Re: Advice/methods needed - controlling sat radio channels

[Joseph Heenan <joseph-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

Paul Gale wrote:
> I need some advice of ways to achieve the following:
>
> Control satellite radio channels from a Russound CAV keypad (Uno S2)
AND get the station name displayed on the keypad.
>
> This isn't so simple as just programming up the keypad to send the
satellite IR codes though. I'm thinking I'd need to use some kind of lookup
table with the channel number and station name?
>
> My kit and connections relevant to this:
>
> CAV6.6 x2 linked via RNet and both linked to ML via plugin and serial
connections.
> Pace Sky HD box (UK) - radio channels start 0101.

The Sky box will output the name of the currently selected channel on
the RS232 port, does that help?

http://www.heenan.me.uk/control-sky-from-pc/gnome-protocol.html


Joseph



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