[mythtv-users] Upgrade irblaster LIRC Woes (but fixed watching live tv)

[Edward Brookhouse]

Thanks Nick I appreciate your time -


If you have a digital camera/camcorder, you may well be able to see
the IR emissions by looking through the viewfinder.
A: I used a digital camera to look for the ir - none was seen so I ordered the new irblaster(apparently prematurely)

i) I'm guessing you're running another instance of lircd for your
remote control. Which kernel module is it using, and is it working
normally?
A: Yes, and it works perfectly


root      2156     1  0 Jun01 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0
root      2378     1  0 Jun01 ?        00:00:03 /usr/sbin/lircd --driver=default -d /dev/lirc1 --output=/dev/lircd1 --pidfile=/var/run/lircd1.pid


 ii) For the second instance of lircd running to control the blaster,
which driver, device and socket are you using?
A: The second lircd instance shown above is for the blaster


iii) What modprobe entries do you have (e.g. are you running setserial
to release the COM port, is lirc_serial configured with the correct
values?)

A: I added this to startup just in case:
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none
/sbin/modprobe lirc_serial io=0x3f8 irq=4

My modprobe.d has a lirc which includes:
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c


iv) Is the remote definition for the blaster in /etc/lircd.conf?
A: Both the Hauppauge remote, and the blaster remote are in there

v) Do you see any LIRC messages in the syslog? Does irsend give any
errors when run? What about the blaster's lircd process when run from
the command line?

A: No errors have appeared anywhere, but I will try running lirc manually with debug and see 

vi) What are the permission on your LIRC devices?
A:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     5 2009-06-01 18:27 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 61, 0 2009-06-01 18:27 /dev/lirc0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 61, 1 2009-06-01 18:27 /dev/lirc1
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root     0 2009-06-01 18:27 /dev/lircd
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root     0 2009-06-01 18:27 /dev/lircd1



Also - 

irsend --device /dev/lircd SEND_ONCE rm-y812 2
irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE rm-y812 2
irsend: hardware does not support sending

[root at tv init.d]# irsend --device /dev/lircd1 SEND_ONCE rm-y812 2

[root at tv init.d]# irsend --device /dev/lircd1 SEND_ONCE rm-y812 2

[root at tv init.d]# irsend --device /dev/lirc1 SEND_ONCE rm-y812 2
irsend: could not connect to socket
irsend: Connection refused

[root at tv init.d]# irsend --device /dev/lirc0 SEND_ONCE rm-y812 2
irsend: could not connect to socket
irsend: Connection refused

[root at tv init.d]# irsend --device /dev/lirc SEND_ONCE rm-y812 2
irsend: could not connect to socket
irsend: Connection refused


Kernel is 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686


Edward Brookhouse


>  Still no joy – all modules load fine, /dev/lircd1 gets created by

Do you mean /dev/lirc1?

> lirc_serial as it should, but irsend never actually seems to transmit
> anything from the blaster. The serial ports worked before I rebuilt the OS,
> but can anyone offer any additional thoughts on troubleshooting?

First things first:






# ls -la /dev/lirc*


Nick

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