Controlling SKY Satellite Other Channels from Media Portal (1 Viewer)

[mikedirl]

Hi,

I posted this in the EPG section and got no responses.

I know cross posting isnt good but I really need some guidance.

I live in the Ireland and use sky digital satellite.

I am just about to build a media portal system.

I understand for a SKY STB I would use IR signals to synchronise channel changes on Media Portals tv guide with SKY epg channels.

The irish sky epg does not include BBC3 or 4 or ITV 1, 2 etc but we can get them my setting them up under other channels under the services section on the sky stb.

Is there a way for me to associate say BBC3 on the media portal tv guide with a sequence of ir signals. i.e. to simulate the remote control key presses required to view one of these non epg other channels.

The key presses in my sky remote to watch BBC3 would be <SERVICES> <OTHER> <DOWN> <DOWN> <OK>

I get the impression from reading other posts that the media portal ir signal sent to the sky stb for channel changes can only be the three digit channel numbers.

Your help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[mossym]

agreed, would like this too...is there any way of wrting a script that links to selecting that channel? perhaps use girder to take care of the channel changing, but linking selecting that channel on the epg to running that set of commands?

 

[amnw14545]

Yes, you can write a script.

You can use the external command plugin to run the script (just a .bat file) when you change channel.

This can look at the channel passed as an argument and send the appropriate commands via your infrared transmitter.

I use a Redrat3 to control my sky box.

Have a look at this http://www.redrat.co.uk/Software/RedRatControl/RedRat3 With ShowShifter.pdf the principles are the same.