[mythtv-users] Problems with MCE and Streamzap remotes -- SOLVED!

[Brett Granger]

Posting a follow-up, in case anyone else runs across this problem.

The SMK transceiver that came with the WinTV-PVR-USB2 MCE kit that I 
recently purchased has a product Id that did not match either of the 
other 2 SMK products included in the list "known" to the mceusb2 driver. 
  Once I added an additional line with the correct product ID (0x0334) 
to the appropriate entries in lirc_mceusb2.c and lirc_mceusb2.mod.c, 
recompiled, and reinstalled, all is working as it should.

As for the missing keys using the Streamzap remote, that was a case of 
user error -- I did not restart lircd after putting the 
streamzap-appropriate lircd.conf in place...

Thanks to the users of this list, who gave me both hope and several 
leads to chase down... Now I can use either remote on this system.

--Brett

Brett Granger wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a problem somewhat similar to that described by Don Doumakes in 
> posting http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2007-September/193623.html
> 
> I have a new Ubuntu Feisty system, kernel 2.6.20-16 that I'm trying to 
> bring up.  Everything has been going great until trying to get lirc to work.
> 
> I have a Microsoft MCE remote that I got as part of the Hauppauge 
> WinTV-PVR-USB2 MCE kit.  I've followed the instructions for downloading, 
> compiling and installing the lirc_mceusb2 driver, using the 0.8.2 lirc 
> tarball.  Everything appears to compile fine, and I'm able to modprobe 
> the drivers.
> 
> However, when I actually attach the ir receiver and launch irw, it exits 
> immediately and takes lircd down with it.  In syslog, I see "could not 
> open /dev/lirc; default_init(): No such device".  It appears that when I 
> connect the ir receiver, the mceusb2 driver does not detect it and so 
> does not actually create a device to go along with /dev/lirc?  The 
> device file is created as part of the "make install" step...  When I 
> connect the receiver, I do get messages from the kernel acknowledging 
> that a "new full speed USB device" is connected and that "configuration 
> #1 chosen from 1 choice", so I think the USB part is fine.
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Additionally, I have a Streamzap remote on a different system (FC 6). 
> When I compile the streamzap driver on the Ubuntu system, I at least see 
> in syslog that the streamzap driver recognizes when the streamzap 
> receiver is attached and creates a corresponding /dev/lirc0 entry.  irw 
> doesn't exit immediately, but it does not report any keypresses (yes, I 
> made sure to have the right lircd.conf file for the streamzap remote). 
> "mode2" does seem to detect pulses, so I think things are close there.
> 
> I'd rather use the MCE remote on this system and keep the streamzap on 
> the other system, but will go with whatever works.
> 
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated,
> --Brett Granger
> 
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