[mythtv-users] Lirc problems

Nick knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Wed Nov 2 18:52:27 EST 2005


On 02/11/05, Marty Ravell <mythtv at rave-tech.com.au> wrote:
> >On 01/11/05, Marty Ravell <mythtv at rave-tech.com.au> wrote:
> >> I started messing with my lirc config in order to get my serial
> transmitter
> >> working and have somehow messed things up. Am wondering if these symptoms
> >> ring bells for anyone.
> >>
> >> If I use irrecord to build an lircd.conf file it seems to work. I can
> test
> >> it with irw and most buttons (not all) work.
> >>
> >> For some reason if I use the lircd.conf file suggested in Jarod's (most
> >> excellent) guide I get nothing.
> >>
> >> This same suggested lircd.conf used to work fine before I messed with
> >> things.
> >>
> >> I don't recall exactly what it was I did when I was trying to get the
> serial
> >> transmitter working. The box didn't start acting up until it was rebooted
> >> (much later).
> >>
> >> Any ideas where I start looking to track this down?
> >>
> >> I've had a couple of goes getting irrecord to build a new file which will
> >> work but it does not seem all that accurate. Some buttons just refuse to
> >> work (1, 5, etc)
> >
> >Do you have all of your remotes defined in the same /etc/lircd.conf
> >file? I have my actual remotes, and also the definition for my
> >transmitter in the same file. Did you generate the config for the
> >transmitter in normal or raw mode?
> >
> >Nick
> >
>
> I did have both the transmitter and receiver configs in the same lircd.conf
> file. Once it all went pear shaped however I reverted back to the lircd.conf
> file specified in Jarod's guide so I could see if I could get the standard
> PVR-350 remote working again.
>
> To date I have had little joy in getting this basic config back up and
> working.
>
> I know that the hardware is basically working since I can use irrecord to
> generate a new lircd.conf for the Hauppauge remote. It works for about two
> thirds of the buttons (and I figure could maybe be made to work for the rest
> with some manual tweaking).

Which Hauppauge remote do you have? Is it the newer all silver remote,
or the older one with a silver face and black underside? If you want
to post your lircd.conf, I can take a quick look when I have a minute.
I can't think of a reason why Jarod's file no longer works with it-
have you reinstalled LIRC at all, or just created new lircd.conf
files?

Nick


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