<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Christian Szpilfogel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christian@szpilfogel.com">christian@szpilfogel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On 03/05/2010 4:02 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Phil
Linttell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phil.linttell@rogers.com" target="_blank">phil.linttell@rogers.com</a>></span>
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> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 22:41:06 -0400<br>
> From: Jerry Rubinow <<a href="mailto:jerrymr@gmail.com" target="_blank">jerrymr@gmail.com</a>><br>
</div><div class="im"><div>> After a few trouble-free years, for the third
time in a month, I discovered<br>
> my STB had somehow entered a power-off state, and as a result I
missed a<br>
> couple of recordings.<br></div></div></blockquote><div class="im"><br>
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Another option is a program I wrote that checks for power status on the
STB and then you can turn it on or off. I expect this will work on any
STB as I use the original power codes defined in the late 90's. I also
have a script that does the power status check before turning on the
STB that way you save an additional second as the power on requires a 1
second guard time.<br>
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Check out: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/sa3250cmd/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/sa3250cmd/</a><br>
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don't be spooked by the name sa3250. When I first wrote it, it was for
sa3250 and sa4250 boxes but it should be generic and has also been
verified on the Motorola DCT series. Let me know if it works or not on
yours and I will add it to the compatibility list.<br>
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Also note majoridiot is using the same power codes but I don't remember
what logic he checks before doing this so it may/may not work with the
QIP.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Christian,</div><div><br></div><div>Ah, looks like you missed the first message in this thread - see <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/434554">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/434554</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/434554"></a>George (and Christian), I just tried sa3250 again, to no avail. The status command returns the same codes whether the STB is on or off. Specifically, sa3250cmd -v -n 0 status returns:</div>
<div><br></div><div> Sending Command: 0x01FFB27F</div><div> Success, Response: 0x0CFFB270</div><div>return code: 2</div><div><br></div><div>George, what does it say for you in the on and off states?</div><div><br></div>
<div>I just tried majoridiot's program, and it will change channels fine when the STB is on, but does nothing when it's off, using either:</div><div>mythchanger -f 6 -P -c 100</div><div>and</div><div>mythchanger -f 7 -P -c 100</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Jerry</div></div>