[mythtv-users] Multiple HD-PVR Blasters

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Jon,

Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 8:16:43 PM, you wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hoi Jon,
>  

>  Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 7:25:29 PM, you wrote:
>  
>  

>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>wrote:
>  
 >> Hoi Jon,
 >>
>  
 >>  Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 5:59:07 PM, you wrote:
 >>
  >>> Hey,
 >>
 >>
 >>
  >>> I have 2 HD-PVRs and yesterday decided to move the one that has
  >>> been on slave backend to my master backend that has a HD-PVR
  >>> already.  I can get everything to work but can only seem to get one
  >>> blaster to work at a time.  I end up with.
  >>>
  >>> [  377.424068] lirc_zilog: i2c_master_send failed with -5
  >>> [  377.424084] lirc_zilog: sending to the IR transmitter chip failed, trying reset
  >>> [  378.082019] lirc_zilog: Zilog/Hauppauge IR blaster firmware version 2.1.0 loaded
  >>>
  >>> Has anyone ran into this or have a successful 2 blaster setup they can share?
 >>
  >>> Thanks,
 >>
  >>> Jon
 >>
 >>
>  
 >> Basically you have to run two separate instances of lircd under a
 >>  different name. So you have to copy your lircd configuration and start
 >>  script to for instance lircd1 and adjust this configuration to the
 >>  second blaster.
 >>  Do you get two lirc instances in /dev/ or /dev/input ?
>  
 >> I do get 2 /dev/lirc instances.
>  
 >> I've tried to have 2 individual /dev/lircd and to use the
 >> listen/connect to connect a second lirc a single /dev/lircd  
 >>
 >> Would it be possible to share your startup scripts?  I must be doing something dumb.
>  
 >> Jon
>  
>  

> If you post your current two lircd scripts/configurations, I can look
>  at it. Also on the wiki you can find examples for udev rules. For you
>  also might want to distinguish the rest of the two cards.

> I was using a udev already for the single one and have the second added.

> For the most basic version running from the cli.
>   
> lircd --output=/dev/lircd --device=/dev/hdpvr_ir -P
> /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid  /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

> lircd --output=/dev/lircd2 --device=/dev/hdpvr2_ir -P
> /var/run/lirc/lircd2.pid  /etc/lirc2/lircd.conf
>   

> With the lircd.confs linking to a blaster and a blaster2 setting defined.

> $ irsend -d /dev/lircd SEND_ONCE blaster select
> $ irsend -d /dev/lircd2 SEND_ONCE blaster2 select
>   
> Sometimes the blaster 2 will work a time or two but it eventually
> fails.  I'm not sure it having on going recordings effects it or not.

> Has anyone had issues with a "failing" power adapter and the
> blaster maybe?  I can leave it recording for a long time no problem.
> I had not used this hdpvr in a while.
>   
> Jon

Does look OK.
Am I right that the blasters use the lirc-serial driver. If so do they
have a different IRQ and PORT?
What are your modprobe settings?

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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