[mythtv-users] MCEUSB blasting

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 2:21 PM, John Drescher wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Last week I purchased the following mceusb remote with irblaster to
>> blast to my comcast DAT (pace DC50Xu):
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121002
>>
>> Anyways on 64 bit gentoo 2.6.32 openvz kernel and lirc-0.8.7 and the
>> mceusb driver (there is a note that mceusb2 merged into mceusb) I can
>> receive signals from my remote but it is not transmitting. I tried all
>> the steps in the mythtv wiki but I can not get it to transmit on
>> either port.
>>
>> I thought the ir transmitter was broken (long thin cable) but I just
>> tried it on a windows 7 machine (good thing a friends pc had a dead
>> mobo that he needed repaired) and the ir blasting worked after I added
>> one of my tuners.. The led displays a visible blink while
>> transmitting. I was unable to see that in linux.
>>
>> Any ideas how I can debug this? Perhaps I should get a mythubuntu (or
>> similar) livecd and try that with the friends pc to see if I can get
>> the blaster working there?
>>
>> Sorry for being brief. I am typing from my old dell D820 work laptop
>> and I absolutely hate the keyboard and the random jump feature (while
>> typing the cursor seems to randomly jump to any place in the text).
>
> USB Device ID, please?
>
> I've got a report from one person that the GP-IR02BK is now shipping with
> device ID 1784:0011 instead of 1784:0008, but that the 0011 also needs
> the gen3 init routine the 0008 required to get tx working.
>

Bus 007 Device 003: ID 1784:0011 TopSeed Technology Corp.
Device Descriptor:
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  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x1784 TopSeed Technology Corp.
  idProduct          0x0011
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1 Topseed Technology Corp.
  iProduct                2 eHome Infrared Transceiver
  iSerial                 3 EID0137AG-8-0000024095
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
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    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0020  1x 32 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0020  1x 32 bytes
        bInterval               1
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

John