[mythtv-users] Please help me to get my remote conrol working
Christopher Flynn
flynnguy at gmail.com
Tue Oct 26 12:09:42 UTC 2004
Try running the command "mode2" and then press some buttons on your
remote. If this doesn't work then something isn't loaded right or
maybe you need a different driver.
If it is really driving you insane, you may want to look at building a
serial IR reciever. The hardest part to find is the IR reciever but I
got mine from http://www.newark.com/ The rest of the parts that they
didn't have I picked up from radio shack. The plans for the schematics
are here: http://www.lirc.org/ I'd recommend the serial version.
but try mode2 first. I would also try a few different remotes as well.
It could be that lirc doesn't like the signal. (I dunno, it's worth a
shot though)
-Chris
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:50:10 +0000, Phill Edwards
<phill_edwards at hotmail.com> wrote:
> It's official - lirc has now driven me insane and the only way I can return
> to a normal life is to get this working. I know this isn't strictly the
> right group for this question but I'm havcing so much trouble resolving this
> that I need all the help I can get.
>
> I have a TV Excel TV capture card and picture and sound are working on it. I
> am now trying to get the remote control working. The TV Excel is apparently
> the same as a Prolink PixelView PlayTV card.
>
> I can get as far as the driver loading according to /var/log/messages and
> irrecord waiting for some remote input (it says "Hold down an arbitrary
> button"), but irrecord never seems to detect the input and it drops out
> saying "irrecord: no data for 10 secs, aborting
> irrecord: gap not found, can't continue".
>
> I've been trying to get this working for over 3 days and I just can't make
> get irrecord (or irw for that matter) to respons to the remote. I've googled
> so much and tried so many different variations my eyes are popping out so if
> anyone could let me know how to get this working I would really apreciate
> it.
>
> Here's my modprobe.conf (FC2 box):
> alias eth0 e100
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> # nvidia kernel module
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6111
> # i2c
> alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
> options i2c-core i2c_debug=1
> options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
> #remote control
> alias char-major-61 lirc_dev
> alias char-major-61 lirc_gpio
> options lirc_gpio card=37 gpio_mask=0x1f00 gpio_lock_mask=0x8000
> gpio_xor_mask=0 soft_gap=400 sample_rate=12
> # TV Card
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 bttv
> options bttv card=37 radio=0 bttv_verbose=2 bttv_debug=1 tuner=2
>
> Here's what's in /var/log/messages after I run "modprobe lirc_gpio":
> Oct 26 21:31:46 elm lircd 0.7.0pre8[4077]: lircd(any) ready
> Oct 26 21:31:46 elm lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered,
> at major 61
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages)
> each for capture
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:03.0[A] -> GSI 10
> (level, low) -> IRQ 10
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:03.0, irq: 10,
> latency: 32, mmio: 0xf2100000
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: using: Prolink PixelView PlayTV pro
> [card=37,insmod option]
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: bt878 #0 [sw] passed test.
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: using tuner=28
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not
> found
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not
> found
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus bt878 #0
> [sw]
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: tuner: type set to 28 (LG PAL_BG+FM
> (TPI8PSB01D)) by bt878 #0 [sw]
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [client=LG PAL_BG+FM
> (TPI8PSB01D)]
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: registered device video0
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: registered device vbi0
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 . ok
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin:sample_rate: 12
> Oct 26 21:31:59 elm kernel: lirc_gpio (0): driver registered
>
> Here's the output of lsmod:
> Module Size Used by
> lirc_gpio 8368 0
> tuner 17944 0
> bttv 141837 1 lirc_gpio
> lirc_dev 10636 1 lirc_gpio
> video_buf 17540 1 bttv
> i2c_algo_bit 7497 1 bttv
> v4l2_common 5376 1 bttv
> btcx_risc 3785 1 bttv
> i2c_core 17345 3 tuner,bttv,i2c_algo_bit
> videodev 7105 1 bttv
> snd_intel8x0 30829 1
> snd_ac97_codec 58821 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_pcm 83529 2 snd_intel8x0
> snd_timer 25413 1 snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc 8393 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> gameport 4033 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_mpu401_uart 7361 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_rawmidi 21733 1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device 6473 1 snd_rawmidi
> snd 45477 8
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_
> device
> soundcore 7713 1 snd
> parport_pc 21249 1
> lp 9133 0
> parport 35977 2 parport_pc,lp
> autofs4 20677 0
> sunrpc 141861 1
> e100 34373 0
> mii 3777 1 e100
> floppy 54001 0
> sg 28513 0
> scsi_mod 105360 1 sg
> microcode 5601 0
> xfs 505777 1
> dm_mod 47317 0
> uhci_hcd 28505 0
> ehci_hcd 27973 0
> button 4825 0
> battery 7117 0
> asus_acpi 9177 0
> ac 3533 0
> nvidia 4808532 12
> md5 3905 1
> ipv6 217349 12
> ext3 96937 2
> jbd 66521 1 ext3
>
> PS - I know the hardware is OK as the remote works fine with this card in
> Windows.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Phill
>
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