[mythtv-users] Remote sends command twice

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed May 18 22:02:46 UTC 2005


gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:

> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> Note, also, that you can configure LIRC to ignore multiple keypresses 
>> using the "repeat"  and/or "delay" tokens (from 
>> http://lirc.org/faq.html ):
>
> thing is, here is my entry for the power button:
>
> ...<configuration to support the claim that multiple button presses 
> should be ignored>...

Yeah.  My reply was aimed at the OP.  In your case, something different 
is likely happening.  I also use the ATI Remote Wonder for my system, 
and I, too, am plagued by the remote's equivalent of "double-clicks."  
In the case of the "mouse cursor" (which I use as buttons, not as a 
mouse), I'm pretty certain the cause is its analog nature--i.e. I try to 
hit down, but instead hit down|right-down|down, so the extra different 
key means it's not a "multiple keypress."

As for the other buttons, I'm not sure what's happening.  I'm starting 
to think it may have something to do with the remote's only sending the 
signal when the button is pressed firmly--meaning that if I press the 
button enough for it to send and my finger wiggles enough to cause an 
on-off-on, LIRC may detect that the timing is not right for a remote's 
sending a repeat and assumes I just hit the button twice...  Of course, 
this is all conjecture with no evidence to support it, so...

>> You can identify such remotes by the fact that irrecord usually will 
>> add a min_repeat field for this remote control to the lircd.conf 
>> config file.
>
> i don't have that in my /etc/lircd.conf, but then again, it did say 
> "usually" ...

Neither do I, but  then again, I just recently upgraded to 0.7.0 final 
and haven't had time to play with the new stuff, yet.  So, maybe we both 
should have it...  I plan to play around with repeat, delay, and 
min_repeat.  I'll let you know if I improve things...

(BTW, did your 0.7.0pre lircd.conf stop working with 0.7.0 final?  I had 
to re-program my remote with irrecord because all the codes changed... ???)

Mike


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