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RE: [ECS] TVL stuff A.J. Griglak Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:10:14 -0500

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I was able to change the event so that it reads the show and channel number.

As far as the DITV.CHN file, a perfect example happened last night.  I have
"Everybody Loves Raymond" set up as an announced favorite.  At 8:55, ECS
read off Everybody Loves Raymond twice for each of the CBS channels that are
now carried by Direct TV - probably about 10 of them (message spoke twenty
times).  Then at 9:55, ECS read off a bunch more for all the Central Time
Zone stations...  I realize that I can change the channel in the TVLFAVS.TXT
to WCBS (which is what I did after my wife heard Everybody Loves Raymond
twenty times...;-)  Also, where are the four-digit channel numbers coming
from?

I HAVE read ECS.HTM and have edited the DITV.CHN file.  As an example, here
is a snippet from my DITV.CHN file:
728    NBAP9
729    NBAP10
730    NBAP11
731    NBAP12
732    NBAP13
733    NBAP14
720    NBATV
721    NBAP2
722    NBAP3
723    NBAP4
724    NBAP5
725    NBAP6
726    NBAP7
727    NBAP8

Yet, here is a snippet from the TV-GUIDE.TXT file:
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 721    NBAP2      NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 722    NBAP3      NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 723    NBAP4      NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 724    NBAP5      NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 725    NBAP6      NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 726    NBAP7      NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 727    NBAP8      NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 728    NBAP9      NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 729    NBAP10     NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 730    NBAP11     NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 731    NBAP12     NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 732    NBAP13     NBA League Pass
- 02/22 Tuesday   12:00P 120 733    NBAP14     NBA League Pass

Is it possible to change the methodology of the ****.CHN files to be that an
unlisted channel doesn't show up in the TV-GUIDE.TXT?

-=A.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 8:54 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] TVL stuff


Hi AJ,
Order is not important, but formatting is CRITICAL (see ECS.HTM).
Only those chans which exist in .CHN and which are NOT marked will be
filtered.
See TVL Event to kill 2nd announcement.
--
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026


> A.J. Griglak wrote:
>
> I just started using the TVL stuff (having some fun with it....)
>
> I followed all the directions in the ECS.htm file, including editing
> the DITV.CHN file.  The channels that I selected are showing up in the
> TV Guide, but so are a bunch of channels that aren't in the DITV.CHN
> file (for example, all the new local 900 channels..)  If the channel
> is not listed in the *.CHN file, shouldn't the default be for it NOT
> to show up?  I tried adding the 900's to the DITV.CHN file, but they
> are still showing up.  Is there a specific order that they need to be
> in, or follow specific formatting?  Also, there are some four digit
> channels that show up (ex. 9644 - Mega).  Four digits aren't possible
> on DTV...
>
> When the shows are announced, is it by design that they are announced
> twice?  Is it possible to strip out duplicates?  For example, one show
> in my TVLFAV.TXT is Seinfeld, which is on a couple of channels at the
> same time - so ECS announces Seinfeld like 8 times in a row (the wife
> is getting annoyed at that one  ;-)  Is it possible to change the
> announcement to be the show name and the channel #?   I haven't been
> ambitious enough to play with the Ocelot's IR capability in order to
> use the <V>iew command.
>
> Also, just to verify...  the sole purpose of <MARK> ing a show is to
> put an asterisk in front of the TV-GUIDE listings?
>
> Thanks!
> -=A.J.

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