RE: Sky Gnome

[Joseph Heenan <joseph-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Certainly I have never seen the gnome send anything into the serial
port.

Given they went to all the expense of using an RF2 connection on the
gnome to send commands into the box, I think it's highly unlikely the
serial protocol is 2-way.

I'm going to write up the protocol and publish it shortly...

Joseph

In message <000301c5e774$50a06a40$1501a8c0@kepler>
"Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't think so, which is a *real* pity - I compared notes with
Joseph (who
> makes the USB/Sky controller) and think we have most of it.
>
> I know that Pace have traditionally been rather silent about digiboxen
and
> their features, but I'm wondering if this protocol might be
sufficiently
> "open" (I guess it's useful for engineers) that it might be
published.
>
> I tried sending a variety of sequences to the box, and at one point I
> *think* I made all of the dogs dissappear - just as pressing
"backup" does,
> but I'm not so sure now.
>
> Well interesting.
>
> :D
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paul Gordon
> Sent: 12 November 2005 10:23
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Sky Gnome
>
> Hey Ian,
>
> Is the serial protocol 2-way? - i.e. can you send command sequences
into the
> sky+ box to change channels etc?
>
> Would be very interested if that were the case!
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> > Ian Lowe
> > Sent: 11 November 2005 00:49
> > To: UKHA_D Group
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Sky Gnome
> >
> > Better than that, I have figured out most of the protocol :D
> >
> > I'm looking to make an app that takes the info and broadcasts it
as an
> xpl
> > message, with a view to getting the info into xplhal to play
about
> with,
> > so
> > I'm posting more details about what I found on the ukha_xpl list
> instead:
> > It's probably a little too in depth for ukha_d.
> >
> > (that and, inevitably, some twazzock will appear from left field
to
> have a
> > go because the entire thought of doing it mortally offends their
very
> soul
> > ;) )
> >
> > Ian.
> >
>
>
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Joseph Heenan, Glasgow, UK              http://www.heenan.me.uk/
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