[mythtv-users] Setting up USB MCE remote in LIRC?

[Nathan Whittacre]

So you got the new style remote working with lirc?  Could you share some 
insight on what you did to get it to work.  I am using kernel version 
2.6.11.8 and lirc 0.7.0 and can't get it to work.  It recognizes the 
remote, but I can't get any data from it.  I've also tried lirc 0.7.1.

Thanks,
Nathan

David Sims wrote:

> On Apr 29, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Lee wrote:
>
>> Having just got my new MythTV install running nicely, I'd like to 
>> integrate my (old style) Windows MCE remote into the set up. I've 
>> googled for ages and there are lot's of people that seem to have got 
>> it working (include Jarod), but I can't find any how-to's or crib 
>> sheets. Being a total Linux noob, this leave  me at a loss, can 
>> anyone point me in the right direction?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Lee
>
>
> I haven't had any experience with the old style MCE remotes, but I 
> recently worked with setting up one of the new style remotes with 
> pretty good success.  I'm not sure how far back you can go with lirc, 
> but I know lirc 0.7.0 and newer has a driver for the old style MCE 
> remote.  If you're comfortable building and installing packages from 
> source code, it's really very easy to do with lirc.  I haven't had 
> much luck getting the ATrpms.net lirc packages to work in my setup, so 
> I can't really help if you prefer to go that route.
>
> I didn't find any detailed how-to's on the MCE remote either, so I'll 
> describe what my brother and I did to get the new style remote 
> working.  Hopefully this can get you going as well.
>
> I obtained the lirc 0.7.0 source from the lirc web site: 
> http://www.lirc.org
>
> - Extract the source tarball and then configure and build from the 
> extracted source directory like this:
>
>     # ./configure --with-kerneldir=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build 
> --with-driver=mceusb
>     # make
>     # make install
>
>     The install should copy the correct lircd.conf file to 
> /etc/lircd.conf.
>
> - You'll also want to put the following in /etc/modprobe.conf:
>
>     alias char-major-61 lirc_mceusb
>
> - I'm not sure if this is really required, but I saw it in some lirc 
> instructions somewhere.  Create the /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules and 
> put this in it:
>
>     KERNEL="lirc[0-9]*",    NAME="lirc%n"
>     KERNEL="lirc0",         SYMLINK="lirc"
>
> - Then make sure the usb receiver is plugged in and load the lirc 
> modules:
>
>     # modprobe lirc_mceusb
>
> - Try out lircd and irw to see if it works:
>
>     # lircd -n &
>     # irw
>
>     You should see a message printed indicating that lircd accepted a 
> new client connection.  Then if you press buttons on the remote you 
> should see messages indicating which buttons are being pressed.  If 
> that doesn't work, you may need to reboot.  If you reboot with the usb 
> receiver plugged in, the lirc modules should automatically load which 
> you can verify with the lsmod command:
>
>     # lsmod | grep lirc
>     lirc_mceusb            10884  1
>     lirc_dev               13388  1 lirc_mceusb
>
> then try the lircd and irw commands again.
>
> One last thing to note.  I'm not sure if this is due to the driver for 
> the new style MCE remote, lirc, the kernel, or my own incompetence, 
> but we couldn't get lirc working correctly with version 0.7.1 of lirc 
> or the 2.6.10-1.770 kernel from ATrpms.  We had to use lirc 0.7.0 and 
> kernel version 2.6.11.7 built from source.
>
> Hope that helps,
> David
>
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