[mythtv-users] DishNetwork + MythTV + USB IR transmitter

Shawn core at enodev.com
Sat Oct 30 01:54:17 UTC 2004


On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 12:04 -0500, Eric Fether wrote:
> 1.  Is my USB IrDA dongle supported by LIRC?
> No, it's technically not possible to use USB IrDA dongles with LIRC.  )
> 
> Okay...that's a problem.  So, I look through my stash of misc computer junk I 
> have and I find that I have a Serial IR Blaster for sale (ACTiSYS 
> ACT-IR200L).  I then purchase a USB-to-Serial cable, and plug it in.  The 
> system sees the cable and assigns it ttyS0 (Com1).  I attach the Serial IR 
> Blaster onto the end of the cable...and try to follow the directions...but 
> the system simply will not work with it.  The /var/log/messages file states 
> (including the USB-to-Serial cable) --

The usb-uirt (www.usbuirt.com) has a patch for LIRC that supports both
RX and TX.

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=5817188&forum_id=5339
and the post that post weas talking about on the USB-UIRT forums:
http://166.70.183.44/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=353&highlight=lirc

Get the +56KHz one, and you can do just about any remote on the market.


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