[mythtv-users] Hauppauge IR and LIRC problems

[Andrew Nagel]

I had been having similar problems and my remote seems to be working  
well now though when I place the receiver at certain spots it stops  
working again.  A EE friend of mine thinks the problem could be  
interference from my computer or other equipment I am using.  When  
the receiver does not work the wire runs right past the side of my  
computer in the section where all the hard drives are.  He thinks  
that this could be the problem since the wire itself has almost no  
shieldingon it.

Andrew


On Sep 27, 2005, at 1:55 AM, Dave wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After moving recently, I've just rebuilt my Mythbox using Fedora FC  
> 4. I cannot seem to get LIRC working. I think it's the IR  
> transceiver itself not the set up; but before I try tracking down a  
> replacement, I was hoping someone here might be able to sanity  
> check my setup and debugging thus far..
>
> Downloaded /etc/lircd.conf from Jarod's site for my setup.
>
> /dev looks ok:
>
> # ls -al /dev/li*
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     5 Sep 25 18:52 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 61, 0 Sep 25 18:52 /dev/lirc0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 61, 1 Sep 25 18:52 /dev/lirc1
> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Sep 26 01:53 /dev/lircd
>
> Everything seems to connect fine:
>
> # dmesg | grep lirc
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
> lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
>
> irw does nothing & irrecord returns with:
>
> irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
>
> irrecord leaves this in the log:
>
> Sep 26 22:30:42 localhost lircd-0.7.2[2704]: accepted new client  
> on /dev/lircd
> Sep 26 22:30:48 localhost lircd-0.7.2[2704]: removed client
>
> ...and the kicker:
>
> cat /dev/lirc
>
> shows nothing when I hit a remote button. This leads me to the  
> conclusion that the IR transceiver has given up the ghost.
>
> Anything I've forgotten or could try? Does Haupppauge sell  
> replacements?. Any other places I might be able to find a replacement?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Dave
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