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<blockquote data-quote="valdi" data-source="post: 875605" data-attributes="member: 116882">I didn't know we were being watched<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; The antenna rotor we are talking about has only infrared(remote control) access to change the direction of antenna.&nbsp; The rotor costs about $75. CDN.&nbsp; If I was so inclined, I could find a rotor that can be controlled via rs232 but those are quite expensive.&nbsp; I believe I saw one online for about 400.00 CDN.&nbsp; That's a little pricey just to get my Fringe in HD for free every friday.&nbsp; I'm just a rookie when it comes to automation of equipment via PC and MediaPortal (MP) so GJC had the same idea to get a simple plug-in going to interact with MediaPortal and EventGhost (EG).&nbsp; GJC has the know-how to get the plug-in up and running while I'm still reading about the interaction of Python scripting and EventGhost and trying to get up to speed.&nbsp; Again I'm a rookie<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite26" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure&nbsp; &nbsp; :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" />&nbsp; &nbsp;My involvement is two-fold, I wanted to automate the rotor direction based on channel selection within MP and have MP &quot;remember&quot; the direction of the antenna in degrees.&nbsp; So when it comes to channel change MP grabs the direction of antenna and moves the antenna to new channel direction as needed.&nbsp; Then I eventually want to bastardize his plug-in to gain control of non-RS-232 equipment via MP and EG. By recording the current status of a piece of equipment then reading and writing those variables to an XML file, I hopefully can keep track of status of settings and be able to add and subtract variables to switch settings on AMP ( Surround to 2 channel Stereo to 5 Channel Stereo ETC....).&nbsp; As far as I can find, I haven't been able to find anything or anybody that has successfully done that on these forums.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="valdi, post: 875605, member: 116882"] I didn't know we were being watched:) The antenna rotor we are talking about has only infrared(remote control) access to change the direction of antenna. The rotor costs about $75. CDN. If I was so inclined, I could find a rotor that can be controlled via rs232 but those are quite expensive. I believe I saw one online for about 400.00 CDN. That's a little pricey just to get my Fringe in HD for free every friday. I'm just a rookie when it comes to automation of equipment via PC and MediaPortal (MP) so GJC had the same idea to get a simple plug-in going to interact with MediaPortal and EventGhost (EG). GJC has the know-how to get the plug-in up and running while I'm still reading about the interaction of Python scripting and EventGhost and trying to get up to speed. Again I'm a rookie:unsure: My involvement is two-fold, I wanted to automate the rotor direction based on channel selection within MP and have MP "remember" the direction of the antenna in degrees. So when it comes to channel change MP grabs the direction of antenna and moves the antenna to new channel direction as needed. Then I eventually want to bastardize his plug-in to gain control of non-RS-232 equipment via MP and EG. By recording the current status of a piece of equipment then reading and writing those variables to an XML file, I hopefully can keep track of status of settings and be able to add and subtract variables to switch settings on AMP ( Surround to 2 channel Stereo to 5 Channel Stereo ETC....). As far as I can find, I haven't been able to find anything or anybody that has successfully done that on these forums. [/QUOTE]

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