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Message: <blockquote data-quote="martyyn" data-source="post: 71089" data-attributes="member: 16047">So here's what Im doing to get HIP, Hipsend and MPExCMDTuner to work. Im at work and going from memory so bear with me. I wanted to get something in writing relatively quickly cause Im sure you all want to get going with it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Now Im sure there are easier and faster ways to do this but surfice to say it works for me and I aint going to change it now. Since I did this 6-7 months ago Ive had four friends all do it using MyBlaster and all of them have had it work straight from the box !I spent the best part of a week trying to get MyBlaster to work and almost threw everything out the window so I must have missed something blindingly obvious, but then I want to control my amp through the blaster as I dont have line of sight of my amp which I believe means I have to use Hip.I should perhaps explain that I have my shuttle, amp and stb all hidden from view. All you see at my place is the lcd sat on a low cabinet with the mce receiver under the bottom of it.To save myself time Im not going to explain how to install and configure either Hip or Hipsend. The Hip forum has some excellent guides and Hipsend has a good guide on what you need to do to set that up aswell. Hip does have what I would consider a 'non-intuiative' gui, but once you have it nailed you wont forget it in a hurry !So first download and install both HIP and Hipsend.  Basically what you will end up doing is teaching Hip your STB remote buttons (I only have it using the power and number buttons). You will also teach Hip to recognise Hipsend commands using the command line executable in Hipsend. Its all a lot easier than it sounds once you've read the Hipsend instructions.Open MP config and enable the MPExTunerCmd plugin (I cant remember if thats its exact name) and browse to where you installed the Hipsend executable and leave the delimeter as #What this does is when you select a channel in MP it will use the plugin to fire a Hipsend command that Hip will convert it to the number you mapped it to from your STB remote and send that converted signal down whichever blaster you set it to go down.Then you need to set up your tv channels. I suggest you enter only two channels first and once you can change between the two you should have learnt enough to get them all going !In this part Im talking generically about the MP tabs and commands. Ive just gone from RC2 to 0.2.0.3 and the configuration is slightly different but the buttons should be obvious even though I may not have the correct names. Im also at work and going from memory so I might not have it exact <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Open MP config on television and choose the channels button. Click add and on the first tab and enter TV1 for the name. Now go to the last tab ('external') where it allows you to say where you are getting the feed from.Change the first drop box to be 'external set-top box' and change the second drop-box to be however you have connected your STB to your HTPC. I have it joined by rca cables to the second tuner on my PVR500 so for me its CVBS#2. Now put the channel number in the text box which is 1.I think you can put 01 at this point and it will save the STB from waiting to see if you are going to enter 11 for example.Do the same for a second channel probably TV2 and change the external tab as above.You should now see two channels listed on the tv page. Now click the second tab which is tv-cards and 'assign' both channels to the appropriate card. If you only have one tuner its obvious but I have two <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />At this point it gets a little hazy in my memory. I think you should be able to just exit from the config (by clicking OK or SAVE or whatever), fire up MP and go to the TV section.If you go into the guide you should see TV1 and TV2 repeated. If you havent set up xmltvnz at this point you will have no data. If you have done it and have a tvguide.xml file and have configured MP correctly then you should see whats available.If you select one of the channels you should hopefully start the tv and have it change to that channel. Im assuming here that you tested the blasters when you learnt the STB numbers and that they changed the STB channel.I have a feeling I may have forgotten something in this last part but cant put my finger on it.If you need to know how to set up xmltvnz then I can try and write something up for that aswell.Now for the disclaimer. I was very new to all this when I started and at times I felt like throwing it all out of the window but I got there eventually.Some parts I found alot of information on whilst for others I found absolutely nothing.Im sure there are easier ways to do this (my friends are nodding their heads collectively) but like I said it works for me.I also have to use Hip because I want everything hidden. These guys all have their toys out on show and so can just teach the MCE remote the amp's commands directly.Let me know how you get on.</blockquote>

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