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<blockquote data-quote="ajp8164" data-source="post: 475800" data-attributes="member: 64375">WileECoyote -I could not get the select command to work with directv.exe (tried from the plugin and command line).&nbsp; So, I started poking around and found this page:<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Controlling_DirecTV_Set_Top_Box_(STB)_via_USB_or_Serial#External_Links" target="_blank">Controlling DirecTV Set Top Box (STB) via USB or Serial - MythTV</a>You can download a perl script that does essentially the exact same thing that directv.exe does.&nbsp; I used the activestate pdk to compile the perl script to an exe and put it on my htpc in place of the GBPVR downloaded directv.exe and it works great - out of the box you can send it the &quot;enter&quot; key and it works very fast.&nbsp; So, this issue is solved - and, I have the source code in case I ever want to make any changes (which I might, see below) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Next issue - let me know if you're experiencing this... if I suspend my PC and then resume, the directv program (both the original exe and the perl version) fail to open the serial port - this only happens after suspend and resume.&nbsp; To correct the problem I have to reboot (until I suspend again).&nbsp; In looking through the perl code (which uses [code]Win32::SerialPort[/code] to access the port) the program does close the SerialPort as it exits but I presume it is not releasing all of its resources or something since I am getting an error opening the port after the PC resumes.&nbsp; The specific error is &quot;access denied&quot;.&nbsp; I'm not sure what's going on and I have not yet seen any posts discussing this.-Andy</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ajp8164, post: 475800, member: 64375"] WileECoyote - I could not get the select command to work with directv.exe (tried from the plugin and command line). So, I started poking around and found this page: [url=http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Controlling_DirecTV_Set_Top_Box_(STB)_via_USB_or_Serial#External_Links]Controlling DirecTV Set Top Box (STB) via USB or Serial - MythTV[/url] You can download a perl script that does essentially the exact same thing that directv.exe does. I used the activestate pdk to compile the perl script to an exe and put it on my htpc in place of the GBPVR downloaded directv.exe and it works great - out of the box you can send it the "enter" key and it works very fast. So, this issue is solved - and, I have the source code in case I ever want to make any changes (which I might, see below) :D Next issue - let me know if you're experiencing this... if I suspend my PC and then resume, the directv program (both the original exe and the perl version) fail to open the serial port - this only happens after suspend and resume. To correct the problem I have to reboot (until I suspend again). In looking through the perl code (which uses [code]Win32::SerialPort[/code] to access the port) the program does close the SerialPort as it exits but I presume it is not releasing all of its resources or something since I am getting an error opening the port after the PC resumes. The specific error is "access denied". I'm not sure what's going on and I have not yet seen any posts discussing this. -Andy [/QUOTE]

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