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08-11-2003, 07:25 PM
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Motorola DCT2000 Changing Channels via Serial Port
I just upgraded to digital cable, and noticed the Cable box (Motorola DCT2000) has a serial port. I was wondering what I need to change channels using the serial port. I know the Tivo can do this with this model.
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08-12-2003, 07:45 AM
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We don't yet have the information required to take advantage of this feature so currently your only option is to use an Infrared Blaster to control your cable box.
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08-12-2003, 09:10 AM
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And if anyone knows how to do it...I'm listening....I've got a couple DCT2000's that I've always wanted to have under serial control. I've heard rumors that someone had reverse engineered the protocol using a Tivo and a PC's comport, but I was never able to find that information available anywhere.
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08-12-2003, 09:44 AM
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Some folks on the MythTV forums seem to have accomplished this. I don't know Linux, so I don't quite know how thay did it, but you may want to check out this thread.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl...h_engine#73112 Good Luck, Andrew
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08-12-2003, 09:46 AM
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Also this thread, for the actual scripts.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl...h_engine#72193 Andrew
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08-12-2003, 09:55 AM
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And this thread, for how the guy put the script together:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl...h_engine#66364 And this thread from a tivo forum: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...61#post1192561 Andrew
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08-15-2003, 05:08 PM
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I've tried to get this working in Windows. So far I haven't had luck. It seems that it would require (a) python, though which distribution I'm not sure; (b) pySerial and (c) a couple of dependencies of pySerial: Win32all python extensions and possibly JavaComm.
I've installed them all, or at least tried to, but no job... I get an error message. If anybody has this working in Windows, please share the knowledge! Thanks, Stuart
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08-17-2003, 02:00 PM
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I made some progress... no more error messages... I've started a thread at avsforum to try to get a wider audience of people who may be able to test this out: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=291458
Regards, Stuart
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