DTV Code Failure

Anyone else seeing this code for direct channel access failing?

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 dvrPlugin = indigo.server.getPlugin("com.perceptiveautomation.indigoplugin.directvdvrcontrol")
if dvrPlugin.isEnabled():
   dvrPlugin.executeAction("setChannel", props={'address':"192.168.1.53", 'channelNumber':'356'})

All other functions seem to be working.

Carl

Are you getting an error message in the Indigo log, or is the script "just not working"?

No errors. Just not working.

Edit: I did try rebooting the DTV.

Thanks,

Carl

Your script looks right. Are you certain that the IP address of the target DVR is "192.168.1.53"?

Yes, all other commands work fine.

Thanks,

Carl

Okay, this is a long shot, but I notice that your code in the first message has a space at the front of the first line. If that space is in your actual script, delete it.

For kicks, put one more space in the front of the third line (so it's four spaces)

Thanks but no joy.
No actual space before first line and any spaces I add anywhere else triggers an error.

Any command using this code does work:

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 dvrPlugin = indigo.server.getPlugin("com.perceptiveautomation.indigoplugin.directvdvrcontrol")
if dvrPlugin.isEnabled():
   dvrPlugin.executeAction("sendKeyPress", props={'address':"192.168.1.53", 'keyToPress':"9"})


Carl

Does the action itself work via the plugin UI?

ie taking the script out of the equation?


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No, the “go to channel” isn’t working using the UI or the code.
The “send key press” works in the UI and using code.

Weird. I haven’t changed anything with the plugin in years.
Maybe DTV ran an update that broke it?

Thanks,

Carl

I've just added one line, to output the reply from the DirectTV to the Indigo log.

Won't be pretty, but might tell you the problem.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5bh9eui5isltq ... n.zip?dl=1

[jay (support)]

Given that nothing has changed in the plugin and other commands continue to work, my guess is that a DTV update has broken that functionality. Maybe @howartp's version can help confirm that.

Here’s the error using your revised plugin:
May 28, 2022 at 4:10:42 PM
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DIRECTV DVR Control Error {u'status': {u'msg': u'Invalid clientAddr', u'query': u'/tv/tune?major=23&minor=65535&clientAddr=0', u'code': 200, u'commandResult': 1}}

Thanks,

Carl

clientAddr can either be 0 (for 'the server') or a MAC Address string (no colons or dashes) for 'a client', but the specs don't say who is which.

Try adding clientAddr to your script props with your Mac's MAC address as a string?

Using your sendKeyPress code above, it would be equivalent to this:

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dvrPlugin.executeAction("sendKeyPress", props={'address':"192.168.1.53", 'keyToPress':"9", 'clientAddr':"AABBCCDDEEFF"})

Guess I’m confused. The “send key press” code, and in the UI, is the one that is working.
How should I incorporate your code?

Thanks,

Carl

Sorry, where you got your actual code for changing channel (which you’ve not provided yet), add the clientAddr on like I have in sendKeyPress.

Or paste me your channel code and I’ll add it for you.


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