I need a way to determine the state of a set top box. I thought there would be something from mcm, amazon, etc. that would have a RCA input that would detect video signal and have either contact closure output or a DC voltage output.
Does anyone know of said device? I'm in a desperate need for a bunch.
I found a basic schematic where I can build one, but I need 7 asap and plenty more. and I don't want to mess around with project boxes...
My situation:
Time Warner cable boxes used to have a beautiful "Power/Numeric" option to power on a cable box giving me discrete control over power. (Power=off / 0,Exit=on). They removed that feature and now in a clients home, I lost control over their cable boxes and its a crap shoot if they are on or off. Cause no matter what, even with "power save mode" off, they always revert to an off state! Angry clients=no bueno.
I was going to take the feedback from said sensor and run it into the processor i/o port and have one for each cable box to know if I need to power on or not.
If anyone can help me I'd be eternally grateful!
Thanks!
Does anyone know of said device? I'm in a desperate need for a bunch.
I found a basic schematic where I can build one, but I need 7 asap and plenty more. and I don't want to mess around with project boxes...
My situation:
Time Warner cable boxes used to have a beautiful "Power/Numeric" option to power on a cable box giving me discrete control over power. (Power=off / 0,Exit=on). They removed that feature and now in a clients home, I lost control over their cable boxes and its a crap shoot if they are on or off. Cause no matter what, even with "power save mode" off, they always revert to an off state! Angry clients=no bueno.
I was going to take the feedback from said sensor and run it into the processor i/o port and have one for each cable box to know if I need to power on or not.
If anyone can help me I'd be eternally grateful!
Thanks!