A USBUIRT on the server, ctrl the extender?

[webwalker]

I guess I missed Greg's post before; I see how he's leveraging javascript/python etc. This is enough to get me started, and neilm's webserver is a great example.

Thanks to all for taking the time to answer my pesky questions.

M

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by webwalker

Ok, so that I don't confuse anyone else (including myself) here's the config:

SageTV server connected to an HDHR for ATSC OTA.
PVR150 cap card inboard to grab from the Sat Tuner
Serial control of the Sat Tuner via a PattersonTech TVTranslator

All of this gear lives WITH the TV, but not in sight.

An HD200 extender output to the HDTV, and an Amp via Component and Optical SPDIF respectively.

I would prefer that the HD200 go with the rest of the gear: out of sight, out of mind. So I'd like to make my USBUIRT the only thing in view because its SMALL.

I know I can have the USBUIRT transmit commands to the HD200 AS IR. I'm just trying to find some way to leverage the SageTV server hardware (which has to be running anyway) to forward commands to the HD200.

Does this make more sense now? I just want to know if there is a way to control the HD200 by remote from the SageTV server system, and an example of how to do so.

M

If that's all you want to do it seems you're trying to complicate the implementation. Why not just get an IR repeater system ($100 or less) and just stick everything in the closet including the USB-UIRT? Something like this: Hidden IR system

Gerry

[CollinR]

Or you could simply have EventGhost retransmit the IR from the USBUIRT to the extender, this would save the cost of an IR relay setup. However he spcicially said he doesn't want to use IR blasting.

[webwalker]

Well, I'd like to avoid going the IR route if possible. That's why I'm interested in Sage server being able to send the commands over ethernet.

With the help of the nice folks at Melloware (makers of Intelliremote) I can do this with my usbuirt as a transmitter for not only the ir devices like the tv and the amp, but also for the HD200, now that I know that there isn't any other way.

M