H10 Low speed data

[dogsled]

Channel changes via a home-made cable to the low speed data port were working fine on my D10. I wanted to upgrade to HDTV. I checked that the H10 had the same low speed data port, then bought one.
It does not seem to work. A call to DirecTV reveals that it is only supposed to work with TiVO. Has anybody had any luck with controling the H10 via the low speed data port ?

[padre]

I have the same problem using SageTV and my H10, not able to change channels using the serial cable to the low speed data port. But I just ordered one of these "TV Translaters" from http://www.patersontech.com/

Looks like it should do the job. If you want, I can post or email you my results after getting it.

Kevin

[dagar]

What version of Sage are you trying to do this with?
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Per the D* document here --> http://www.sbcatest.com/installers_h...0_peculiar.pdf

H10 0.4.33 All commands need a carriage return to be
recognized. Therefore each command string input
must be followed by 0x0D (the carriage return hex
code).

Also check this installer help guide --> http://www.sbcatest.com/installers_help_d10.pdf for more sereial comms details which may or may not help you.

[padre]

I've got the 3.0 beta running, and was running 2.2.8 earlier.

Any idea if I can program Sage to send the <CR> / 0x0D behind each command?

Thanks for the info!

Kevin

[dagar]

try it with DTVControl first. Make sure that works, then I'd contact Sage tech support.

STF some for the registry keys and D* stb serial control. You may need to add the 2 registry hives.

[padre]

Well, I'm getting closer! I've got the TV Translator device hooked up to the serial cable and I can now turn on/off the receiver, check signal strength and do other stuff. But I can't seem to get the channels to change. I'm sure it's just a code or sequence issue, so I've got more playing to do. Using DTVControl helps, thanks for the tip!

Kevin

[padre]

Got it working (the H10 receiver with SageTV via Low Speed port). It was a combination of using the TV Translator device AND latest 3.0 beta. The beta 3.05 didn't work, but 3.14 did.