[mythtv-users] LIRC: MythTV native support & other

[Dr. C Mythology]

That helped a lot. Thanks.
If someone knows why lirc receive signals when I'm not pressing any
buttons, please post your thoughts.

But anyway, thank you!



On 8/26/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/25/05, Dr. C Mythology <drcphd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I just got lirc to work yesterday, but I have to problems.
> >
> > First, it seems like my IR receiver is reacting to something else than
> > my remote. When running irrecord or irw I can clearly see that it
> > prints out button names or dots when I'm not touching the remote. Does
> > anyone know what's wrong here?
> >
> >
> > Second, I don't know how to make mythtv native lirc support work.
> > Here's an example on how my buttons have been set up:
> >
> > /etc/lircd.conf:
> >     Power    0x000000000000002F
> > /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc:
> >     prog: mythtv
> >     button: Power
> >     config: Key Escape CurrentWindow
> >
> > Lircd is running, and mythfrontend gives me this:
> >
> > LircClient warning: attempt to convert 'Key 4 CurrentWindow' to a key
> > sequence failed. Fix your key mappings.
> 
> As Jon pointed out in the thread, you are incorrectly configuring the
> MythTV event (you current format is for irxevent, or non-native LIRC)
> I've included the first 4 commands (cursors) from my lircrc for you
> (the config= section should be the actual keystroke you use on the
> keyboard, which you then map to a button on the remote):
> 
> # Up
> begin
> remote = SKY_NAVIGATOR
> prog = mythtv
> button = UP
> repeat = 3
> config = Up
> end
> 
> # Down
> begin
> remote = SKY_NAVIGATOR
> prog = mythtv
> button = DOWN
> repeat = 3
> config = Down
> end
> 
> # Left
> begin
> remote = SKY_NAVIGATOR
> prog = mythtv
> button = LEFT
> repeat = 3
> config = Left
> end
> 
> # Right
> begin
> remote = SKY_NAVIGATOR
> prog = mythtv
> button = RIGHT
> repeat = 3
> config = Right
> end
> 
> I would take a look at Jarod's FC guide for a complete lircrc and the
> names of any keys you are not sure about (you can also use xkbwatch to
> tell you the name of the event a key gives)
> 
> Nick
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