[mythtv-users] Harmony 700 with Hauppauge IR receiver on FC16

[Larry K]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
> > To make my Harmony remote with with Myth, I've been using the IR
> receiver on
> > an Hauppauge PVR-250 that is otherwise unused.  To set this up, I used
> the
> > Hauppauge PVR device that's listed in the Harmony database, and paired
> that
> > with the rs15-2116-vcr0081 lircd.conf.  All in all, it has worked pretty
> > well.
> >
> > Until now.  I just made the jump from FC12 to FC16.  I'm learning pretty
> > quickly that some fundamental changes to lirc_i2c occurred somewhere
> around
> > FC14.  Searching this forum, I have discovered that ir-kbd-i2c has
> replaced
> > (on some level) the older lirc_i2c module.  It's not clear to me whether
> I
> > even need lirc anymore if I use this new module.  Through trial and
> error, I
> > sorta have it working, although it doesn't pick up all my remote
> commands.
> >  Just some numbers and one or two other keys.  I even pulled out my old
> grey
> > Hauppauge remote and it works kinda half the time as well.
> >
> > My question is, what is the best way to make my Harmony 700 work with my
> IR
> > receiver now that I am on FC16?  Are there other options besides
> ir-kbd-i2c?
> >  If this is the best option, I would like to know if there is a tutorial
> I
> > can follow to get this set up properly.  Not sure how this new driver
> > differs from the old, and whether it need lirc, or how I set up the key
> > mappings.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Larry
>
>
> Larry,
>
> I struggled with this when I upgraded my system.  I am using a Harmony
> One but I believe I set it up the same way you set up your Harmony
> 700, so likely, the very same issue(s).
>
> There are two potential issues.  One is transitioning to ir-kbd-i2c
> and not having all the keys setup properly in the various config
> files.
>
> The other occurred when I updated to FC 15 (I believe) and the lirc
> module was not loading up properly and the remote was acting as a
> keyboard with only a few of the buttons being recognized (numbers and
> a few others).  The newer versions of xorg will do that and I can't
> figure out a way to disable it aside from having lirc start up
> properly.  It took me forever to figure out that was the issue and I
> had to use a real clumsy hack to resolve it so lirc loads up properly.
>
> It sounds like you definitely have the first issue and potentially
> have the second issue.  Review these threads for details on how I
> resolved these issue and give yourself at least a full evening to do
> it.
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/481965#481965
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/497806#497806
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/498470#498470
>
>
Gabe, I got my remote up without too much pain.  Definitely, FC16 is in
better shape than the version you were fighting with.  My ir-keytable setup
was painless, and I was able to easily map that to the devinput lirc
config.  After that, tweaking the myth lircrc was pretty easy.

To load the ir-kbd-i2c driver, I added this (don't forget to chmod +x to
make it executable):

more /etc/sysconfig/modules/ir.modules
#!/bin/sh
/sbin/modprobe ir-kbd-i2c

I did have issues with udev, or lack thereof.  My HD-PVR device as well as
my IR device were both moving around all over the place with every reboot.
 Took me a few busted recordings to figure that one out.

I used this udev rule to fix both:

more /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
KERNEL=="event[0-9]", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="i2c IR
(Hauppauge)", SYMLINK+="hauppauge-ir"
KERNEL=="video[0-9]", "SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux", ATTR{name}=="Hauppauge HD
PVR", SYMLINK+="video_hdpvr"

Then, I just configured /etc/sysconfig/lirc to point to hauppauge-ir.
 Similarly, I entered mythtv-setup and pointed the HDPVR at
/dev/video_hdpvr.

I did get burned by the fact that the lirc socket moved from /dev/lircd (or
lirc0) to /var/run/lirc/lircd, so I had to enter myth setup and fix that.

I needed to add a few IR commands to the /etc/rc_keymaps/hauppauge file.
 Not hard.

Of course, the Harmony website was down all weekend, so it was impossible
to recall my remote control settings and tweak them, which I was finally
able to do today.

The mythtv lirc wiki was helpful, as were the links cited by Gabe.  And, or
course, my google machine.

Thanks to all...
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