Configuring IRServer for use as IR blaster for a STB with TVServer in Win7 (1 Viewer)

[hchrisrose]

Hi,

I'm new to this but have been slowly but surely configuring my MediaPortal system with a Server configuration and multiple clients. My Server machine in Windows 7 x64 and I am running TV Server 1.1.1.0 (latest build a few weeks back). I have Windows MCE as my remote with its IR connected to the server machine and the blaster connected over my STB (Scientific Atlanta 8300). The IR blaster was working just fine with Windows Media Center prior to the setup of Media Portal. I decided to install IR Server Suite on the machine and use the TVE3 plugin on the TV Server to allow the remote to control the STB via MediaPortal. I installed the IR Server Suite - Test Build 1.4.2.3664 as that is for 1.1.0 so I figured it is the correct version for my setup.

I went through IR Server initial config and it selected Windows MCE as Input and Output (and Windows Messages for some reason). I went in and enable TVE3 in Windows Server Config and as instructed I selected my STB from the list. When I test the Channel selection at the bottom or the key number selections at the top of the config for the plug-in, the IR Blaster flashes as expected but the STB does not respond. I then went in and tried teaching the IR Codes manually to see if my STB was somehow wrongly selected but though it was a breeze to tech it to add buttons, the tests still didnt generate any response to the flashing of the IR blasts.

I tried the Debug client also and same result - no problems connecting etc or sending codes but the blasts do nothing on the STB.

Am I making some colossally stupid error?

PS. I have also imported my STB channels using the SchedulesDirect Client and they all show up just great. However I am stimped as to how you configure them so that when I select them (and not the analog tuner card (Hauppage USB) on the channel list ) it will keep the system using the tuner card and just send the IR code to change channels on the STB on the server. I saw some references to marking these as External but I cant see where this can be done and changing channel on the MediaPortal client just generates a "No tuner available" error so I am sure I do not have the channels correctly configured.

 

[davidpmays]

I am having a similar problem. Wiki says to mark the channel "External" but does not say in what field. Where do we put the words External? I am searching the forum but have not discovered it to this point. I notice this was posted almost two years ago and no one answered it. Hummm

 

[mm1352000]

Hello David

Better to start a new thread and provide full information if you're having problems.
I suspect the information in whatever page you're following is out-of-date. There is no way that I'm aware of to mark a TV Server channel as external.

mm