[ILUG] usb-serial adaptors (was modems)

[Killian Faughnan]

2008/12/22 Patrick O'Connor <patrick.oconnor at sysadmin.ie>

> 2008/12/22 Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Kae Verens wrote:
> >
> > > I'm intrigued - didn't know there was a non-legal use for them - I have
> > > four at the moment that I'm using for a robot, but will not need them
> in
> > > a week (building an I2C-based replacement for them - less cables and
> > > fiddliness).
> > >
> > > what is this hookie cable-tv box trick that you're speaking of?
> >
> > There are apparently, replacement set-top boxes available for the likes
> of
> > the NTL (and presumably chorus) digital service.  These don't enforce
> > control on which channels may be viewed.
> >
> > From what I gathered, apparently some of them need reprogramming
> > occasionally with a new key or something and this is done from a pc over
> a
> > serial console.  This could be very wrong, but that's what I understood
> > from the shop assistant.
>
>
> I think that they are talking about devices like this...
>
> http://www.bubblecableboxes.com/
>
> Patrick
>

You can get them from here also which is an Irish provider.

http://www.theboxireland.com/

>From what I hear they work pretty well and just need to have their key
updated every few months. It looks like the new ones can also be used to
record TV onto an external harddrive, and can be now updated via USB key as
opposed to serial.

Killian


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