[mythtv-users] Serial IR receiver should be simplest but...
Angus
sylvania at istop.com
Fri Apr 6 03:00:59 UTC 2007
Jon wrote:
> Angus wrote:
>
>> I was told that getting an RS-232 serial IR receiver would be the
>> simplest way to get a remote control working, but I can't even tell if
>> what I have is working. The serial port seems correctly setup (dmesg
>> gives: serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A / 00:09:
>> ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A) but I haven't been able to get
>> anywhere with irrecord, and I thought by running
>>
>> cat /dev/ttyS0
>>
>> I might at least be able to see some sign of life if I pointed a few
>> remotes at it, but no such luck. Can someone tell me at least how to
>> *test* the receiver?
>>
>>
> Use mode2 -d /dev/lirc0
>
>
There is no /dev/lirc0
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