Motorola DTC2000 Plugin

[tmiranda]

BobPhoenix - That's what I figured, thanks. I've got a cable drop into the house that is dedicated for internet access and it is begging to be tested to see if the cable company has put on filter on it to block the digital signals. Knowing my (very small) cable company, it is completely unfiltered.

[BobPhoenix]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

BobPhoenix - That's what I figured, thanks. I've got a cable drop into the house that is dedicated for internet access and it is begging to be tested to see if the cable company has put on filter on it to block the digital signals. Knowing my (very small) cable company, it is completely unfiltered.

If they broadcast in analog too then you don't need a box to test that just hook the coax up to your tuner card. Digital however requires a box and they have to be activated which is what most cable company's will not do. They actually have to enter the MAC address (not correct term but similar concept) into their system before the box and their system will communicate with each other. Once they start communicating the box will then decode the digital signal. What they really want you to do is rent the box from them. Wish they would let you buy the box the same way you can buy the cable modem's and get them activated.

BobP.

[tmiranda]

Bob,

Thanks for the explanation. I've never used digital TV at all so I was not sure how things were configured. I was hoping you could buy a box as well.

I know the analog signal works, that's what feeds my 4 analog tuners!

Tom

[scoful]

Originally Posted by jbarr

I'm building SageTV HTPC with two Hauppauge PVR-100 tuner cards. I plan to use serial cables to control two DCT-2000 Digital Cable boxes using the MultiDCTTuner plugin. So far, I was able to get the connection with COM1 working (and it works SO well!) But my motherboard does not have a COM2 port. So, can I simply use any of the many USB to Serial adapters that will provide a COM2? I suspect that I can, but I'm just wondering if anyone else has used one or had problems using one.

Thanks!

Here is the USB to Serial adaptor I used:
http://www.techdepot.com/pro/product...oductid=110971

Haven't had any problems with it.

[mattdcknsn]

Is this plugin usable with other Motorola boxes? I have a Motorola qip2500 and tried to connect to it with this plugin but am not sure if I configured it wrong. This box is from Verizon FIOS, I have heard from a tivo community board that it was turned on.

Also, about the IR file that is supplied, is that just an IR file generated by a UIRT or is it special somehow? thanks for all your help.

[mrrrl]

I just tried this with a Comcast Motorola 2524 STB. Works great. I did have to call to get the serial port enabled, but did not have a problem with Comcast. I told them I had a Tivo and they said not a problem. Ten minutes after hanging up, it worked. I did have to edit the dct.reg and take out the # to get it to change 3 digit channels.

[raymond]

hey I am a newby, do this saftware still work?

[scoful]

Originally Posted by raymond

hey I am a newby, do this saftware still work?

I use it everyday. I use it with two Motorola STB's. If you are only using it with one the setup is very easy. (It's not much more difficult for multiple STB's either).

[mayamaniac]

Originally Posted by raymond

hey I am a newby, do this saftware still work?

Not the dct.exe software on the first post of this thread though. At some point in this thread, the plugin changed or a better replacement plugin was found. Its called the MultiDCTTuner DLL v1.2. Download page is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/multidcttuner/ . The zip file contains a readme.txt on how to install it.

[jbarr]

MultiDCTTuner is a lifesaver. My DCT-2000 works flawlessly with it. IR blasters were COMPLETELY unreliable. I highly recommend MultiDCTTuner.

[scoful]

People (including myself) seem to have a hard time finding the download for this - so I set one up in the downloads section (External Plugins and Utilities).

Thanks again to snewman for this excellent plugin - without which I don't know how much less addicted to SageTV I might be.

[amdcursed]

I had a setup working at sagetv 3 but fell away from the scene for a while. I had multidcttuner working back then and see that it is supposed to work now with sagetv6. But when i set up my source and tell it to use the plugin sagetv just closes. everytime. Any ideas?

Edit: Nevermind. I found the post above about the log file. Change frey technologies to sagetv and your set.

[Thron]

I have a Motorola 2224 connected to my system with a serial cable running Sage v5. When I test the serial port using the dct.exe (dcx xxx) it changes to the channel I want. When I try to setup the MultiDCTTuner Sage completely locks up. I have messed with it for over 2 days now and I cant figure it out.

I finally gave up and installed Sage v6 hoping this would solve the problem. Now when I select MultiDCTTuner Sage crashes and shuts down. I have logging enabled but it never gets to that point. Does anyone have any ideas?

For the time being I went back to using USB-UIRT to slowly change the channels.

Thanks

[white_2kgt]

Originally Posted by mattdcknsn

Is this plugin usable with other Motorola boxes? I have a Motorola qip2500 and tried to connect to it with this plugin but am not sure if I configured it wrong. This box is from Verizon FIOS, I have heard from a tivo community board that it was turned on.

Also, about the IR file that is supplied, is that just an IR file generated by a UIRT or is it special somehow? thanks for all your help.

Any updates if this will/should work with the QIP2500? Any idea how to make it work with it (currently doesn't work for me*)? I'm in the same boat as mattdcknsn, using IR now but...well you all know those drawbacks.

Thanks,
Chad

*When I try and run dct 105, or dct 10, or dct 5 I get no text, the program just exits, there's no lines of text after the command, only 1 blank link and then the command prompt. If I just run dct the GUI comes up I click buttons but nothing happens.

[lewellej]

I recently got a DCT2524 STB from Comcast, and had MultiDCTTuner running fine with it under SageTV 6.1. I upgraded to 6.2 yesterday, and noticed that Sage was no longer changing the channels on the box. I removed that video source in Sage, and found when I went to add it again that all tuner plugins were missing except for DirecTV serial.

Any ideas as to what's going on?

[sundansx]

I want to make some modification to this plugin but the source code on sourceforge appears to be out of date. from what I found, It is older than the latest released binary on sourceforge. Does anyone have the latest source code that version 1.2 was built from?
Does snewman still use sagetv or post here?
thanks.

[Doobiedog]

Originally Posted by sundansx

I want to make some modification to this plugin but the source code on sourceforge appears to be out of date. from what I found, It is older than the latest released binary on sourceforge. Does anyone have the latest source code that version 1.2 was built from?
Does snewman still use sagetv or post here?
thanks.

I just found this site/thread about a week ago....Other than your post, no one has posted for about 5 months....Looks like it is dead to me....

[davidjames]

Originally Posted by lewellej

I recently got a DCT2524 STB from Comcast, and had MultiDCTTuner running fine with it under SageTV 6.1. I upgraded to 6.2 yesterday, and noticed that Sage was no longer changing the channels on the box. I removed that video source in Sage, and found when I went to add it again that all tuner plugins were missing except for DirecTV serial.

Any ideas as to what's going on?

FWIW, i was able to get DCT2524 to work under SageTV 6.3. I can post the steps if anyone is interested.

[InTheFlow]

Originally Posted by davidjames

FWIW, i was able to get DCT2524 to work under SageTV 6.3. I can post the steps if anyone is interested.

Hey DavidJames...

It would help anyone who wants to know how to do in the future. So, if your willing to share the steps while they are still fresh in your mind, go for it!

[leirret66]

could you share the steps with me please thank you