[mythtv-users] lirc transmitting and pvr150

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Peter Abplanalp
<pta-myth at psaconsultants.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> 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?
>
> irsend send_once blaster 9
>
> 'blaster' matches the remote name in lircd.conf and '9' matches the
> button '9' in lircd.conf.

Hm. There is no '9' in the 'blaster' section of the stock lircd.conf
for lirc_zilog (http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/lmilk/lircd.conf).
Please show your lircd.conf, it sounds to me like you might not be
using the right one...


-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com