[mythtv-users] Best deal on premade lirc receivers?

Blake blake at kingdomrpg.com
Sat Sep 3 07:02:44 UTC 2005


On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:58:29 -0700, David Ellis <david at ellisonline.ca>  
wrote:

> Its generally a bad idea to use multiple ir devices on a single machine.

I would imagine so.

> It is possible to chain lirc (have two instances of lirc - one for  
> receive
> one for transmit) but I wasn't able to get it to stabilize........it was
> also a MAJOR pain to setup.

Hmmm. Well, I was hoping that the Audigy break-out box would do both. So,  
it's a problem even when the transmitter is run across to the device to be  
controlled and taped to the sensor (as I see lot of)?

> My suggestion would be to get a IR device that receives and transmits (I  
> use the USB UIRT www.usbuirt.com) which allows you to send and receive  
> with the same device and Lirc Instance. Once you have your device - they  
> generally
> work with ANY remote - use irrecord to setup the remote of your choice.

Yeah, that probably saves a lot of heartache.

> If all your interested in receiving IR commands - your audigy is probably
> supported (do a google search for audigy LIRC).

It does appear to be.


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