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*edit* See the bottom for new info

Well, I finally hooked up my 5040 and 5504 yesterday to Voom. I know I'm not the first (that honor goes to tlrowley I think) but I thought I'd share the process I went through, to make it even easier for others.

So what do you need?

1) A Windows PC that you leave up all the time
2) A nice little utility called WiRNS that kjac from AVSForums wrote. See the thread here:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=384071&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

3) Microsoft's .Net 1.1 framework
4) A home network that your Replay units are hooked to
5) Replay 4x or higher
6) An account at Zap2It for the guide data.
7) The SQLite utility that can be found at
http://www.sqlite.com/

- Get the archive and unzip it to a folder
- Get an account on http://labs.zap2it.com/ Use this certificate code: DQYN-JQ2N-IBUT
- Setup your zap2it labs account (add all your lineups, see below about locals)
- Double click the StartWirns.bat file
- Open a web browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:8923/
- Click Configuration->WiRNS
WiRNS IP: The ip address that wirns will bind to port 80 on your pc.
DNS Server: A dns server that is accessible from your PC (usually your ISPs)
- Click Configuration->DataDirect
Username: The username you signed up to DD with.
Password: The password you signed up to DD with.
- Click Administration->Update Guide
- Watch the Server window, it will eventually say:
"Processing ToDo Information"
- Close the server
- Double Click StartWirns.bat again
- Click Configuration->Replays
- Add all your replays
- Click Administration->Update Guide again to rebuild the ToDo lists
- Wait for the update to finish, and restart the server again.

*** If you want locals, do not do the following until you have done the sqlite steps below

- Reconfigure your replay to use a static ip, make the DNS1 and DNS2 your wirnsip
-Add the multiple connections if you are trying to get local data
- Change the zipcode on your replay to proxy through wirns, and select multiple sources to get locals.
- Enjoy.

Local Guide Data Section:

Make sure in the Zap2It section you add a second provider for your locals (you will have to select exactly which locals you have) and in WiRNS, you define a second source for your Local Broadcast. The above steps will get you all of the Voom program guide, but to add your locals you will need to do the following prior to configuring the Replay boxes:

First, copy sqlite into the WiRNs directory. Then execute the following:

sqlite WiRNS.db

SELECT * FROM lineups;

You should get an output that looks similar to this:

VOOM||Satellite|06040
Local Broadcast Listings||LocalBroadcast|06040

Execute the following:

UPDATE lineups SET TYPE='Satellite';

Execute this again:

SELECT * FROM lineups;

And your results should now look like this:

VOOM||Satellite|06040
Local Broadcast Listings||Satellite|06040

Then type .exit to get out of sqlite.

Now, you will need to run 2 sources from the Voom box to the Replay. I run SVideo and coax. Thankfully your Voom box outputs on all connections at once! When you change your zipcode, it asks you what is connected to each input. I chose Video 2 (Svideo), then selected Satellite as my provider, then chose Voom. And then for the Coax input I selected Satellite again and this time chose Local Broadcasts. Obviously use the same Motorolla code on both inputs. And Voila. The limitation is no sub channels. You will only get the mains, because Replay doesn't know how to handle the -. I'm sure if you want to hack the SQL and XML, you could find away around that. If you do, let me know!

It really is that simple. The recordings look outstanding. If you need a PVR stopgap for Voom, I highly recommend this solution. A a note, WiRNS does a LOT more than just this. Play with it, it's an excellent tool for scheduling, task lists, etc;

NEW INFO! Apparently, once you've given Replay the fact that Voom is an input you can stop using WiRNS. So you set WiRNS up, let it connect once, then you change your network setting back to normal. It's outstanding

MP