Direct TV Woes

[GaryJ73167]

Sorry. My bad. I've done a lot more bash scripts at work recently, which use $1 to get the first argument, as opposed to batch files at home, which use %1 to get the first argument.

Now that I have this all setup and working, things seem to be MUCH better.......however, once in a while, it is still missing the 1st digit of the channel change. But not NEARLY as much.........last night, i set the time for channel 285, but, wound up with channel 85 instead....

Is there a way I can make the pause a little bit longer? I am thinking maybe the commands went at the direct tv a little too fast.

[GaryJ73167]

Now that I have this all setup and working, things seem to be MUCH better.......however, once in a while, it is still missing the 1st digit of the channel change. But not NEARLY as much.........last night, i set the time for channel 285, but, wound up with channel 85 instead....

Is there a way I can make the pause a little bit longer? I am thinking maybe the commands went at the direct tv a little too fast.

Ugh....sorry man....I should google things before asking...I got my answer

[mvallevand]

DirecTV also allows http tuning which might be more reliable.

Martin

[GaryJ73167]

DirecTV also allows http tuning which might be more reliable.

Martin

Wow....I need to look into this..... Is it possible to incorporate this into NPVR where I wouldnt even need the IR Blaster ?

[mvallevand]

Yes you can just modify the batch file you just made.

Martin

[GaryJ73167]

Yes you can just modify the batch file you just made.

Martin

Thanks for the reply

That is going to be my plan "C".

I just added a longer pause in the batch file........I think this is going to help, but, time will tell

[GaryJ73167]

As of now, this is my BAT file I am using (thanks to all in this thread)

@echo off

cd /d C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts
LogFile=..\Logs\MyHaupBlast.log

"C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\HaupBlast.exe" %1
timeout /t 10
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\HaupBlast.exe" %1

What is does, is, sends 3 characters/digits/or whatever it is (hehe) that wakes up the Direct TV Box
Pauses for 10 seconds
And then the next 3 digits are the actual channel digits it needs to change to

this is working AMAZINGLY well, but, once in a GREAT while, it still isn't waking up the box enough to get the full 3 digit channel change code sent (BUT, it is SOOOO MUCH better than it was)

So, what i want for it to do is to send the 3 character wake up, pause 10 seconds, then send another 3 character wake-up, pause for another 10 seconds, THEN send the 3 digit channel change code (I hope I am making sense)

Can someone guide me and tell me what i need to add tot he batch file to make this happen ?

[GaryJ73167]

And, one more thing (totally stepping out of the box here)

Any idea why everything has been working flawlessly for about 8 months, and overnight, all of the sudden, my Direct TV box just decides to start going into sleep mode (or whatever you call it) when literally NOTHING has changed in my setup in any way ?

Is this normal behavior for these boxes?

It really is quite frustrating......

[Graham]

What is does, is, sends 3 characters/digits/or whatever it is (hehe) that wakes up the Direct TV Box
Pauses for 10 seconds
And then the next 3 digits are the actual channel digits it needs to change to

The batch file is sending the three digit channel code twice. The %1 is a variable containing the channel number and the value of that channel number is received from NextPVR.

You may be able to change the behaviour of the set top box by sending a different code instead of the first %1 value. For example, what happens if you send a single "0" (zero) digit by replacing the first %1 with a "0" without the quotes?

Alternatively, you could try having the first .. "C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\HaupBlast.exe" %1 ... twice followed by the timeout followed by a third HaupBlast ...

C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\HaupBlast.exe" %1
C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\HaupBlast.exe" %1
timeout /t 10
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\HaupBlast.exe" %1

[Graham]

Any idea why everything has been working flawlessly for about 8 months, and overnight, all of the sudden, my Direct TV box just decides to start going into sleep mode

Does the set top box receive updates to its internal software from the broadcast stream? Has the set top box received some kind of reset from the broadcast stream? Does the set top box have a settings menu where the "sleep" timeout is specified?