Can one UIRT control two identical cable set top boxes?

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Can one UIRT control two identical cable set top boxes?

Postby greymont » Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:08 pm

I have two cable TV feeds into a dual-tuner card in my PC controlled by Beyond TV .9.2. Works great.

Now Comcast will be switching to all-digital and I have two STB that I will insert into the mix. I plan to use USB-UIRT to control the STB instead of direct control of the tuners on the card. Pretty standard stuff, I think.

However, having never used a IR device in any automated way, I don't know if I need 2 USB-UIRT devices or if one will control both STBs. ANyone know?
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Postby fox » Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:05 pm

Some receivers have multiple distinct codesets to allow for independent operation of identical boxes. Some DirecTV and TiVo receivers have the feature. More info here http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=94875

Some cable boxes (e.g. Scientific Atlanta) have the capability but it is usually disabled in the configuration available from your cable company.

You could try to get 2 different model STBs from Comcast that don't use the same IR codes, or get one or two TiVo DVRs.
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