HR2x and XML Question?

[islesfan]

I am taking a class and one of the assignments is to report on a piece of technology with which I am familiar that uses RFID, XML, and/or WiFi. I chose the HR21, of course, and I have integrated the WiFi uses (via the game adapter), but I was wondering, does the HR21 make any use of XML such as when it reports back to the mother ship or when it receives recording instructions from the online scheduler?

My assignment is fins as is, but I don't want to leave XML out if it does make use of it.

[BattleZone]

That's not the kind of information DirecTV likes to share with users, so I doubt that anyone here is going to know the answer. It's quite possible, of course, but equally possible that a more proprietary method is used.

[Stuart Sweet]

Mmmmmm.... I think that it might be possible that it uses XML but you'd never get that far into it. I honestly don't know.

[RandCfilm]

Mmmmmm.... I think that it might be possible that it uses XML but you'd never get that far into it. I honestly don't know.guarantee there is XML

START_OF_DEBUG=v5b0002
ORIGINAL_XML0=<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><message xmlns="http://dms.directv.com/message" deliveryMethod="ethernet" version="4"><messageHeader><camID>

[dgobe]

Use an ethernet sniffer and schedule some recordings

[Grentz]

Use an ethernet sniffer and schedule some recordings

Note that the online scheduled recordings come through the satellite, not network.

[TomCat]

Isn't RFID a larger question? AKAIK, about the closest the HR2x comes to that is the tag buried in the retail shipping carton.

[EricRobins]

Isn't RFID a larger question? AKAIK, about the closest the HR2x comes to that is the tag buried in the retail shipping carton.

Are the units sold at Sam's Club or any Wal-Mart?
http://www.intelligententerprise.com/channels/business_intelligence/data_visualization/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205900865

[dgobe]

Note that the online scheduled recordings come through the satellite, not network.

Noted, try VOD then.

We have ways of making them talk :up_to_som

[dgobe]

Here's a URL from an SSDP multicast, the IP is an HR20.

Location: http://192.168.xxx.xxx:49152/virtual/description.xml

Whether the OP will find anything documented is doubtful as already stated.

[dgobe]

And going to that URL yields....

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <root xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:device-1-0">
- <specVersion>
<major>1</major>
<minor>0</minor>
</specVersion>
- <device>
<deviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaServer:1</deviceType>
<friendlyName>DIRECTV2PC Media Server</friendlyName>
<manufacturer>DIRECTV</manufacturer>
<manufacturerURL>http://www.directv.com</manufacturerURL>
<modelDescription>DIRECTV2PC Media Server 1.0</modelDescription>
<modelName>MediaServer</modelName>
<modelNumber>1.0</modelNumber>
<serialNumber>RID-xxxxxxxxxx</serialNumber>
<UDN>uuid:DIRECTV2PC-Media-Server1_0-RID-xxxxxx</UDN>
- <serviceList>
- <service>
<serviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:CAService:1</serviceType>
<serviceId>urn:upnp-org:serviceId:CAService</serviceId>
<controlURL>/upnp/control/CAService1</controlURL>
<eventSubURL>/upnp/event/CAService1</eventSubURL>
<SCPDURL>/virtual/CAServiceSCPD.xml</SCPDURL>
</service>
- <service>
<serviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:OSDService:1</serviceType>
<serviceId>urn:upnp-org:serviceId:OSDService</serviceId>
<controlURL>/upnp/control/OSDService1</controlURL>
<eventSubURL>/upnp/event/OSDService1</eventSubURL>
<SCPDURL>/virtual/OSDServiceSCPD.xml</SCPDURL>
</service>
- <service>
<serviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:1</serviceType>
<serviceId>urn:upnp-org:serviceId:ContentDirectory</serviceId>
<controlURL>/upnp/control/ContentDirectory1</controlURL>
<eventSubURL>/upnp/event/ContentDirectory1</eventSubURL>
<SCPDURL>/virtual/ContentDirectorySCPD.xml</SCPDURL>
</service>
</serviceList>
<directv-hmc />
</device>
<URLBase>http://192.168.xxx.xxx:49152</URLBase>
</root>

There are a couple of other URL's there to play with.

[islesfan]

Thanks so much guys! I didn't need to have XML too, since I had wifi covered, but this enhances my work and satisfies my curiosity!

[RunnerFL]

XML is pretty much everywhere anymore.