[mythtv-users] Lirc and jvc_send?

[Michael Hill]

Are you using two seperate lirc modules as well ?  Can you give more detail on
how to get this to work ?

Thanks, Mike
--- Owen Williams <ywwg at usa.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 12:01, mythtv-users-request at snowman.net wrote:
> >    8. Lirc and jvc_send? (jasonmiller)
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:17:53 -0600
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> > Is anyone succesfully using lirc with a receiver/transmitter combo to both
> control mythtv with a remote and control a jvc/dishnetwork box with jvc_send?
>  My receiver works great but when irxevent is running, the jvc_send fails
> because it can't open the lirc device.  If irxevent isn't running it works
> just fine.  I'm assuming irxevent is polling /dev/lirc thus locking it up but
> I would think that would be a problem for any transmitter.  
> 
> 
> I am currently using an irman to receive remote signals and an ir
> blaster to send to my cable box.  It's actually quite easy to get two
> lircd drivers running simultaneously.  Install the first one as normal,
> and save all of the utilities it builds (the driver, irexec, etc).  Then
> edit the config.h.in file, changing the following:
> 
> change all the devices to lirc2 and whatnot
> increment the default port number
> 
> then reconfigure and recompile, but don't install.  Make sure the new
> devices are properly created.
> 
> Now, you have two copies of lircd, irexec, and all those.  I renamed my
> daemons lircd-irman and lircd-blaster.  Then I copied the rc
> corresponding to the irblaster build to /usr/local/bin, and also copied
> the irexec and irxevent corresponding to the irman build.
> 
> So now, when it wants to change the channel, the rc program is built
> against one set of devices, and the ir* programs are built against the
> other device.  It works perfectly.
> 
> owen williams
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