How do I put a pause between IR blasts in IR Server Suite?

[stefanvg]

I have been having difficulty trying to figure out how to put a pause in between channel changes going to my Cable Box, using IR Server Suite.

The posts I saw indicated (approx):

"To put a pause between blasts, add a ~ between channel numbers"

I can get the following command line to change to channel 74 no problem:

C:\Program Files\IR Server Suite\IR Blast>irblast -host localhost -pad 3
-port Port_1 -channel 7~4

Where in the name of all that is good and precious to I place the ~ in GBPVR .exe configurstion screen??? :confused:

I can get single digit channels to work OK, but not double digit channels (only get one of the 2).

Otherwise, awsome software! In both cases!!

S

[pBS]

well, normally you'd just use irblast.exe as exe, and -host localhost -pad 3 -port Port_1 -channel {channel} as params...but i see your problem in specifying a ~ between digits..

only thing i can think of is a helper app or batch file to split digits, add the ~ inbetween, and blast..
for boxes that only need 3 digits, try this batch file as an intermediary:

@echo off
set ch=%1
:: replace 'echo' below with your changer program .exe
echo %ch:~0,1% ~ %ch:~1,1% ~ %ch:~2,1%

so last line for you should look like:
"irblast -host localhost -pad 3 -port Port_1 -channel %ch:~0,1% ~ %ch:~1,1% ~ %ch:~2,1%"
to use, type *.bat when browsing for executable and select batch file, and use jsut simply {channel} as params in config....

[stefanvg]

Thanks pBS! Works OK now!

I did go down that path previously but sending 2 commands from the batch file each with the digit required - did not work very reliably.

The batch file ended up being:

@echo off
set ch=%1
:: replace 'echo' below with your changer program .exe
cd "C:\Program Files\IR Server Suite\IR Blast\"
irblast-nowindow -host localhost -port Port_1 -channel %ch:~0,1% ~ %ch:~1,1% ~ %ch:~2,1%

The cd "C:..." bit fixed what I presume is a relative path problem - did not do anything up to the point where I added that.

As a sideline, do you know any good reference on XP scripting - I did do some DOS stuff way back, but have not used it since. Appears there are differences...

Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out.

S.

[qaxooti]

wow PBS. Thanks. Worked like butter. Perfect so far.

Could you make me an .exe file out of the batch file?

I made on slight modification:

IRBlast-NoWindow.exe -pad 3 -port Port_1 -channel %ch%

I added the "-port Port_1" command so it wouldn't blast out of both STBs.

Thanks a lot.