Need Help on IR Blaster Support (see 2nd page) (1 Viewer)

[mPod]

I have the MCE version. The remote with the Green Button. I suppose it's an MCE Clone?

Lawrence

Correct. So you gotta use the MyBlaster plugin and can't use MP's Hauppauge IR Blaster plugin. I gotta pass here, cause I'm on Hauppauge original.

So guys, anybody had the Hauppauge MCE clone blaster remote working with the MyBlaster plugin? (Until now I only saw posts about original Microsoft MCE Blaster versions...)

 

[Lawrence]

So by having to use (required to use?) the MyBlaster plugin I'm dead in the water due to the Hauppauge drivers not being able to detect my hardware which is a slippery slope to the MyBlaster plugin or any other plugin that uses the Hauppauge drivers being active.

Again, I can't "train" MyBlaster because it never gets fully activated due to the situation above.

Let's forget about which remote I have for a moment.

Are you telling me that Hauppage distributes 2 different types of IR blaster hardware devices depending on which version of PVR-150 you have or is the IR hardware identical and the remotes just different?

Reason I ask is obvious. If the IR hardware is identical then it should work the same way yours does, even if your remote is different. Again I can control MP via the remote. It just won't pass IR to the set top box.

Now if the actual IR hardware is different then that could be an entirely different story.

Lawrence

 

[onkl]

[...]Are you telling me that Hauppage distributes 2 different types of IR blaster hardware devices depending on which version of PVR-150 you have or is the IR hardware identical and the remotes just different?[...]

There are two kinds of hardware. Originally, Hauppauge produced a lot of PVR cards, like PVR 250, PVR 350 etc. , all with a hauppauge remote+blasters.
Then cam microsoft, with Win MCE. Hauppauge jumped on the bandwagon with a bundle containing an PVR 150 WITHOUT remote and some other modifications and a Microsoft (or clone) remote. They named that bundle PVR 150 MCE.
The remote, receiver and blaster you have can be obtained in a shop seperately with a big Microsoft label on it. It has nothing to do with Hauppauge, except you can buy it bundled with a Hauppauge card.

By the way, the eHome driver you met is the correct driver for that remote. Might be worth it finding an newer version, but you shouldn't replace it with Hauppauge remote drivers

 

[mPod]

Onkl is right, there are two hardware versions. PVR-150 MCE with MCE like blaster and remote (so in theory identical to Microsoft's hardware) and the classic version PVR-150, that comes with another remote and another blaster hardware. That's true for almost all current PVR, HVR and Nova-T cards that Hauppauge distributes atm. In fact there are 3 versions of each card out there atm. Classic Retail, MCE and a bulk version, that only comes as a card with no additional remote or blaster.

Can be pretty confusing, huh? That's why I was asking what hardware you exactly have. And this means of course, different drivers, different helper applications, different setup applications.

 

[Lawrence]

I'm not talking about the video card or the remote hardware. I'm talking about the IR receiver and it's ability to output to a set top box.

So assuming my IR receiver (USB with the emitters that plug directly into it, not into the video card) is the standard MS version.

Question: Does anyone here have that version of IR receiver (has SMK on the bottom) working on a MCE PC system with Media Portal and have it changing channels on a STB? It's the little grey box with a usb cable and two emitter output plugs.

Since MyBlaster doesn't load correctly on my system I guess I'd better just give up on this and go back to MCE. It's gonna be hard because I like MP a lot.

Lawrence

 

[mPod]

I'm not talking about the video card or the remote hardware. I'm talking about the IR receiver and it's ability to output to a set top box.

I know. But the type of card tells us what other hardware got bundled. And I just wanted to explain those different versions and why they are there. Just forget about it. :roll:

 

[rperepol]

I know. But the type of card tells us what other hardware got bundled. And I just wanted to explain those different versions and why they are there. Just forget about it. :roll:

I also have the Hauppauge PVR-150 MCE bundle with a MCE clone remote and USB blaster. Here is a picture of the bundle (blaster not shown): http://img.ncix.com/images/17372_CR.jpg These bundles first appeared in Canada in December. I have been playing with it on and off for the past 3 months and have had no luck in getting MP to change channels on my Satellite box. I tried GBPVR and a demo of Sage TV, but MP is far superior. I experimented a bit with HIP and got it to send IR, but could not get MP to interface with HIP. Has anyone gotten this PVR bundle to send IR?