Re: Serial IR control of Sky+

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dean

> Following loads of hassle getting a USB-UIRT to reliably control my
Sky+
> box, and thanks to Frank Mc for pointing it out - i bought a Serial to
IR
> unit from Sky-Control and now have 100% reliable control of my Sky box
> from
> my PC.

Glad to hear the serial to ir interface worked out for you ok.........The
issues you have with the sky box ir  isnt really a USBUIRT issue as IMHO
the USBUIRT  is a great little device.......

> I'm using CharmedQuark for my HA system at home - and there's some
> screenshots here
> http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=2597
> which show the Sky controller i'm using on my 15" AirPanel
Touchscreen.

Nice work looks great !!!!......Im very envious  ;-)).....I was so
impressed
with CQC and the community over there  i purchased the complete package ...
and at this point in time im still quite happy to use xPL.......I did start
the tutorial and played around with the cbus interface but to busy to take
it further.............

> The Sky+ driver for CQC was written by myself - which as a total non
> programmer gives a good idea of how easy it is to write drivers for
CQC. I
> find it so much more flexible that MainLobby and all the
> backgrounds/buttons/layouts are easy to do.

That sounds promising   ;-))  So even  us  humble sparkies may be capable
of
doing drivers ?? ;-)


> Just got to design some screens for CBus lighting control etc. now :)


Looking forward to some pics ;-))..BTW ...Like  youe 10" Air Panel
...nice.......is it conected to the network or is it as wireless thingy
...??

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:19 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Serial IR control of Sky+


> Following loads of hassle getting a USB-UIRT to reliably control my
Sky+
> box, and thanks to Frank Mc for pointing it out - i bought a Serial to
IR
> unit from Sky-Control and now have 100% reliable control of my Sky box
> from
> my PC.
>
> I'm using CharmedQuark for my HA system at home - and there's some
> screenshots here
> http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=2597
> which show the Sky controller i'm using on my 15" AirPanel
Touchscreen.
>
> The Sky+ driver for CQC was written by myself - which as a total non
> programmer gives a good idea of how easy it is to write drivers for
CQC. I
> find it so much more flexible that MainLobby and all the
> backgrounds/buttons/layouts are easy to do.
>
> Good thing about the Sky-Control Serial controller is that as standard
it
> will control two different boxes from one unit i.e 1 x Sky+, 1 x
SkyHD,
> and
> can control upto 15 - all from 1 serial connection.
>
> More detail here -  <http://www.sky-control.co.uk/serial.shtml>
> http://www.sky-control.co.uk/serial.shtml
>
> Just got to design some screens for CBus lighting control etc. now :)
>
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> Dean.
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