Season/RS232

***wolsty*** · 12-01-2003

If, as on the Humax 5400z, there is an RS232 port on the rear panel, why is it necessary to use a Season Interface to connect to a PC? Would it not be simpler, tidier and more efficient to link directly from computer to STB via a null-modem able?

***pixey*** · 13-01-2003

But then you are not using the cam???

pixey

***wolsty*** · 13-01-2003

But doesn't the RS232 address the CAM when a software patch (eg ToH 2.1) is installed?

***pixey*** · 14-01-2003

Now you're asking!!
If that was the case, why is the season for a Samsung "active" and for the Humax passive, when they are both patched??

pixey

***wolsty*** · 14-01-2003

I don't know enough about the Season Interface or the innards of the Humax or Samsung to venture an answer. I'm not so hot on computing either. But it seems to me that if the CAM is directly accessible via the RS232 port, it should be possible, using appropriate software, to bypass the Season on this route. Cutting out all the intermediate hardware should also result in a faster, simpler, more reliable setup.

It's just a thought. I wouldn't know where to start.

***pixey*** · 14-01-2003

I don't think that the "business" side of the cam is accessable from the rs232 port - but I could be wrong..

pixey

***wolsty*** · 14-01-2003

That would explain why the Season is necessary. But if the 'business side' is accessible, it opens up a range of possibilities.

***pixey*** · 14-01-2003

Very true!!

pixey

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