[mythtv-users] Newb frustration with LIRC, IR Blasters, etc.

[Michael Lynch]

On 10/3/06, Pete Cap <peteoutside at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:
> Then let me introduce you to google:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=atrpms+lirc+blaster
>
> ...
>
> There seem to be more than one guide for setting up IR blasters with
> ATrpms support. In fact even the first 10 hits from google contain 3
> such guides ...
> --
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.netAxel,
>
> The first hit, which was also suggested by Nick, fails--it is the guide I
> was going off of previously (before trying the more complicated ones).
>
> Installation and setup according to the guides proceeds with no error
> messages (this is after a fresh install of myth following Jarod's guide).
> When I attempt to manipulate the set-top box using the following,
>
> irsend --device=/dev/lircd1 SEND_ONCE DCT2000 012
>
> ...I get the following errors
>
> irsend: could not connect to socket
> irsend: Connection refused
>
> According to the irsend man page, this is because either lircd is running or
> /dev/lircd does not have write permissions.  Neither of these is true:
>
> lircd (pid 2134) is running...
> srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Oct  3 19:22 /dev/lircd
>
> dmesg says:
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
>
> ...so I think lirc is running properly.  Not sure what the problem is.
> /dev/lirc0 exists.  So far as I can tell, everything is good to go, except
> irsend won't work.
>
> Any ideas?  I have tried putting the IR blaster on either serial port, and
> switched the settings in modprobe.conf from COM1 (/dev/ttys0) to COM2
> (/dev/ttsy1), neither helped.
>
> Regards,
> Pete
>

I'm not Axle, but I do see where you're specifying /dev/lircd1 with
irsend and then just verifying the permissions of /dev/lircd.  Is
/dev/lircd1 available?