Re: Serial IR control of Sky+

["rolecgroup" <dean@xxxxxxxxx>]

Frank,

Nothing against the UIRT - have been using it for about a year
controlling a CBus Neo switch and a DAB Radio - i am aware it is
mainly due to the Sky box - but have noticed that slight movement of
my DAB radio seems to make a difference between working and not
working with the UIRT.

Yes the Airpanel is Wireless - has pretty good SWMBO approval too !!



Dean.


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@...>
wrote:
>
> 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@...>
> 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 :)
> >
> >
> >
> > Dean.
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