
Installation & Usage - Dusky Control linux 'check-sky' app
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Hardware install
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Connect the RS232 port on a Sky Digibox to an RS232 port on your linux
PC.

To build
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Run the command 'make'.

To install
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Run the command 'make install' as user 'root'.

Example command
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Check if Sky (or Sky+ or Sky+HD) box connected to ttyS0 is tuned to
channel 123 and has no errors:

check-sky --feedback /dev/ttyS0 --channel 123

The exit status will be 0 if the Sky box appears to be tuned to that
channel and working correctly, and 1 otherwise.

In the case of a failure, relevant output explaining what went wrong
will be printed.


If you encounter unexpected behaviour, use the --debug option to
print the raw Sky box output for analysis.

LICENSE
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Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Joseph Heenan. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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-- 
joseph@dusky-control.com
