The Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2000 set-top is a micro-sparc CPU running the
PowerTV operating system.
When you power on the set-top, the box will DHCP for an IP address. There is a
UDP based syslog of sorts that you can listen to (it sends to broadcast) which
is fun to watch while the box boots. There is also an SNMP agent you can
query for network stats, bandwidth, routing, and some other minor information
(it's a basic MIB).
I found a TCP port that you can connect to. Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure
what to make of the port, and if you type *enough* crap on the port the
set-top will spontaneously reboot.
That's about all I can tell at the moment. Anyone else willing to hack at it
some more? Mine is online at home via a WDS meshed AP repeater laptop running
both it and the primary Tivo - I would hate to crash it from here though, as
the box never seems to power itself on automagically which leaves the Tivo
recording nothing but blackness until I can get home to power-cycle it.
- Ian
On Friday 06 June 2003 02:25, bpreece1 wrote:
> The usb is so they can firmware upgrade them.
> This is when you return them they will update and have the ready for the
> next person
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dylan William Hardison" <dylanwh@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] RoadRunner modem status page
>
> > On Friday, June 06, 2003 at 12:45AM -0400, Josh Tiner wrote:
> > > Yeh, it's kind of cool. I also know how to get the IP of my digital set
> > > top box... I've been wanting to play around with the USB port and cat5
> > > in the back - but just haven't had the time... anyone know what those
> > > are for?
> >
> > You mean the digital cable box from Time^H^H^H^HBright House?
> > The IP on those Ti^H^HBright House boxes looks like a local IP...
> >
> > The USB plug on the front is curious... never seen a cat5 connection
> > on it though.
> >
> > --
> > Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
> > -- Mark Twain
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