[mythtv-users] Getting lirc working
Angus
sylvania at istop.com
Sat Mar 17 04:32:56 UTC 2007
Jon wrote:
> Angus wrote:
>
>> Jon wrote:
>>
>>> It sounds like your remote does not repeat keypresses. Does it have a
>>> LED? If so, does it continue flashing as you hold the button down? If
>>> not you can use a digital camera pointed at the ir transmitter to confirm.
>>>
>>>
>> Digital camera, eh?
>>
> Digital cameras are sensitive to IR light.
>
>> Well, as an addendum, after pushing several keys for a while out of
>> frustration, it finally registered a "gap". So I went through the
>> process of testing every key, and you can imagine my frustration when I
>> finished and found every key was coded as 0x0. Here's the less
>> vacuous-looking part of the config file:
>> bits 0
>> eps 30
>> aeps 100
>>
>> one 0 0
>> zero 0 0
>> pre_data_bits 32
>> pre_data 0x800100A7
>> gap 339993
>> toggle_bit 0
>>
>> Now what do I try?
>>
> Have you read http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Remote_controllers
>
Yes, I have.
> Specifically,
> saa7134: Most cards need only the saa7134 driver, but a few need the
> ir-kbd-i2c helper. Boards known to require ir-kbd-i2c include the Upmost
> Purple TV and the latest "i-series" Pinnacle PCTV boards (110i, 50i)
>
And I've been asking what that means over at v4l, but I haven't
gotten any response.
> Otherwise, you might try the linuxtv mailing list.
>
I might as well try there now.
>>> Angus wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm trying to use the remote through lirc, but help and documentation is
>>>> scarce. I have a KWorld Global Terminator TV card (saa7134-based) with a
>>>> built-in IR. The cat /proc/bus/input/devices for which gives:
>>>> I: Bus=0001 Vendor=1131 Product=0000 Version=0001
>>>> N: Name="saa7134 IR (V-Stream Studio TV "
>>>> P: Phys=pci-0000:01:07.0/ir0
>>>> S: Sysfs=/class/input/input2
>>>> H: Handlers=kbd event2
>>>> B: EV=100003
>>>> B: KEY=2c0814 100004 0 0 0 4 2008000 2090 2001 1e0000 4400 0 ffc
>>>> FWIW. I've been trying irrecord -H dev/input -d /dev/input/event2
>>>> lirc.conf but when I follow the instructions to hold down a key, I see a
>>>> period, then eventually: irrecord: gap not found, can't continue. I've
>>>> also tried pushing several buttons. As long as I keep doing that I get
>>>> more periods, but if I stop, it quits and complains about an absent gap.
>>>> What do I do?
>>>>
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