Difference between revisions of "Dusky Sky Controller..Driver Effort"

Revision as of 14:39, 21 January 2012

this is the page proposed in the forum http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php/topic,11587.msg86946.html

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EDIT --maybeoneday 14:29, 21 January 2012 (CET)

INTENT

             to provide a base reference for the effort to produce  a C++ driver for the Dusky Sky Controller (all variants)  using DCEGen, and document the whole process for future new developers
             to provide a host for code 

REFERENCES

Setting up a Development Environment http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Developing_a_DCE_Device

DCEGen http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Make_a_DCE_Device_in_5_minutes

Dusky website http://www.dusky-control.com/docs.shtml

proposed DEVICE TEMPLATES

DUSKY CONTROLLER

child of GenericPC as core/hybrid (MD dusky is connected to ) Category #71 Interfaces manufacturer J.Heenan

1. 37 ComportOn PC string
2. 76 COM Port parity/bit/stop string N81
3. 78 Baud rate string B5700
4. 48 Number of Ports int number of outputs on dusky 2
5. 81 Channel int 1
6. 171 Port int 2

SKY+/hd

(the present hd boxes work on the same 4 digit codes as the sky+ box,untill a new hd box becomes the norm ,which may use distinct codes and will need a separate device template)

setup as a child to the dusky.......manufacturer Sky model duskySky+/hd sattelite>AV........ ir controlled...... 10 key / on / off /EPG/ Media Control/OnScreen Menu Navigation//box office/services/interactive

SKY Digibox(LiveTV & services only )

setup as a child to the dusky....... manufacturer Sky model duskySky+/hd sattelite>AV........ ir controlled...... 10 key / on / off /EPG/ OnScreen Menu Navigation /box office/services /interactive

DCEGen FIRST OUTPUT

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT

Developers Code

Please insert your working code here , making obvious (for Maybeoneday's sake  : ) ) the new section & what it does.