Trying to send commands to SKY digibox via Snapstream

[wantnotwant]

Forgive me if i am asking a dumb question. I have set up girder to work with snapstream. Snapstream uses girder to send a signal to my digibox (satellite tuner). If there are *any* double numbers, the box only gets one of them. ie. if i enter 442, the digibox tells me it has only received "42". 440 give me "40". Any mixed numbers are fine (ie. 101, 106 etc). I assume i have to slow down the signals, but no luck. I played with anto repeat but no luck! Would appreciate help.

Jawad

[wantnotwant]

Hey guys, cant anyone help! Still stuck on this issue!

[Sef]

Hi,

What hardware device are you using to send the IR signal? Also, I assume you're using SSGirderTuner?

I know it's unlikely since they're rare in the UK, but if you happen to have an ADI Ocelot home automation controller, I have the perfect solution for you. I've written a Snapstream tuner driver that can send any sequence of IR signals before and after the channel digits. You can also specify exactly how long to wait between each IR signal.

My digibox has been crashing a lot since Sky updated their EPG software, so I have mine setup to:

• Turn the box off, then wait 0.2 of a second
  Turn the box on, then wait 0.5 of a second
  Send 'backup', then wait 0.2 of a second
  Send the channel digits with 0.1 of a second between each digit
  Send 'backup' twice with 0.3 of a second between them

This makes sure the box is powered up, gets past the new boot sequence where it informs you it requires a telephone line, changes the channel, clears the banner, then finally removes the red dot. Since the Ocelot is a programmable device, I also have it send 'on' and 'backup' every ten minutes just to make sure the box is on and the red dot is off the screen.

If you can't find any other solution, I can see if I can turn my tuner driver into one that sends Girder events. That way you could have the same sort of functionality but the signals would be sent via Girder. I could probably do that next weekend if you can wait until then.

[wantnotwant]

I have a ratrat IR device (www.redrat.co.uk), and am using a hauppage 250 PVR card. The ocelot sounds interesting - id be tempted to buy one instead if youd be kind enough to give me a copy of this driver. Id be happier if there was a direct link via snapstream than using a 3rd part software solution anyway.

Thanks again

Hi,

What hardware device are you using to send the IR signal? Also, I assume you're using SSGirderTuner?

I know it's unlikely since they're rare in the UK, but if you happen to have an ADI Ocelot home automation controller, I have the perfect solution for you. I've written a Snapstream tuner driver that can send any sequence of IR signals before and after the channel digits. You can also specify exactly how long to wait between each IR signal.

My digibox has been crashing a lot since Sky updated their EPG software, so I have mine setup to:

• Turn the box off, then wait 0.2 of a second
  Turn the box on, then wait 0.5 of a second
  Send 'backup', then wait 0.2 of a second
  Send the channel digits with 0.1 of a second between each digit
  Send 'backup' twice with 0.3 of a second between them

This makes sure the box is powered up, gets past the new boot sequence where it informs you it requires a telephone line, changes the channel, clears the banner, then finally removes the red dot. Since the Ocelot is a programmable device, I also have it send 'on' and 'backup' every ten minutes just to make sure the box is on and the red dot is off the screen.

If you can't find any other solution, I can see if I can turn my tuner driver into one that sends Girder events. That way you could have the same sort of functionality but the signals would be sent via Girder. I could probably do that next weekend if you can wait until then.