[mythtv-users] Help Setting up serial IR blaster for Comcast/Pace DC50X

[Brad Fuller]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Andrew Burgess <aab at cichlid.com> wrote:
>>
>> do you need to tell the module what your hardware is or how it works?
>>
>> modinfo lirc_serial
>> filename:
>> /lib/modules/2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64/kernel/drivers/input/lirc/lirc_serial.ko
>> license:        GPL
>> author:         Ralph Metzler, Trent Piepho, Ben Pfaff, Christoph
>> Bartelmus, Andrei Tanas
>> description:    Infra-red receiver driver for serial ports.
>> srcversion:     6E4F26F7AF9FF3A5328BE75
>> depends:        lirc_dev
>> vermagic:       2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
>> parm:           type:Hardware type (0 = home-brew, 1 = IRdeo, 2 = IRdeo
>> Remote, 3 = AnimaX, 4 = IgorPlug) (int)
>> parm:           io:I/O address base (0x3f8 or 0x2f8) (int)
>> parm:           irq:Interrupt (4 or 3) (int)
>> parm:           share_irq:Share interrupts (0 = off, 1 = on) (bool)
>> parm:           sense:Override autodetection of IR receiver circuit (0 =
>> active high, 1 = active low ) (bool)
>> parm:           txsense:Sense of transmitter circuit (0 = active high, 1
>> = active low ) (bool)
>> parm:           softcarrier:Software carrier (0 = off, 1 = on) (bool)
>> parm:           debug:Enable debugging messages (bool)
>>
>>
>
> I don't know Andrew, my modinfo lirc_serial looks like yours. Is there
> something I need to send the hw?

I meant "is there something special i needs to send the driver" (of course)

I did try to make sure the io: was set to the correct address base.
Made no difference

I'm surprised that there are not more people that have gone thru this.
The mailing list archives have some discussions, but nothing seems to
help my situation.



-- 
Brad Fuller