NextPVR not calling IRBlast

[justhangin]

Ok, this is a little more involved than i first thought. It *appears* that my blaster ports numbering is changing...i suspect with each reboot.

for a while these incantations worked:

-channel {channel} -delay 500 -host localhost -port Port_0 #for tuner 1
-channel {channel} -delay 500 -host localhost -port Port_2 #for tuner 2

then a few days later, after some reboots, only one channel was changing correctly

then it started working again for both channels, but the metadata was swapped. to wit, if 2 programs were being recorded simultaneously, while both would indeed record, the .ts file containing Program A was getting named "Program B" and vice versa. so that suggested that Port_0 was now activating tuner 2 and Port_2 was now activating tuner 1.

more reboots (for other reasons)

and now, it seems to be working fine but with these strings
-channel {channel} -delay 500 -host localhost -port Port_3 #for tuner 1
-channel {channel} -delay 500 -host localhost -port Port_2 #for tuner 2

i didnt even know i had a Port_3, but that string is working and Port_0 and Port_1 arent.


so, are these blaster port assignments varying with every reboot? does this have to do with how windows is mapping USB channels? does anyone know how to assign these guys permanently...perhaps in the registry?

thanks,
jh

[justhangin]

Ok, with a little more testing it seems what i wrote above is incorrect. One tuner responds to all -port settings except Port_1 and the other to all settings except Port_2. That seems like the desired behavior. However, they do seem to invert after some reboots, so half the time its getting the recordings wrong.

Right now i have to go in and test them after every reboot to see whether they are correct or reversed, so I'd still like a way to fix how windows assigns these things so the port assignments remain invariant across reboots. anyone know how to do that?

my 2-blaster unit appears to be a Philips OVU4003/00 USB IR Transceiver as seen here http://icecat.us/en/p/philips/ovu4003-00...57152.html

my system is running win7 x64


Tnanks,
jh

[BTJustice]

I just checked my PMs and read the one you sent for me to look at this. Did you ever get the problem solved?