Comcast DCI105COM1 DTA and Hauppauge IR Blaster not working

[DonP]

Hi all, I have been using GBPVR and reading the forum for quiet a while but now need some help. I always have been able to find solutions to any problems.

Comcast is finalyzing their switch to digital the end of this month and I am trying to get the IR blaster to control the DTA which is a model DCI105COM1. I have a HVR1600 in a XP running SP3 using the analog portion of the board. I am running 1.4.7 GBPVR.

I have searched thru the WIKI and believe I know how to configure the recording source (fixed channel, external tuner and channel 4), channel changer (.exe channel changer pointinting to HaupBlast.exe) configurations properly. I have the IR blaster plugged into the IR port of ther HVR-1600 and the blaster directly over the receiver of the DTA. I have run the BlastCfg (version 7.3.28025) and selected Comcast cable box and it gives Codeset 0085 as only choice. I can see the bud flashing when I click on the IR channel test button but the DTA does not change channels. I also have selected advanced Config and selected Learning and pointed the Comcast remote at the IR receiver bud and it always fails to learn.

I have Googled this model DTA and do not get many hits and nothing that helps. I have searched different ways thru the forum and have not found any threads that help. If I hold down the INFO button on the Comcast remote for 5 seconds several diag screens come up and the DTA says Thomson as a manufacture.

Has anyone been able to get this same combination of DTA & Hauppauge IR blaster to work? I have seen some referance to the USB-UIRT blaster which I will purch if it would learn the codes. I also have seen possibly that this DTA is XMP protocol and 56Khz but not positive.

Thank you for any ideas or help anyone may have.

[pBS]

ewww, yea that one is a bugger...i don't think it's 56k but i do think it's xmp protocol..which not many programs understand..
i believe the usbuirt is your best bet...it can learn the raw codes and blast them, and i think mce hardware can do it but it's a lot trickier to get working well..

a good way to get really good codes is to download them from remotecentral.com as pronto codes..
i use ir server suite and it can use the codes directly, hip has a converter on their website...

if you get a working set of codes please post them so others can use..those are hard to get going but not impossible..

[DonP]

Thanks for the quick reply, I will order a USB-UIRT and will definately post back with results. I am sure others may be in the same or similar situation. I had downloaded and was looking at IR Server suite and so will use that I believe.

[pBS]

yea, i've been very happy with ir server suite and mce dongles...nicely laid out program, and wide support for devices..
didn't take long to setup multiple remotes and programs with post messages for focusless usage..

and it works as easily in win7 as it does in xp..

[pBS]

oh, and i made a blaster that can blast to multiple stb boxes too..
[for irss]

[DonP]

Multiple stb are my future plans if I get this working, could you send me or direct me to plans? Thanks.

[pBS]

here's a helper util that will enable blasting to multiple stb command sets..
run without params and it will give you help, it's pretty straight forward..
each stb has a single char prepended to the .ir filename...
so instead of just 1.ir, 2.ir, etc.. it can use a1.ir, a2.r,etc for second stb codeset and b1.ir b2.ir etc for third stb codeset...