STB issues

[sheepdog43]

Ok,
I have Girder working.
I have DirectTV Control working.
Sage also works.

However, I cannot get Sage to interact with Girder, Directcon or work the box directly. I tried the EXEplugin, and followed the instructions and got nothing. I triedit with both programs, and every setting I could find in Sage (seriously, we are talking hours!) and searched the forums like crazy.

I have tried every setting I can find in Sage, what am I missing? Can somone tell me what settings they are using to get one of these to interact. I do not care which.

My setup is:
Sage TV 4
Hauppagge PVR150
serial cable control
RCA drd435rh box

The cable works, Girder itself works, DirectTV Control works.

Sage just does not want to forward commands.

It is so close, and I love the software, seems to be the nicest PVR software I have tried (which happens to be nearly all of them).