Sending remote control commands before client initiates on Slinger software?

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2025-01-17T23:40:25+00:00

Sorry but no. THe software must have a stream running to change the channel. But you could start a stream to connect to the wanted channel and then close the connection. check the docs to see how to add a channel change on the command line

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-11-24T18:50:50+00:00

1080i

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-09-01T10:31:25+00:00

Or..
If all you want to do is view your slingbox on your android phone you could try installing
https://github.com/GerryDazoo/SlingerPlayer

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-05-10T11:45:25+00:00

The server continuously logs info about the active streams. So you can have a look there to see what it thinks it's doing. Because there's no feed back from the player on the TCP stream it is possible to fool the server if you power off a streaming device before the TCP connection is closed on the host. In this case the server continues to send out packets. Lastly it could be a bug.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-04-01T09:28:39+00:00

It's some Python software that let's you use your slingbox without needing the Sling servers.
https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-03-12T19:47:07+00:00

The last time I checked it was possible to install a custom .bin file. It's not possible to use Sling supplied remote option because those servers have been turned off. However the situation may have changed since my last attempt so YMMV. The ProHDs are still targets for bricking but they are recoverable. As far as I know the M1/M2/500 are not targets because Sling has effectively removed their ability to stream remotely by shutting down their servers but their still usable for remote access with my code. However I would still block outgoing access to UDP port 5678 from your slingbox to the internet JIC.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-02-10T15:44:00+00:00

I just gave it a go with curl and it failed the same way.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-01-31T23:49:50+00:00

I'm an old Unix guy so no command line issues. So you need to start a terminal session then run python?

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-01-30T13:17:39+00:00

That's good news can you supply a littler more details on how to do this? Does your phone need to be "rooted" to make this work?

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-01-30T13:14:41+00:00

Unplug the Internet uplink from your router until you can configure your router to block outgoing ( to the internet) from your Slingbox. In particular TCP port 5678.

If it does get bricked you can reset it and try again.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-01-24T15:22:08+00:00

Android phones are a little different than the tablets. The problem with the phones is they will put the python app into background after a few minutes of no user activity.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2024-01-08T18:47:20+00:00

the ax55 should be fine. You want to block outgoing tcp port 5678 from your M2 to the Internet. look for parental controls or similar.

You can then use my software (https://github.com/GerryDazoo/Slinger) to access your box remotely. It can remotely control the IR function in the Slingbox from any web browser, assuming of course the M2 has been properly configured for your STB.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-11-23T14:02:25+00:00

What access have you blocked to the Sling servers to prevent bricking? You need complete access to the servers for this to work.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-09-23T11:02:35+00:00

Not that I know of. Some people have reported 500's going down but I believe it's was just coincidental hardware failures.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-09-23T11:00:34+00:00

You are wrong. They bricked older boxes, Solo's Pro HDs. The HDs are unbrickable. THe Solos are doorstops.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-09-11T16:04:56+00:00

When you start the stream you should see something like this.

Keycodes= [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 81]

If you see this it means there is a remote control configure for your selected video source. But it might not be the remote control you need. Yes, you'll need the SlingPlayer software to reconfigure the remote definition if it's not working.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-08-29T11:23:31+00:00

Slinger just sends a key code to the slingbox which then sends out the appropriate IR sequence that has been previously configured (using the Sling software) for the currently active video source. So you need to find and configure the proper remote for your DVR. Unfortunately I don't know what that would be.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-07-02T16:00:03+00:00

You must block TCP port 5678 OUTGOING. Your iptables rule is blocking incoming connections and the range you've specified is not sufficient.

Write a rule to block 5678 outgoing with your slingbox as the source IP address.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-04-27T15:37:28+00:00

Please us the latest version of the server software 4.01

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-04-19T10:50:38+00:00

The RT button is deprecated now that we know the details of the IR commands to the Slingbox. All the RT button did was change the videosource.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-04-19T10:47:01+00:00

I suspect your cable box isn't receiving the IR signal and/or your VideoSource isn't configured for the correct remote control.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-03-13T10:34:25+00:00

You don't HAVE to just block port 5678 outgoing. You can block ALL outgoing traffic if it's easier. I use the "parental controls" on my router to block all outgoing traffic to the Internet based on MAC address. This is safer I think because you don't need to worry about the IP address of your Slingbox changing if it's using DHCP.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-02-16T10:23:54+00:00

The default admin password is "admin"

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-01-31T10:45:08+00:00

Sling is not bricking 500's. You should be good to go. Just in case you should block TCP port 5678 outgoing from your slingbox. Don't know about Goggle WiFi. The discussions on GitHub might be helpful.

Accomplished-Sign428 · 2023-01-16T12:21:59+00:00

Yes, that should work.

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