RE: 2 Sky+ Boxes

["Dr John Tankard" <john@xxxxxxx>]

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Thats a nice solution, he will need to find a key on the remote to use as a toggle, the sky button might do, as it just switches the sky box on(I assume the same is trune for sky+) and does not effect anything else, the default position could in a skybox off mode be both receivers open on pressing the power, both units would power up and the HV would switch to box 1 with every subsequent press of the sky button the box toggles.

 

Perhaps also mounting a visible led with its cathode via a resister to the same port pin this would give him a visual indication of which device was active

 

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 31 January 2002 13:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] 2 Sky+ Boxes

You can use Homevision WITHOUT needing the expansion board

 

The IR signal is positive from the tip of the 3.5mm jack.

 

Use 2 of Port A's pins to ground the negative side of the IR LED's

 

Eg.

    Set Port A1 (digibox1) LOW

    Send IR

    Set Port A1 High

 

    Set Port A2 (digibox2) LOW

    Send IR

    Set Port A2 high

 

by setting both Low you can send commands to both.

 

Give it a try.

 

You will need VERY low power MiniEmitters (put a resistor in series) so the IR doesnt spread to the other box, trial and error by increasing the resistor value.

 

HTH

 

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Coates [mailto:ecolume@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 31 January 2002 09:13
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: [ukha_d] 2 Sky+ Boxes

Last week I ordered 2 Sky+ boxes, and they're due to be installed soon.  Since we don't have any terrestrial TV we need to be able to watch at least two separate channels, and with the Sky+ inbuilt Tivo player two favourites can both be recorded even when the schedules clash.  Great!

Anyway, I got thinking about controlling the 2 boxes as they will be next to each other in an AV rack.  I assumed that since the Sky+ system is designed to use 2 boxes then there would be a set-up screen, switch etc.. to have one box set to 'Sky box No.1' and the other to 'Sky box No.2' and the same IR remote to control the two separately/discreetly.  I've just got off the phone with Sky+ technical and they say that there isn't a way to control them as there aren't any discreet codes - so both boxes will respond to the IR remote at the same time :o(  Technical said that the number of people that would want 2 boxes next to each other is very low so they didn't bother with adding this feature! 

They said that I could use a standard digibox for the second box as it has different IR codes than to the Sky+ box.

 

I suppose I could use HomeVision's expansion card multi-zone IR to control 2 Sky+ boxes, but things start getting complex(ish)

 

Just thought I'd let you all know before someone else orders 2 Sky+ boxes.

 

Any other suggestions?

 

Simon

 

 

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