[mythtv-users] Need help with supporting iguanaIR in upgrade from ubuntu 10.04 to ubuntu 14.04

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Craig,

Thursday, April 23, 2015, 11:30:18 PM, you wrote:

> I thought I had worked out everything, but now I'm not sure what to
> do.  I have the four transmitter version of IguanaWorks iguanaIR which
> has been working fine on my old system running ubuntu 10.04.  I'm
> hoping to finish migrating to ubuntu 14.04 today, but I'm under a
> deadline to get done before tonight's recordings start, if I can
> manage it.

> I used to have to compile a custom version of lirc to incorporate the
> driver for the iguana device, but it is already supported in the
> kernel modules -- iguanair shows up in the output of lsmod.

The difference between in kernel and native lirc is the device node.
With native lirc you will have a /dev/lirc0, with in kernel it will be
in /dev/input/event?. If you want to use the blaster, you will need
lirc. Instead of -d /dev/lirc0 you will need something like:
-H devinput -d /dev/input/event?. The trouble is that the number of
the eventdevice can change. For my PVR350 ir I therefore use an
udev-rule to create a consistent name. An alternative that is said to
work is -H devinput -d name=*DVB*

The rest should be the same as on your old machine.

> My problem is I'm having trouble is that I can't tell:
>     A) If I still have to compile a custom lirc version, or,
> if not, then what do I have to do to:
>     1) Send blaster commands to the four individual blaster output ports
>     2) Define key codes for the outputs
>     3) Define key codes for the inputs from several remotes I have
> (faster to switch remotes than find more batteries sometimes).  This
> last may be redundant with the output key codes.

> TIA,
> Craig.
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