Re: Sky Box Rebooter? + "Cutting it" request

["Clive Chapman" <clivechapman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not entirely sure it does eveything you are looking for but;

check out Global Communications  www.globalcom.co.uk

They sell something called an SMC that monitors the video and resets the
sky
box to a preset channel.

Not sure about cycling them mains though.


We have a box......way too expensive for domestic applications that is a 10
way mains distribution unit whose outputs can be controlled using a sky
handset.

i.e.
press <standby><0> to toggle power on output 1
press <standby><1> to toggle power on putput 2

etc....

Something we did for Abbey when they were developing (with Sky) sky digibox
banking apps.

Clive





----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Brockhurst" <groups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:06 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Sky Box Rebooter? + "Cutting it" request


> Hi,
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> Anyone got a solution to turn on a sky box when it resets?
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> Yesterday we had a power glitch, not enough to reset TiVo or any PCs,
'cos
then I would have known about it. But the sky box went to off. (We've had
this before when we were home and spotted it).
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> I was thinking of monitoring the SCART pin (which one anyone?) and if
it
goes low, the box is off, trigger something to turn it back on.
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> However anyone actually done this? Expensive?
> I don't have any IR generating hardware except TiVo (and the normal
brace
of remotes).
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> And secondly, anyone got "Cutting It" TiVo'd, VCR'd anything
from
lastnight, I am risking the wrath of SWMBO, 'cos TiVo carried on recording
nothing through the 1st half until we spotted it. (and no it is not
repeated
in the near future).
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> I'll refund a CD/DVD, anything? Please!
>
>
> Andy
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