Tim
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Last edited by timmayk on Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:50 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Greg Frost
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:31 pm |
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You need to replace the file /etc/irblaster/irblasterd.conf with a LIRC configuration file that contains the remote control codes for your dish network 311 receiver.
Then reboot and check that you can run the command:
/etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh 10
(Or some other valid channel number) to check that it will control your receiver.
Then, in mythtv-setup, under input connections, select the connection that your receiver is using and set the "External channel change command:" to /etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh
That should get your channel changing working.
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timmayk
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:51 pm |
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I replaced my irblasterd.conf file with this file i found in another thread. It's not exactly the same model, but they said they got it working with the dish 301 receiver. http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/dis ... _58xx_59xx
I rebooted and tried /etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh 10 and it outputted
changing to 10
/etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh: line 7:301/501/3100/5100/58xx/59xx: no such file or directory
/usr/bin/irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE 3100 1
/usr/bin/irsend: unknown remote: "3100"
/usr/bin/irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE 3100 0
/usr/bin/irsend: unknown remote: "3100"
any ideas?
also, I changed the mythtv-setup option in the input connections, I have nothing but static when I press Watch TV.
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Greg Frost
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:05 pm |
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I don't use an external channel change command because I get my content via DVB-T. Having just tested the channel_change.sh script that I got cesman to include a while back, I have found it has a problem.
Edit the file /etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh and remove the space from the end of this line:
Code: REMOTE_NAME=\ The backslash is a continuation character that only actually works if it is the last character on the line. After doing this, the name of the remote should be correctly extracted from your /etc/irblaster/irblasterd.conf file. The full channel_change.sh should look like this but be careful cutting and pasting it that you dont end up with a space on the end of each line Code: #!/bin/bash
echo "changing to $1"
REMOTE_NAME=\
$(grep ^[[:space:]]*name[[:space:]] /etc/irblaster/irblasterd.conf |
awk '{ print $2 }')
for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do
sleep 0.2
/usr/bin/irsend --device=/dev/irblasterd SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
sleep 0.5
done
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syracuse
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:41 am |
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I was about to ask about this also. I added an irblaster and I was able to get a response with ./irsend, but not with ./channel_change.sh due to the error. Will edit and try again. Thanks.
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buckarette
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:16 am |
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when I try using the channel_change.sh script the system thinks it is changing the channel, but nothing happens. Specifically, when I run channel_change.sh from the command line the only message that is returned is that the channel was changed. If I do this from within watch live tv, the video freezes for a second then resumes playing and myth thinks it is on a new channel but the reciever has not responded.
I just upgraded to R5C7 last night and used the dish lirc.conf file listed above for dish network and saved it as irblasterd.conf per the directions above. I am using an irblaster that I purchased from irblaster.info. I tried using my camera to pick up LED signals, but I got no response from it when I pointed the original dish remote at it and I don't know which other devices I have at home that I can use to test that a signal is coming from the irblaster.
I figure I have one of four errors.
1. Either the led end of the irblaster is in the wrong location (I have it hanging right in front of the dish receiver) or
2.I am using the wrong conf file (I am thinking about replacing my irblasterd.conf file with the one on lirc.org for the echostar receiver with the "blue" remote or
3. My channel_change.sh script has an error (I removed the space after the / as mentioned above) or
4. I have no clue what the problem is or
D. All of the above 
I ran through all of the error checking above and in another post that Greg contributed heavily to (can't remember which one) and did not find any errors.
Thanks for any help.
Julie
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syracuse
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:20 pm |
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Julie,
I thought about getting the "clear" version to see if it's transmitting, but since I'm using a wireless video repeater to pipe DISH into my bedroom and I'm using it to see if I'm getting a signal out (which I am). I noticed that the output to the irblaster is not very strong and needs to be right over the ir receiver. What DISH receiver do you have?
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timmayk
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:12 pm |
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Greg Frost wrote: I don't use an external channel change command because I get my content via DVB-T. Having just tested the channel_change.sh script that I got cesman to include a while back, I have found it has a problem. Edit the file /etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh and remove the space from the end of this line: Code: REMOTE_NAME=\ The backslash is a continuation character that only actually works if it is the last character on the line. After doing this, the name of the remote should be correctly extracted from your /etc/irblaster/irblasterd.conf file. The full channel_change.sh should look like this but be careful cutting and pasting it that you dont end up with a space on the end of each line Code: #!/bin/bash
echo "changing to $1"
REMOTE_NAME=\
$(grep ^[[:space:]]*name[[:space:]] /etc/irblaster/irblasterd.conf |
awk '{ print $2 }')
for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do
sleep 0.2
/usr/bin/irsend --device=/dev/irblasterd SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
sleep 0.5
done
Hardware used is Echostar Dish Model 311 Alright, I tried what you said. Still nothing. Here is what I have right now: irblasterd.conf in /etc/irblaster Code: #
# this config file was automatically generated
# using WinLIRC 0.6.5 (LIRC 0.6.1pre3) on Tue Apr 04 06:16:24 2006
#
# contributed by
#
# brand: 301
# model:
# supported devices:
#
begin remote
name 301
bits 16
flags SPACE_ENC
eps 30
aeps 100
header 400 6100
one 400 1700
zero 400 2800
ptrail 400
gap 6200
min_repeat 4
toggle_bit 0
frequency 56000
begin codes
info 0x0000000000000000
power 0x0000000000000800
play 0x0000000000000C10
1 0x0000000000001000
2 0x0000000000001400
3 0x0000000000001800
frwd 0x0000000000001C10
4 0x0000000000002000
5 0x0000000000002400
6 0x0000000000002800
menu 0x0000000000002C00
7 0x0000000000003000
8 0x0000000000003400
9 0x0000000000003800
ffwd 0x0000000000003C10
select 0x0000000000004000
0 0x0000000000004400
cancel 0x0000000000004800
guide 0x0000000000005000
mute 0x0000000000005401
view 0x0000000000005800
tv_video 0x0000000000005C00
right 0x0000000000006000
vol+ 0x0000000000006401
up 0x0000000000006800
recall 0x0000000000006C00
left 0x0000000000007000
vol- 0x0000000000007401
down 0x0000000000007800
rec 0x0000000000007C00
pause 0x0000000000008000
stop 0x0000000000008400
sys_info 0x0000000000009000
*/ptv_list 0x0000000000009400
#/search 0x0000000000009800
sat 0x000000000000A400
tv 0x000000000000A801
rew 0x000000000000C410
fwd 0x000000000000C810
skip_back 0x000000000000D810
skip_fwd 0x000000000000DC10
end codes
end remote
and here is my channel_change.sh located in /etc/irblaster Code: #!/bin/bash
echo "changing to $1"
REMOTE_NAME=301
$(grep ^[[:space:]]*name[[:space:]] /etc/irblaster/irblasterd.conf |
awk '{ print $2 }')
for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do
sleep 0.2
/usr/bin/irsend --device=/dev/irblasterd SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
sleep 0.5
done
And here is the output of /etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh 10 Code: changing to 10
/etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh: line 7: 301: command not found
/usr/bin/irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE 301 1
/usr/bin/irsend: unknown remote: "301"
/usr/bin/irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE 301 0
/usr/bin/irsend: unknown remote: "301"
I figgured out what I was doing wrong so I couldn't see video through my mythbox because of a switch on the receiver, but the box is still not being controlled.
1) Any idea what got screwed up above?
2) Which remote will I end up using? I would like to still with just using my hauppauge silver remote and not have to use my echostar remote.
Thanks again. Maybe through all this, we can come up with a nice, concise walkthrough.
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timmayk
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:16 pm |
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OH MY DAMN!
I restarted and it worked! AWESOME!
The scripts in the above post do work, I just needed another restart. Those of you using the dish receiver, there you go. good luck!
Thanks Greg for the help!
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buckarette
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:02 pm |
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I got mine to work also. Once I realized I wasn't going to get an error whether or not I had the irblaster plugged in or not, I decided to try changing the specified com port in the hardware.conf file, rebooting and lo and behold it worked.
Thanks everyone for their input.
I'm also using a Dish Network 311 receiver and R5C7 with a pvr350.
Julie
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syracuse
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:51 am |
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Once the space was removed in channel_change.sh, it seems to work with my 6000, using the 301 conf file.
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buckarette
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:51 pm |
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I was premature in my jubilation. My channel change script only worked briefly then locked up the system then threw me a cryptic message which I am researching and will post here once I either have a clue or have given up hope on getting a clue.
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timmayk
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:01 am |
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Ok, everything's still working, but a minor annoyance is present. When I click 'Watch TV,' instead of going right to the last channel, it load the Dish Network interactive TV feature.
Is there a way to set the channel to load by default?
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your_moma
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:19 pm |
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Thanks so much for showing us how to get K-Myth to work with dish recievers! It has been so frustrating trying to find a post that acurately shows what is involved! Kudo's to Greg. I just ordered a MyBlaster serial to try to get this to work. BTW anyone looking for a MyBlaster serial?
I do have one more question. Do you know where or how to produce the hex codes for various other recievers etc?
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Greg Frost
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:15 am |
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