[mythtv-users] How to patch LIRC for HD-PVR150

[Greg Oliver]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Jeff Cranmer <jeff at lotussevencars.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 19:30 -0500, Greg Oliver wrote:
>> > [ 4486.323727] lirc_mceusb[2] mceusb_process_ir_data: found control
>> > header
>>
>> OK, so it's the module.  You should be able to create /etc/modprobe.d/lirc.conf
>> options lirc_dev debug=0
>> options lirc_mceusb debug=0
>>
>> run:
>> depmod -ae
>> service lirc stop (or whatever your distro has)
>> rmmod lirc_mceusb
>> rmmod lirc_dev
>> lsmod | grep lirc (make sure they are unloaded
>> service lirc start
>>
>> The debugs should be gone..
>
> Thanks.  I had to reboot afterwards to recover correct operation from
> irw, but now the debug messages are gone.
>
> I'm not having much luck with the channel changer script though.
>
> I went into mythtv-setup and under input connections, I changed the
> channel change command line to /home/mythtv/dish-change-channel-lirc.sh
> which I copied over from the mythtv-0_22-docs/contrib directory
>
> I changed the device name to DEVICE="-d /dev/lirc0", and changed the
> remote name to REMOTE_NAME=mceusb (since this is the name of the remote
> which shows up when I press the handheld remote with irw running.
>
> I left the starting channel number blank, but when I try to watch TV, it
> fails to start.  If I change the channel change command line back
> to /bin/true, watch TV works fine.
>
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

I cannot remember if you said you have confirmed that blasting is
working with your transceiver or not.  Can you use irsend from the
command line to send commands to your receiver - or even verify the
leds are lighting up (if not visibly, then with a digital camera
viewfinder or cell phone camera.)?