[mythtv-users] Serial IR receiver should be simplest but...

Jon jon at sd-6.org
Fri Apr 6 03:04:29 UTC 2007



Angus wrote:
> 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

Then lirc_serial isn't loaded.


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