2005-10-26, 10:13 PM
Ok, This is the last thing I need to figure out before my GBPVR box is complete. I'm trying to get GBPVR to change my Motorola cable box correctly. Sub suggested in another thread that I look in the girder forums but the folks there didn't know gbpvr so I'm back here again. Sorry if this in not directly related to GBPVR but I know allot of folks use girder here so I'm hopping someone will have an answer.
I've read forums until my eyes crossed and I can find a good answer. I don't really know anything about girder other that what I've picked up experimenting with this.
Before I found GBPVR I tested with beyondtv. It worked pretty good. It was able to change channels perfectly on my cable box using a serial cable. GBPVR is so much better I really want to make it work so I installed Girder 3.3 and found the snapstream gml with serial commands for channel changing on the Motorola. I combined it with the needed resources from Pub's GBPVR.GML hosted here.
The GML I created is here
MotoGBPVR.GML
In Girder I can test each command and the proper number shows up on the Motorola's LCD. In GBPVR it seems to be hit and miss. Sometimes it will change to the correct number and sometimes it misses digits. It never works on identical double or triple digits like channel 11 or 33 or 509... If I go to 11 it changes the box to channel 1 If I go to 33 I end up on channel 3, If I go to 509 I end up on 9.
Zero Padding is off in GBPVR. All I got from the girder forums is that it maybe sending them to the box too fast and I need to include a wait command. I experimented with the wait time but I don't really understand what its doing so I didn't get far with it.
Can anyone help a noob? Am I going about this the correct way or is there a better way to accomplish this? My pvr-250 came with some sort of IR dongle but I dont think it will function as a blaster.
I've read forums until my eyes crossed and I can find a good answer. I don't really know anything about girder other that what I've picked up experimenting with this.
Before I found GBPVR I tested with beyondtv. It worked pretty good. It was able to change channels perfectly on my cable box using a serial cable. GBPVR is so much better I really want to make it work so I installed Girder 3.3 and found the snapstream gml with serial commands for channel changing on the Motorola. I combined it with the needed resources from Pub's GBPVR.GML hosted here.
The GML I created is here
MotoGBPVR.GML
In Girder I can test each command and the proper number shows up on the Motorola's LCD. In GBPVR it seems to be hit and miss. Sometimes it will change to the correct number and sometimes it misses digits. It never works on identical double or triple digits like channel 11 or 33 or 509... If I go to 11 it changes the box to channel 1 If I go to 33 I end up on channel 3, If I go to 509 I end up on 9.
Zero Padding is off in GBPVR. All I got from the girder forums is that it maybe sending them to the box too fast and I need to include a wait command. I experimented with the wait time but I don't really understand what its doing so I didn't get far with it.
Can anyone help a noob? Am I going about this the correct way or is there a better way to accomplish this? My pvr-250 came with some sort of IR dongle but I dont think it will function as a blaster.
Sorry for the problems, glad to see someone can still find some use for the .gml file. Pioneer4x4's is the same and will work also, but this should help if anyone searches and digs up the old thread.