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Hi guys,
No more B&O shop around my house.
The first french B&O dealer is more than 300 kms from my home.
How can i update my BeoVision 10-40 MK1 PUC ?
Impossible mission ?
Thanks
Afraid so 😕. Only (cheap) alternative is to use a raspberry pi with or software and translate an existing puc to the new one (can do this relatively easily)
Thanks frog,
But, how can you do that ?
Check out LIRC and using a raspberry pi, you can do this assuming you already have one STB in your puc list?
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Yes, i have 3 or 4 STB.
What about the software ?
Give me an hour or so and I'll write a fuller response once I'm home
Thanks a lot...
i'm waiting for your answer and may be some Beoworlders too.
Firstly get a raspberry Pi. Plenty of places you can get one, but worthwhile getting a kit with a PSU and a SD card. You then need to download an operating system onto the SD card. I recommend Raspian Jessie Lite from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
Don't forget to put a ssh file in the top directory of the SD card so that you can ssh into the raspberry using your Mac or PC.
Once that is up and running and you can ssh into the raspberry, you need next to download the LIRC software - this will handle the conversion between one IR format and another. The instructions can be found at https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=159035.
Physical connections are the next thing to do.
Now to connect an existing PUC output, you need to set the output on the BV10 for the new Box's PUC to be one of the existing STB options but also set the output to be PLUG with no modulation. This is important as you will be directly wiring the output of the plug to a GPIO pin on the raspberry. The cable required would need to have a 3.5mm plug on one end (to plug into the BV10) and the other end needs a couple of resistors and connects to a GPIO pin (and ground) on the raspberry. Instructions are here: http://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/22757.aspx
You then can wire one of the GPIO outputs plus 5v and ground to an IR emitter (you can buy one and just remove the plug).
You then can translate using LIRC from the input IR signal to the corresponding output that suits the new STB.
All in all, it shouldn't cost more than about 60€.
If you don't want to do the above, you could also go via the Lintronic route - which is much more expensive (300€) , and could do the same thing but with less home-build.
Thanks very much for taking the time !
I'm not sure if i can go to this route, it's very technical !
Lintronic is a more expensive but a good solution.
Or, even more expensive, i swap my BV 10 against a new BeoVision with smart PUC !!
Steph:Or, even more expensive, i swap my BV 10 against a new BeoVision with smart PUC !!
I'm in the same boat, waiting to see the new TV which could replace the BV10.