IR Blaster Trouble

ftlee · #1 03-23-2003, 01:07 PM

I have an ActiSys IR Blaster hooked up to COM1. During the installation, I am able to test that buttons 1 - 9 work correctly. However, I cannot get the IR Blaster to function inside of the SageTV app. I have included the log file.

I am trying to get this to work with the Scientific Atlanta 3100HD box. Can anyone help me?

Thanks,

Frank T. Lee

Narflex · #2 03-23-2003, 07:21 PM

When you select something to watch in SageTV do you see the lights inside the Actisys blink?

Email your Sage.properties file (do not post it) to support@freytechnologies.com and I'll check to see if you've got it setup correctly.

ftlee · #3 03-23-2003, 08:58 PM

I just sent you the email...

Thanks,

Frank T. Lee

cord · #4 07-12-2003, 12:47 AM

Did you ever solve this? I'm trying to use the same setup, to no success. It will occasionally persuade the 3100HD to take a single digit, but it's horribly inconsistent.

Narflex · #5 07-12-2003, 04:24 PM

Yeah, if I remember correctly we solved this. I don't recall what the solution was though...Frank?

cord · #6 07-17-2003, 06:19 AM

I still haven't been able to get it to work at all.

Is there any hope?

dkardatzke · #7 07-17-2003, 08:06 AM

cord,

Are you able to Test 0-9 correctly during Setup?

cord · #8 07-17-2003, 08:14 AM

No, not really. The learning process claims to work, and the little led inside the emitter blinks when I tell it to test, and the cable box *occasionally* will change channels, if I click on the test button very rapidly. It's not remotely reliable though, and it never changes with just a single click.

dkardatzke · #9 07-17-2003, 04:48 PM

Have you tried any of the different methods for teaching the Actisys the remote codes mentioned throughout the forums? Instead of just pressing the key on your remote, try doing a "tap, tap", or a "tap, hold" or vice versa. This has seemed to fix most of the problems for specific remotes/receivers.

cord · #10 07-18-2003, 08:19 AM

I was planning to try that last night, but I ended up working from 6am to 9pm, then I went to bed. :] Maybe tonight.

cord · #11 07-18-2003, 06:58 PM

Ok, now I have the IR output being consistently recognized by the receiver. Now, I have another problem. Every time a channel change is sent, SageTV sends 5 digits. My cable box only wants 4, so it changes the channel after it gets 4, which results in two channel changes in quick succession. How do I convince SageTV to only send 4 digits?

cord · #12 07-19-2003, 05:49 AM

It managed to fix itself, somehow. I restarted SageTV, and it now sends only 4 digits, and the channel changes perfectly.

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