[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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