<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Christian Szpilfogel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrisznews4@rogers.com">chrisznews4@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Kenneth Emerson wrote:<br>
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Has anyone successfully controlled the power on their set-top box (STB) used it in conjunction with the HD-PVR? I would like to power the STB off once a recording is over if there isn't a recording scheduled directly after it. I have found that occasionally my DCH-3200 gets into a state where it will not output a video signal until it has been powered off and back on (plus, I'd like not to waste the electricity to keep it on all the time).<br>
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Kenneth,<br>
if it helps I created the following power on/off/status program.<br>
<a href="https://code.google.com/p/sa3250cmd/" target="_blank">https://code.google.com/p/sa3250cmd/</a><br>
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I use it to ensure that the STB is on for recording (say due to power outage, cable provider STB resets, etc). It has also been verified on the Motorola DCT-6xxx series but I suspect it will work also for the DCH-3xxx series. Let me know if it works and I will update my wiki.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Christian,</div><div><br></div><div>I was trying to use your program to control power on a Motorola QIP-6200. Using the "off" command causes to power state to invert. Using the "on" command has no effect. Do you have any suggestions?</div>
<div><br></div><div>"sa3250cmd -v -n 0 on" produces this output:</div><div><br></div><div>Sending Command: 0x00FB270</div><div>Success, Response: 0x09FFB270</div><div>Sending Command: 0x01FFB27F</div><div>Success, Response: 0x0CFFB270</div>
<div>return code: 2</div><div><br></div><div>But the STB doesn't change power state, whether I do it when the power is on or off.</div><div><br></div><div><div>"sa3250cmd -v -n 0 off" produces this output:</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sending Command: 0x00FB260</div><div>Success, Response: 0x09FFB260</div><div>Sending Command: 0x01FFB27F</div><div>Success, Response: 0x0CFFB270</div><div>return code: 2</div><div><br></div><div>And switches the power off it is on, and on if it is off.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jerry</div></div></div>