[mythtv-users] RS232 ir receiver for irbalster.info

[Kevin Plew]

Jon wrote:
> Kevin Plew wrote:
>   
>> Jon wrote:
>>     
>>> Kevin Plew wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I am trying to setup the referenced ir receiver.
>>>>
>>>> I have followed Jared's Guide, But lircd will not stay running.
>>>>
>>>> I looked at Keeto's guide and gave that a try-
>>>>
>>>> irrecord gives me the following error:
>>>> # irrecord --driver=irman --device=/dev/ttyS1 ./directv.irman
>>>>
>>>> irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
>>>>
>>>> Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc at bartelmus.de)
>>>>
>>>> irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check 
>>>> permissions)
>>>>
>>>> lircd is not running the serial port has 777 for permissions
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> modprobe lirc_serial
>>> # start lircd
>>> lircd -d /dev/lirc0
>>> # Use irw to verify
>>> irw
>>> # Press some keys.
>>> <ctrl+c>
>>> # configure remote.
>>> irrecord /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
>>>       
>> Got further but nothing from irw- tried several remotes.
>>
>> /var/log/messages shows:
>>
>> Mar 30 14:12:51 kojiki lircd-0.8.2-CVS[4680]: could not open config file '/etc/lircd.conf'
>> Mar 30 14:12:51 kojiki lircd-0.8.2-CVS[4680]: No such file or directory 
>> Mar 30 14:12:51 kojiki lircd-0.8.2-CVS[4681]: lircd(userspace) ready
>> Mar 30 14:12:59 kojiki lircd-0.8.2-CVS[4681]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
>> Mar 30 14:15:35 kojiki lircd-0.8.2-CVS[4681]: removed client
>> Mar 30 14:19:52 kojiki lircd-0.8.2-CVS[4681]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
>>
>>     
>
> Looks good.  Program your remote to any sony code and try again.
> Looks like lirc is looking for lird.conf in /etc instead of /etc/lircd.
>  Either change the irrecord command or move the file after you have
> finished creating it.
>
>   
Well.........
Nothing. I've tried 3 different  brand remotes.

I modified my modprobe.conf:

*************modprobe.conf******
alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x2f8
install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none ; /sbin/modprobe 
--ignore-install lirc_serial
alias eth0 skge
alias eth1 sky2
alias scsi_hostadapter ahci
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
# nvidia kernel module
alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-9746
alias nvidia nvidia-1_0-9746
options snd cards_limit=8
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel index=0
*********end modprobe.conf*********


My /etc/sysconfig/lircd is:

# Options to lircd
LIRCD_OPTIONS=


removed and reloaded lirc_serial and dmesg gave me:

lirc_serial: auto-detected active low receiver
lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0

/var/log/messages has:

Mar 30 15:38:27 kojiki kernel: lirc_serial: auto-detected active low receiver
Mar 30 15:38:27 kojiki kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0

If this helps:

[root at kojiki sysconfig]# lsmod | grep lirc
lirc_serial            15488  0
lirc_i2c               12292  0
lirc_dev               16804  2 lirc_serial,lirc_i2c
i2c_core               26049  12 cx88xx,bttv,lirc_i2c,i2c_ec,wm8775,cx25840,tuner,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_i801,nvidia

[root at kojiki sysconfig]# rpm -qa | grep lirc
lirc-0.8.2-66_cvs20070301.fc6.at
lirc-devices-0.8-3.fc6.at
lirc-lib-0.8.2-66_cvs20070301.fc6.at
lirc-kmdl-2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6-0.8.2-66_cvs20070301.fc6.at