Re: How did you lot get on with automating SKY's RS232 port (was Gnome)

[Joseph Heenan <joseph-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Andy <andysideas@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just watched the gadget show.
>
> Seen that the Gnome is cra..p

I quite like mine tbh. Don't use it too much atm, but expect to do so
more in the summer.

> I seem to recall a few of you were looking at other ways to interface
with
> this port. How did you get on.

The protocols all documented on:

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

The only people I've really heard using it was people feeding the
information back into home automation systems (eg. crestron).

I do know of at least one guy that's using it as a trigger to
autoenter his PIN (using one of my controllers) when a channel
switches to encrypted.

Joseph


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