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Re: [ECS] problem upgrading Don Stephens Thu, 6 Jan 2000 07:52:23 -0800

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David;
 How did you get the Xcite code for your system? I find that my listing is
missing a couple of channels.
Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Kindred" <david_kindred@iname.com>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 6:55 AM
Subject: RE: [ECS] problem upgrading


> Hey, Tom.
>
> Our cable system is exactly the same here, that's why Mark made some
> enhancements to TVL1 a couple of weeks ago--for me! What a pal. Anyway, I
> found the Xcite code for my cable system which included the cable channel
> numbers for the box. (Hilt, if you're tuned in, it's "MD53200".) I had to
> create a custom MD53200.CHN file with all the correct channel numbers in
it
> so they could be translated into the ones used by my cable ready VCR. The
> TVL.BAT item now reads "TVL.BAT MD53200 8 1"
>
> Now, I have the correct channel assignments showing up in the TV Listings.
I
> haven't gotten announcements or recordings to work yet, because of work.
> Can't wait to get back to it, though.
>
> I don't know if it's been pointed out to everyone, but Xcite does have
> listings for all of the cable companies, which would include local
channels.
> You don't have to be stuck with just the TZ-E entries if you don't want
to.
>
> --David
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Hutchins-TA [mailto:hutchins.ta@pg.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 9:20 AM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] problem upgrading
>
>
> Don,
>
> Many of the channel #'s are different between the basic and the std for
> example
> TBS is channel 6 on std and channel 57 on basic. Go figure.
>
> Tom
>
>
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> From: donstephens@101freeway.com (Don Stephens) on 01/06/2000 09:03 AM
>
> Please respond to ecs-list@netbloc.com
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> To:   ecs-list@netbloc.com
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>
>
> Tom:
>  Am I to understand that your cable company's basic channel lineup is
> DIFFERENT
> than the enhanced cable..or do you need different IR-Signals for the VCR
and
> Cable Box?
> Don
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Thomas Hutchins-TA
>   To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
>   Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:24 AM
>   Subject: Re: [ECS] problem upgrading
>
>
>   All,
>
>   Never mind about the announcement before recording part, figured that
one
> out
>   with help from Mark S. & Don.
>
>   Now, my basic cable (TIME WARNER) is fed directly into the VCR on this
set
> and
>   so I don't need to use the cable box but rather the VCR to select the
> channel.
>   However on my other set I will use the std cable box to change channels
> and
> the
>   two don't necessarily use the same channel #'s(thanks TIME WARNER:-().
> Therefore
>   I don't want to just set the cable channels to work with the VCR.
>
>   To make a long story short would I create a new event called 'VCR chan
> set'
> and
>   add a reference to it in TVR just like 'cable chan set' and use some
logic
> to
>   decide which "__ chan set" to use?
>
>   And to get really bizarre how hard would it be to have 2 TV-guides one
for
> basic
>   cable (VCR) and one for std cable box.
>
>   If anyone has read this far and wondering why in the hell would anyone
go
> to
>   this much trouble it's because the cable box is in the living room and
all
> hell
>   would break loose if in the middle of 'Blues Clues' the TV switched to
> record
>   the football game for me. So most of the recording will happen on the
> second
>   TV/VCR but it doesn't get all of the cable channels and I can't afford
the
> extra
>   cable boxes just for this!
>
>   Thanks,
>
>   Tom
>
>
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>   From: "Tom Hutchins" <hutchins_ta@fuse.net> on 01/05/2000 09:46 PM
>
>   Please respond to ecs-list@netbloc.com
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>   Subject:  Re: [ECS] problem upgrading
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>
>
>
>   Mark S.
>
>   By editing the VCR:REC item I mean changing the 'ITEM' VCR:REC from IR
> SIGNAL
> to
>   NUMBER and using that to store the IR signal ID. I couldn't see any
reason
> to
>   have items set up for IR-2B and then have to set up new ones for HV.
>   As for the announce I thought that if TVL was set up to record a
favorite
> it
>   would speak a 'record warning' automatically, is that true?
>
>   Tom
>   ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Mark Sekelsky
>     To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
>     Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 8:23 PM
>     Subject: RE: [ECS] problem upgrading
>
>
>     I am not sure what you mean by editing VCR:REC, but if you mean
editing
> the
>   item in example.cfg the answer is no.  The HV unit needs to have your
> specific
>   IR signals stored within it.
>
>     I know what you mean about midnight announcements.  When I first
started
>   playing with the TVL events I had "Star Trek" announced like a gazillion
> times
>   after midnight.  In my case I have a "flag" set when we are in bed.  I
> simply
>   added a IF (might be a BEGINIF) statement to not make announcements if
we
> were
>   in bed.  Mark has this in example.cfg as well (If Awake is Not True, or
>   something like that).  If you don;t have a status such as these you
could
> easily
>   incorporate a line(s) like:
>
>     If    Time    Is LT    11:00 PM
>     And    Time    Is GT 7:00 AM
>     Then    TV Shows Announce    Set Speak
>
>     Mark S
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: Tom Hutchins [mailto:hutchins_ta@fuse.net]
>       Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 7:06 PM
>       To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
>       Subject: Re: [ECS] problem upgrading
>
>
>       Mark, Don, Paul,
>
>       Thanks to all your help I have TV-Guide / TV-Listings up and running
>   great!!!!!!!!
>       I had two things wrong first of all I didn't realize that my TZ-E
file
> was
>   overwritten when I upgraded so I had to go back in and "start from
> scratch"
>   adding "*"'s and changing the channel #'s. Secondly, when I cut and
pasted
> some
>   of the TVL items into ecs.cfg somehow some extra spaces got into the
'FILE
> : '
>   lines and so ECS was looking for "   :  TVL.TXT" for example. So , a
> little
>   editing repair work and now everything works great!!
>
>       Now for a question. I want to get the VCR to record my favorites! I
>   understand the selection of favs no problem. Now I need to get the 'IR
> stuff'
>   working using my HV-PC w/ Xantech dual emitters plugged into the back.
> Help
> file
>   describes how to input the IR signal data but I want to know if I can
> simply
>   edit the existing VCR:REC ect items instead of starting over. Also, I
> don't
> need
>   the Announcement along w/ the Record (am using the bedroom TV/VCR for
this
> and
>   the 'BOSS' will get very upset if the computer starts announcing that it
> will
>   'Record Poirot in 60 seconds' at 2am!!!). Can this be done?
>
>       Thanks,
>
>       Tom
>
>

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