[mythtv-users] lirc transmitting and pvr150

Peter Abplanalp pta-myth at psaconsultants.com
Sat Jul 17 21:52:40 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Scott <pickle136 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 07/17/2010 01:08 PM, Peter Abplanalp 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?
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> -peter
>>
>>
> basically it comes down to that theres a patch thats needed. It never
> got merged in cause of the need for the binary firmware.
> I need to try to get this working too, check the lirc list for my thread
> on the same subject

it is my understanding that jarod put everything necessary to run
zilog into fedora 12.  i'm trying to use mythdora 12.23 which i assume
is fedora 12 + myth.

jarod, am i good to go or do i need to run the patches necessary for ubuntu?

thanks,

-peter


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