DCT2000 Hex Values

[Beelzebub]

Ok I have all the Hex codes, and they work through girder.
Now how do you get this to work through SageTV.


Anyway here are links to the Codes.

Since it takes so long to get these Hex values, I only grabbed the basic functions. I will get all of them later. For Sage you should only need Chan Up/Down, Enter, Chan Numbers 0 - 9, Last Channel, and Enter. I also grabbed the Vol Up/Down.

DCT2000 Hex Values


Here is a link to my Girder File (note: You need the Serial Port plugin for this to work).


If there is no support please add Support for the Motorola DTC2000 box. This should be simple with the info I sent you.
And do it soon, sage is kinda worthless without it.

[andrewswright]

Thanks for all of your work.

What serial cable do you use for the DCT2000 and where did you get it? I'd like to stop by radio shack today and pick one up so that I can start experimenting.

With your hex values it should be possible to integrate serial control at least with the Girder replacement for the IRTuner dll.

Andrew

[Beelzebub]

Just a normal male to female rs232 cable, not a NULL modem cable.
Oh BTW before you waste your money make sure your cable box firmware is 2.54 or higher. If it uses the tvguide menus, goto menu, setup, cable box, See configuration.

I just found a Sage plugin that runs exe files ExeTunerPlugin. Its in the Sage Developer section. If worst comes to worst I will just write a small program to change the channels. I can't seem to get this plugin to work though, I followed the instructions. Extracted the DLL to the common directory. Then modified the reg file to launch notepad. Then entered it into the registery.
Then ran setup, and set my tuner to constant and selected the

[Narflex]

Just want to check on my versioning....my DCT2000 reports its Firmware Version 7.44 and S/W Version 15.22

These numbers seem fairly higher than the 2.54 requirement you mentioned...what version numbers do you have Beel?

[JasonJoel]

Just for reference, my DCT2000 is:

Firmware: 7.54
S/W: 17.44

Jason

Originally posted by Narflex
Just want to check on my versioning....my DCT2000 reports its Firmware Version 7.44 and S/W Version 15.22

These numbers seem fairly higher than the 2.54 requirement you mentioned...what version numbers do you have Beel?

[salsbst]

Comcast DC swears that they cannot enable my serial port because the network isn't sophisticated enough. They do just fine sending stupid messages to the box and they were able to remotely reconfigure the box for the expanded "rebuild lineup". I'm sure they're wrong or lying.

Does anybody have tips for clearing this significant hurdle?

[Beelzebub]

Oh sorry I ment 7.54, I read somewhere that the serial port doesn't work in lower versions.

[andrewswright]

Originally posted by salsbst
Comcast DC swears that they cannot enable my serial port because the network isn't sophisticated enough. They do just fine sending stupid messages to the box and they were able to remotely reconfigure the box for the expanded "rebuild lineup". I'm sure they're wrong or lying.

You might ask them to just replace the box.

Andrew

[JJarmoc]

My DCT2000 doesn't have a serial port And after I specifically requested one when I initially subscribed to Comcast.

IR control seems to work pretty well though.

[Narflex]

Anybody know if using a DB9 Male-Male cable with a Female-Female adapter at one end is the same as a DB9 Male-Female cable? I had that on hand and tried it and wasn't getting any response back from the box.

[Beelzebub]

Originally posted by Narflex
Anybody know if using a DB9 Male-Male cable with a Female-Female adapter at one end is the same as a DB9 Male-Female cable? I had that on hand and tried it and wasn't getting any response back from the box.

Yeah as long as its just a gender bender, not a Null Modem adapter. Thats what I use.

[Beelzebub]

I made a Plugin that works with the ExePlugin. It works great on my system. I just need to clean up a few things, and add a option to change com ports. I will probably finish it sometime today.

[Narflex]

Great. Looking forward to trying it. It's not often I get to try new software with Sage I didn't create.

[justme]

Do you think it would work with a Motorola DCT2224?
It has Firmware Ver:07.54 and SW Ver:15.22. I just got this new box today in an exchange. It came with a serial port on the back, unlike my old box. If nothing else could you tell me how(if it's even possible) to rip the Hex codes if my box's Hex is different. I would gladly be a guinea and help out with testing however I can.

I hope this box will work with your app. My old one started going blackscreen and saying "channel not authorized" about every 4 minutes. Needless to say that was very annoying. The new box works great and I did get the serial port so I'd love to be able to use it. Especially since this new box doesn't have an RF bypass option. Or rather it does in the menu but it fails to actually feed the unaltered signal thru the coax. Good thing I've got a strong signal and lots of splitters.

[salsbst]

justme, your box should work if the serial port is enabled.

[justme]

Thanks,

How would I verify that it is enabled/disabled? I know I could try Beezlebub's plugin, or he girder gml. But how would I know if it failed because of my model# or a disabled port.

[Beelzebub]

if you open the exe I made, it has basic functions to change channels. If that works, then your port is enabled. You should also make sure you have the cable plugged into serial port A in the back of your computer, and Com1 (3F8) Irq 4 is assigned to it. You set that in your Bios Setup, usually F1, F2, or DEL on bootup before windows loads. You can use other Comport settings as well, but the Exe defaults to com1. You might have to use Com2 if your Modem is set to Com1.

[justme]

Much thanks for the answer. Modems are no problem, I have broadband thru my NIC. A modem just uses more IRQ's and adds unneeded complexity.IMO

Now all I have to do is dig out one of my old serial cables laying around the house. I normally avoid serial ports like the plague. But for the increased reliablility your app could offer I'll use a serial port.

[falchulk]

Beelzebub, heres a stupid question, where is the sage developers section?? I dont see it listed on the main page.

[Beelzebub]

Originally posted by falchulk
Beelzebub, heres a stupid question, where is the sage developers section?? I dont see it listed on the main page.

Its under Support, Customizations

http://www.sage.tv/developers.html