[mythtv-users] Using the pvr-350 remote with other ir-receivers
Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com
Mon Sep 19 23:05:21 UTC 2005
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 17:50, Oscar Curero wrote:
> El Dilluns, 19 de Setembre de 2005 20:42, Scot L. Harris va escriure:
>
> > On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 14:27, Oscar Curero wrote:
> > > Does anyone knows of a ir-receiver compatible with the remote that came
> > > with the pvr-350, no-configuration needed (and if possible cheaper)?
> > >
> > > I don't know if something is broken in the pvr-350, the ivtv are not
> > > correct or lirc is not working with the correct drivers, the fact is that
> > > everything is working but the remote.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> >
> > Which OS are you using? Which version of lirc?
> SuSE 9.3. Now using a CVS snapshot but I used to use lirc 0.7.0.
>
I have one system using 0.7.0 and the new one has 0.7.2.
> >
> > Did you use Jarod's guide for setting up the remote? Does irw work?
> No, irw does not work.
> >
If you have not, read the section in Jarod's guide on setting up lirc
and the remote. He makes it very easy.
> > Have setup two systems using PVR-350 remotes. The first time it took me
> > a couple of days to get it sorted out. The second time the remote came
> > up in literally just a few minutes following Jarod's guide for FC4.
>
> I started in June !
>
> > And I have to ask, did you put the batteries into the remote? :)
> I've changed them twice ;).
>
And I forgot to ask, you did plug the IR receiver into the PVR-350 and
point the remote directly at it? :)
> Everything is very strange because it's like if lirc didn't know that I'm
> press the bottons. dmesg doesn't show nothing about the remote when I press
> the bottons. I know that lirc isn't that difficult, that setting a remote on
> linux is almost trivial, I have tried a lot of configurations and all I get
> is nothing... very disappointing.
>
> Thanks,
Like I said, read Jarod's guide on this. Should be virtually the same
for Suse. Verify that you have the drivers loaded. Does irw give you
any errors?
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