[mythtv-users] Comcast DTA direct channel change?

Sat Apr 3 01:27:36 UTC 2010

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Scott <pickle136 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 04/02/2010 07:57 PM, Ron Garrison wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Scott <pickle136 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/02/2010 07:25 PM, Ron Garrison wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well it sounds like I'm in a similar posotion to Scott except I can't
>>>> get either ports to transmit.  Here is what I have done:
>>>>
>>>> Built lirc from the cvs repository using the follwing configuration:
>>>>
>>>> ./configure.sh --prefix=/usr --with-driver=all --enable-sandbox
>>>> --with-transmitter
>>>>
>>>> I had to remove lirc_gpio and lirc_parallel from the makefile due to
>>>> compile errors.  Since I don't need them it should not be an issue.
>>>>
>>>> lircd -v returns rcd 0.8.7-CVS
>>>>
>>>> added kirk's lircd.conf (follows) to my already existing lircd.conf
>>>> (which contains my hauppauge remote settings)
>>>>
>>>> begin remote
>>>>
>>>>    name DTA
>>>>    bits           24
>>>>    flags XMP
>>>>    eps            20
>>>>    aeps          300
>>>>
>>>>    one             0   137
>>>>    zero          250   710
>>>>    ptrail        250
>>>>    pre_data_bits   32
>>>>    pre_data       0x170F443E
>>>>    post_data_bits  8
>>>>    post_data      0x0
>>>>    pre           250 12921
>>>>    gap          81698
>>>>    toggle_bit_mask 0x0
>>>>
>>>>        begin codes
>>>>            KEY_1                       0x1E0001
>>>>            KEY_2                       0x1D0002
>>>>            KEY_3                       0x1C0003
>>>>            KEY_4                       0x1B0004
>>>>            KEY_5                       0x1A0005
>>>>            KEY_6                       0x190006
>>>>            KEY_7                       0x180007
>>>>            KEY_8                       0x170008
>>>>            KEY_9                       0x160009
>>>>            KEY_0                       0x1F0000
>>>>            KEY_CHANNELDOWN             0x11000E
>>>>            KEY_CHANNELUP               0x12000D
>>>>            KEY_MUTE                    0x13000C
>>>>            KEY_VOLUMEDOWN              0x14000B
>>>>            KEY_VOLUMEUP                0x15000A
>>>>            KEY_LANGUAGE                0x150082
>>>>            KEY_INFO                    0x170026
>>>>            KEY_ENTER                   0x180025
>>>>            KEY_LAST                    0x190051
>>>>        end codes
>>>>
>>>> end remote
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> executed the following two commands (first is for hauppauge, second for mceusb):
>>>>
>>>> lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0
>>>> --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc/lirc0.pid
>>>>
>>>> lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1
>>>> --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc/lirc1.pid
>>>>
>>>> Now to test receive I type:
>>>>
>>>> irw /var/run/lirc/lircd0
>>>>
>>>> Using my hauppauge (actually a universal programmed to look like a
>>>> hauppauge) I get the proper responses as defined by the lircd.conf
>>>> file.
>>>>
>>>> Now doing the same with the other port:
>>>>
>>>> irw /var/run/lirc/lircd1
>>>>
>>>> I use my new comcast DTA remote and I get the proper responses (which
>>>> uses Kirk's lircd.conf indicating that the Thomson DCI1011COM DTA uses
>>>> he same codes as the Pace and Motorola).
>>>>
>>>> So far so good.  Hardware is there and can receive properly.
>>>>
>>>> I now type the following
>>>>
>>>> irsend --device=/var/run/lirc/lircd1 set_transmitters 1 2
>>>> irsend --device=/var/run/lirc/lircd1 send_once DTA KEY_2
>>>>
>>>> And there is nothing transmitted.  No errors - no transmission.  I
>>>> have tried both ports.
>>>>
>>>> I own a nirvis slink-e which can receive ir and display the wave form
>>>> on the computer.  I tested that it works using all remotes (including
>>>> the new comcast DTA remote) so it really easy for me to know if ir is
>>>> being transmitted or not.  I have also used this in the past to
>>>> determine protocols, device IDs etc for unknown remotes.  Very useful.
>>>>
>>>> Not sure where to go from here.  Maybe add debug logging to see if it
>>>> will show anything.  Did I miss something to enable transmitting?
>>>>
>>>> Note when I try to set transmitters on my hauppauge card (lircd0) it
>>>> complains - as it should - that the hardware cannot transmit.  If I
>>>> try to set more than 2 transmitters on the mceusb it also complains -
>>>> as it should - that there are only 2 transmitters.  It appears that
>>>> everything is setup properly.
>>>>
>>>> Ron
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>>>>
>>> Mine are working now with the latest CVS, one idea suggested to me was
>>> to feed the IR transmitter's back into the receiver while running IRW.
>>> But i also discovered mine does in fact flash red when a signal is sent.
>>> Also i couldnt get all the drivers to build (maybe same issue as you) so
>>> I just built mceusb and and am using the mce remote now.
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>>
>> Did you get both ports working - as you said earlier that only one was working?
>>
>> What did you do to get the second port going if that's the case?
>>
>> Ron
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> Yeah both work now, there was a typo in the sources thats been fixed since.
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If you type lircd -v what version does yours display.  I guess I need
to make sure I grabbed it from the right spot.  And thanks for your
help!

Ron