by Cilantro13 » Wed May 21, 2008 7:49 pm
Under the cabinet, I have my HTPC, a DVD player, a Uverse cable box, and the USBUIRT. Above the cabinet, I have a second Uverse cable box next to the television, which is the one my wife uses to watch TV. The problem is sometime the ir remote commands intended for the one above the cabinet get relayed to the one below when the doors are shut, which causes the channel to change or the power to be turned off.
So yeah, the USB-UIRT and cable box under the cabinet are pushed all the way to the back of the cabinet and turned 90 degrees so they are not directly facing the crack between the cabinet doors. The USB-UIRT is placed directly in front of and facing the cable box.
Snapstream sells a great little RF remote that (no line of sight necessary) that can be configured to work with girder. I have fiddled with girder a little, and it isn't tough to program per se, but very time consuming.
I am not sure why the Uverse box would reject the commands. Mine works fine with respect to getting commands from the USB-UIRT, but that is the only connection between cable box and computer with the exception of an S-Video connector hooked to one of my TV cards.