Control Dish Network Receivers Remotely?

[bvalkenb]

I am trying to control 3 dish network receivers at a remote location. I need to be able to change the channels on the receivers, and see what is happening on the guide menu on the remote receivers, using a PC on the internet. Does anyone have any idea about how this might be done? Is there any software you would recommend? Thanks in advance for any insight you might have.

 

[tmbrown97]

Don't know how Slingbox would handle 3 receivers, but that's the basic concept, right? Couldn't Sage do that too with their placeshifter?

 

[Rupp]

Check out the BitWise controller. Combine this hardware with HomeSeer or another controlling software package and you can control IR devices via the internet.
http://store.homeseer.com/store/BC4---BitW...ls-P605C48.aspx
Seeing the changes is the missing link in this configuration.

 

[sic0048]

Yes, you could certainly do that with Sage. If you want to physically watch the channel, then a placeshifter license is required. If you simply want to navigate the screens to set recordings, see the TV guide, etc. then the web server plug-in would work. It basically lets you do everything via the web that you could do sitting at the machine.