[mythtv-users] lirc transmitting and pvr150

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Peter Abplanalp
<pta-myth at psaconsultants.com> wrote:
> all,
>
> research has suggested to me that the "correct" way to use a pvr150
> blaster these days is to use the lirc_zilog module.  is that correct?

Yes.

> assuming it is, i'm trying to verify with a mythdora live cd which
> supposedly has everything in it to make the zilog driver work.  my
> issue is that when i try an irsend, i get the following message:
>
> lirc_zilog: failed to get data for code 0, key 9036 -- check lircd.conf entries

Huh. That's a completely new one to me.

> afaik, the lircd.conf file is correct.  i have a hauppage remote
> section at the top and a dctxxxx section on the bottom.  i've searched
> the web for that particular error message with no luck on an answer.
>
> it looks to me like everything loads correctly, here is the output of
> dmesg|grep zilog:
>
> lirc_zilog: Zilog/Hauppauge IR driver initializing
> lirc_zilog: chip found with RX and TX
> i2c i2c-0: lirc_dev: driver lirc_zilog registered at minor = 0
> lirc_zilog: Zilog/Hauppauge IR blaster firmware version 1.3.0 loaded
> lirc_zilog: initialization complete
> lirc_zilog: failed to get data for code 0, key 9036 -- check lircd.conf entries
> lirc_zilog: failed to get data for code 0, key 9036 -- check lircd.conf entries
> lirc_zilog: failed to get data for code 0, key 9036 -- check lircd.conf entries
>
> can anyone point me in the correct direction?

dmesg does look sane there (prior to the failures, anyway). What
exactly is the irsend command you're using that is failing?


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Jarod Wilson
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