TuneToChannel.sh
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Revision as of 07:46, 16 February 2008 by Rwilson131 (Talk | contribs) (I do not think Known issues are correct.)
Location
- located in /usr/pluto/bin
Used by
- used in MythTV as external channel changing script
Format
/usr/pluto/bin/TuneToChannel.sh [device id] [video source id]
MessageSend
/usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend dcerouter 0 254 1 187 68 121 39 18544
Explanation:
dcerouter - server 0 - DeviceFrom 254 - DeviceTo (DCT2200 Cable Box) 1 - MsgType: Command 187 - Command "Tune To Channel" The rest are MsgID blocks which require [parmid paramvalue] parmid 68 (Channel Number): paramvalue 121 parmid 39(XMLTV ID): paramvalue 18544
For more explanation of MessageSend see this article : MessageSend
Known Issues
- In LinuxMCE 0710b3 this file has DOS carriage return characters at the end of its lines. Before the script can be successfully run, those characters need to be edited out using a text editor such as vi
- In LinuxMCE 0710b3 running this script results in each digit of the requested channel number being blasted 4 times in sequence; thus not actually transmitting the correct channel request.
- I do not think this is correct. There are indeed DOS carriage returns, but I have been using this script in the external channel change command for several weeks, without one missed channel change, and the script is unmodified on my MD. I have not seen any problems with duplicate digits. My wife watches a lot of live tv from MythTV and she has not been complaining about problems changing channels. Can someone please confirm if these are indeed issues?--Rwilson131 22:46, 15 February 2008 (PST)
