[mythtv-users] USB IR Receivers

[Tom Bishop]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:

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> On 8/12/2015 1:02 PM, Tom Bishop wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
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>> On 8/12/2015 12:19 PM, Tom Bishop wrote:
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>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Kirk Bocek < <t004 at kbocek.com>
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>>> As part of getting my ECS Liva working, I plugged in an old Microsoft
>>> branded IR receiver and it worked great with Fedora 21's mceusb driver.
>>> When I moved the Liva to the TV location I swapped in the off-brand/generic
>>> IR receiver that had been working for years with CentOS 6 and the mceusb
>>> driver therein.
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>>> Guess what? Nothing.
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>>> So I swapped the old Microsoft receiver to get things working. But why
>>> didn't the other receiver work? I had also purchased an inexpensive HP
>>> receiver and in a fit of pique threw it in the trash when it didn't work
>>> with the Liva. I think I was rash.
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>>> Can anyone provide any guidance on getting an off-brand receiver working
>>> with newer kernels? I assume support for older hardware has been removed. I
>>> recall the HP receiver did load mceusb and identify it as the usual "eHome
>>> receiver" I've always seen. Just no output from irw.
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>>> Can anyone point to USB IR receivers available that work with current
>>> kernels? Obviously the old Microsoft receivers are long out of stock.
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>> Best one I have found and have been using them for quite some time, they
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>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-RC2604315-01BG-Media-Center-Remote-Control-USB-IR-Receiver-OVU710018-01-/251421736049
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> Latest versions of openelec, which are running very recent kernels.
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> Okay. Not wild about ordering from China. What did they charge for
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I think that is the same one I have been using and that includes shipping,
probably have ordered and installed 20 or more of them.
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