Full USB-UIRT support available

[MixTracks]

Hopefully someone will chime in.

[bbroerman]

I am thinking of getting either an IR-200L or a USB-UIRT and am wondering if the USB-UIRT has direct support within Sage Server or if I have to get some other software?

Also would a IR-200L work within Sage with a USB to Serial converter?

Thanks.

[blade]

Originally Posted by bbroerman

I am thinking of getting either an IR-200L or a USB-UIRT and am wondering if the USB-UIRT has direct support within Sage Server or if I have to get some other software?

You don't need any 3rd party software for the USB-UIRT.

[salsbst]

Originally Posted by salsbst

Ok, let's try it a different way... is there anyone who can confirm that sharing the USB-UIRT between the SageTV v4 Windows Service and Girder does *not* lock up their SageTV UI on that machine?

What about the same question for v5?

FYI, I upgraded to 5.0.2 and the problem persists. I've submitted a support request to SageTV.

[ToxMox]

I run girder and SageTV at the same time without issue in v4 through 5. The girder usbuirt.dll plugin file I have is exactly 106,496 bytes if that helps

[Wheemer]

I use both aswell, but I do not run and UI on my server...

[salsbst]

Do you guys do both of the following simultaneously?

a) use SageTV's built-in direct USBUIRT support to change channels on a cable box

b) use Girder to send signals to the USBUIRT

... oh, and just for completeness and clarity, I've determined that not only the UI is locked, but the Service seems to be suspended as well until I unload the USBUIRT plugin from Girder.

[ToxMox]

I use Girder to control TheaterTek and I use built in USBUIRT support in Sage to change channels on the box but I don't use Girder to SEND signals to the USBUIRT.

[Ken C]

Originally Posted by salsbst

Do you guys do both of the following simultaneously?

a) use SageTV's built-in direct USBUIRT support to change channels on a cable box

b) use Girder to send signals to the USBUIRT

Just curious, but why do this ? Is there an advantage to SageTV and Girder sharing the USB-UIRT rather than just sending SageTV commands via Girder ? Wouldn't two applications, say, TheaterTek and SageTV, that used the same remote key have a conflict ?

Ken C

[salsbst]

Originally Posted by Ken C

Just curious, but why do this ? Is there an advantage to SageTV and Girder sharing the USB-UIRT rather than just sending SageTV commands via Girder ? Wouldn't two applications, say, TheaterTek and SageTV, that used the same remote key have a conflict ?

Ken C

I use Girder because it controls more than just SageTV.

I use SageTV's USBUIRT support because I run SageTV as a service and Girder doesn't run as a service.

As for different applications having conflicts, my setup in girder is sophisticated enough to know about the context and thus what happens when different keys are pressed is determined in part by what is currently going on in the system.

[salsbst]

Originally Posted by ToxMox

I use Girder to control TheaterTek and I use built in USBUIRT support in Sage to change channels on the box but I don't use Girder to SEND signals to the USBUIRT.

So do you have the USBUIRT plugin active/loaded in Girder and don't experience any problems?

[ToxMox]

Originally Posted by salsbst

So do you have the USBUIRT plugin active/loaded in Girder and don't experience any problems?

Yes

[Ken C]

Originally Posted by salsbst

As for different applications having conflicts, my setup in girder is sophisticated enough to know about the context and thus what happens when different keys are pressed is determined in part by what is currently going on in the system.

So, you can control focus using Girder. I always thought Girder was too expensive, maybe another look ...

Thanks, Ken C

[salsbst]

Originally Posted by Ken C

So, you can control focus using Girder. I always thought Girder was too expensive, maybe another look ...

Thanks, Ken C

You can do so much with Girder, it's well worth its price.

On this subject, I would just clarify that not only can you control focus, you can detect focus changes with the TaskSwitch feature, meaning that if you change focus through some other means, Girder can detect which application is in the foreground and your scripts can be activated/deactivated based on that.

[salsbst]

Originally Posted by ToxMox

Yes

Thanks, ToxMox, I think... although I wish you no ill will at all, I guess it's worrying that you're not having the same problem I am .

[Endymion]

Originally Posted by salsbst

Thanks, ToxMox, I think... although I wish you no ill will at all, I guess it's worrying that you're not having the same problem I am .

For what it's worth, I've been using Girder alongside SageTV since v2 with the USB-UIRT. Since the "full" USB-UIRT support came in, I've had the USB-UIRT handling channel changes on my Moto DCT2000 digital box thru Sage. I have Girder use the USB-UIRT to accept input from my $5 IR remote, and blast commands out to my TV and my audio reciever. Not that it helps, but I have never had problems with this setup. I have been using Sage in service mode since a release or two before v5.

[salsbst]

I guess I've got this problem all to myself!

Any of you using Win2k3?

[salsbst]

FYI, I figured out the problem.

I think when I upgraded to v4 that the SageTV installer must have undone my settings for the service account into which to log in. It had been switched to "local system account". I just discovered this and figured it might be related. Sure enough, after switching the service back to my sagetv user, the problem is gone.

I guess you can't share the USBUIRT if your SageTV service is logged in as local system.

[stanger89]

Sorry for not searching

Anybody know if the UIRT will work with a "mono" IR blaster cable? I know the UIRT supports the "stereo" cable for two zones, but I've got a "mono" blaster from another device and was wondering if it would work.

[salsbst]

Originally Posted by stanger89

Sorry for not searching

Anybody know if the UIRT will work with a "mono" IR blaster cable? I know the UIRT supports the "stereo" cable for two zones, but I've got a "mono" blaster from another device and was wondering if it would work.

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