USB UIRT - 2 zones, .ir config question

[radams]

I've read all the FAQ's in the header of this forum, and although there is a lot of great info - many of them end up in help requests rather than encapsulating the essence of what one needs to do to get this stuff running (can you say HOWTO? :-)), some of it is also very dated (circa 2004) - and I'm pretty sure there's bee a few changes since then.

So I'm reaching out to those who have multiple tuners in their system using the USB UIRT in hopes you can answer what I think is a very simple question.

When I installed Sage and config'd my tuners (HVR 2250's) I chose USB UIRT as my controller and the Motorola DCT 2000 as my STB (which in my case is actually a pair of Motorola DCT 700's - but what the hell, the .IR codes seem to work).

Now... when I config'd each tuner, I got the same Motorola DCT 2000 option, but upon looking at the \SagetTV\Common\RemoteCodes\USB-UIRT Transceiver directory, I see only one MotorolaDCT2000.ir file.

So the question.... Do I just need to duplicate the file contents within the same file, then prefix the copy with a "z1" to designate "zone 1" or... do I copy the MotorolaDCT2000.ir file and call it say MotoloraDCT2000Z1 - which in itself contains the "z1" prefixes - then reconfig Sage and have two config files to choose form:

MotorolaDCT2000
MotorolaDCT2000Z1

Selecting one driver file per tuner via the Sage setup utility and then be off to the races?

I do have a 1/8" stereo to dual 1/8" mono adapter plug which I'll plug into the arse end of my USB UIRT and drive two Hauppague IR transmitters - which will be glued/taped/melted/ground into the bevels of my Motorola DCT 700's.

And if I ever get all this shite (sic) working, I promise I will do up a proper HOWTO with diagrams and post it here.

Thanks,

[disco340]

With mine I just ceated just created a new box when I I was going through with seting up the video source. the first one I named DCT6416 and the second I named DCT64162. After that I went and edited the .ir file's, z1 for DCT6416 and z2 for the DCT64162. Restarted the sage service and it worked great. Hope this helps.

[davephan]

You might check out this link

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...usb-uirt+zones

There are some nice diagrams on page 6.

Other details about the IR files are in the same link.

I bought a metal jacked 1/8" stereo plug from Radio Shack and used some of the Hauppage IRs, cutting off the factory connector and replacing it with the 1/8" stereo plug.

Dave

[Fuzzy]

You should be able to copy the .ir file and make the edits. Keep in mind that you will need to make 2 modified ones... zone 2 and zone 3 (I believe the rear jack is zones 2 and 3). You can't use the unmodified file, as it will not have zoning info, which means it will be transmitted out all zones.

[radams]

Gotchya - this last post cleared up my confusion - thank you. Thanks to the other responders as well.

I'll get busy this weekend!

[disco340]

Below is the list of the Zones on the USB-UIRT

Zone 1 : External Emitter Jack 'RIGHT' channel connection
Zone 2 : External Emitter Jack 'LEFT' channel connection
Zone 3 : USB-UIRT's built-in IR blaster