Hello

I have a Hughes Model GAEBOA receiver which I use with my DirecTV system. I read some other posts on how to get a script to control the box, and I have a few questions.

A lot of people are talking about a serial-to-RJ11 plug (?) to connect the two boxes. I cannot do that because I do not have a "Home Control" port on the back of my DirecTV receiver.

I do, however, have a 1/8" mini din jack (headphone jack) plug labeled "RF Remote". Can I use this port somehow? I really have no idea, as I am no engineer.

Also, I have the IR blaster which came with my Tivo. It uses a similar 1/8" headphone jack (2 contacts, not 3). Is there a way for me to use this? If not, where do I get an IR blaster?

Thanks,

----------------------Steve

If you can't control your dss receiver with a serial cable (my Hughes HIRD-B2 is this way too ), you can build a simple IR transmitter that you can use with lirc to send IR commands to change channels on your Hughes receiver.

Here's the link to the schematic and other information:

http://lirc.org/transmitters.html

That scares the CRAP out of me!

I think I'd kill myself putting something like that together. It's got all those squiggly lines and zigzags. Looks pretty technical.

I have an IR blaster that came with my Tivo. It has a mono headphone jack at one end, and 2 wedge-shaped blasters at the other.

http://www.wtv-zone.com/WIN/Sellow/Fram ... laster.jpg

Can I use this somehow?

thanks,

---------------S

I can't see how you're going to be able to connect that to your mythbox.

Here's a serial ir blaster for $25:

http://store.snapstream.com/irblcapa.html