[mythtv-users] Multiple HD-PVR Blasters

[Jon Heizer]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi Hika,
>
> Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 8:47:19 PM, you wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> And if so, do you have a serial port on your MB that can conflict?
>
>
They use the Zilog driver.

modprobe option to disable the receiver on the device as it can cause
issues.
options lirc_zilog tx_only=1

Jon
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