[mythtv-users] HVR-1100: How to configure buttons of remote?

[Karl Reichert]

Hello,

wondering that no one is responding. Am I missing sth?

Thanks
Karl

Am Freitag 03 Juli 2009 21:07:06 schrieb mythtv at karl-reichert.com:
> Hello list,
>
> I was reading in german and english MythTV wiki, mythtv-users
> mailinglist, two different books about MythTV and of course in the
> manual and in google, but I still don't get it!
>
> I'm using Mythbuntu Jaunty 9.04 and a Hauppauge HVR-1100 TV card with
> it's own ir-receiver connected to it and the remote, coming with it
> (the so-called 45 Button 3rd generation remote; black/grey).
>
> In Mythbuntu's Control Center I selected this remote and a lircrc and
> a lircd.conf file for it was created, which both look fine to me
> (please see attachment).
>
> Also, _some_ buttons of the remote work in MythTV and Mplayer (used to
> play AVIs from inside MythTV). But some buttons, like the Stop button
> don't work. So I read a lot of HowTo and finally I came to the
> conclusion, that the best way would be, to test the remote with mode2
> and/or irw, to see if the Stop button is producing a key code at all.
>
> Trying to do that, I noticed that both tools quit right after starting
> with some errors:
> irw: "connect: No such file or directory"
> mode 2: "mode2: could not get file information for /dev/lirc
>           mode2: default_init(): No such file or directory
>
> So I checked, if a /dev/lirc* device was there and it wasn't! I did a
> 'modprobe lirc_dev && modprobe lirc_sir && modprobe lirc_i2c and there
> it was! Also, dmesg was telling me sth about the new driver registered
> and everything looked fine. Now using mode2 or irw, I can see that the
> Stop button is not sending and keycode, although it is listed in
> lircd.conf. Also, mode2 did not print key codes, but some special
> characters (for a example an CR&LF when pressing the OK button).
>
> As I did not know what to do, my next step was to change the .lircrc
> file, to change button behavoir. But also this did not work, none of
> my changes was applied, the button's function was as before. (Of
> course I restarted lircd and even the computer, before).
>
> So I deleted all the lircrc files, expecting that none of the buttons
> will work now. But still the remote works partly in MythTV and
> Mplayer. I started Mplayer from terminal and it told me, my remote
> will not work (because I deleted the files) but still it worked.
>
> I just don't get it, what is going on here???
>
> First, as long as the modules aren't loaded and lircd is not running
> (I checked that via 'ps -e'), the remote should not work at all,
> right?! But it is (some buttons), in MythTV and Mplayer. Why? Could it
> be, that those are compiled with lirc support built in and therefore
> don't need a running lircd?
>
> Second, how can I change the behavoir of a button? How can I map a
> different function in MythTV and Mplayer (and others, like VLC or
> xine) to my remote's buttons? The changes in lircrc where not applied.
>
> Third, how can I make the missing buttons work? If they aren't even
> displaying a code in mode2, although contained in lircd.conf, what can
> I do?
>
> Sorry to bother you guys with those questions, I guess they have been
> answered a lot of times before, but I just don't get it.
>
> Thank you very much in advance for your help!
>
> Best regards!
> Karl