2005-05-14, 12:00 PM
Just in the last week, there must have been a Directv receiver firmware update that broke the command line utility for changing channels thru the serial port on the receiver. (It has been working fine for me over 2 months)
Ive checked http://www.dtvcontrol.com and there isnt a new version yet.
What happens now, is that 2 digit channel numbers cannot be dialed in with just 2 digits nor with padding to make it 3 digits (ie channel 12 cannot be dialed by "12" or "012"). I even tried the Windows GUI version and saw the failure errors when trying to dial 1 and 2 digit channel numbers.
Is there another way to utilize the serial cable for changing channels on my DSS sattelite box? or am I stuck buying an IR blaster?
TIA
Ive checked http://www.dtvcontrol.com and there isnt a new version yet.
What happens now, is that 2 digit channel numbers cannot be dialed in with just 2 digits nor with padding to make it 3 digits (ie channel 12 cannot be dialed by "12" or "012"). I even tried the Windows GUI version and saw the failure errors when trying to dial 1 and 2 digit channel numbers.
Is there another way to utilize the serial cable for changing channels on my DSS sattelite box? or am I stuck buying an IR blaster?
TIA