[mythtv-users] HDPVR IR blaster slow

[Kris Jensen]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

>
>> I would welcome suggestions of a working solution for 4 emitters that is
> dirt cheap and easily implemented (would rather not have to compile drivers
> for each one and whatnot).
>
> Thanks everyone for your input on this... it's been fun getting into the
> code.
>
>
About a year ago I was faced with a conundrum of IR control for multiple AV
boxes that used the same IR code set, or had a overlap of one or two
particular codes. To accomplish this I needed a IR transmitting devise that
supported 5 separate IR transmitters, at a minimum. Upon finding commercial
multi IR transmitter solutions are prohibitively expensive, at well over
$100. The hunt was on to make my own, somehow.


 Then I found my solution. A few pages describing how to use LIRC on a
RaspberryPi and also a page on a multi transmitter GPIO LIRC driver.


 Wile not exactly a solution that you looking for. A Raspberry Pi and
$30-$40 more in parts and you can make your own standalone multi IR
transmitter LIRC server. And have fun making it as well. I made LIRC sever
with eight transmitters. Overkill as I only really needed five but its good
to have room for expansion. It works Very well.


 If you are handy with a soldering iron and so inclined to go the route I
did. Here are the pages that helped me make my own.


 http://aron.ws/projects/lirc_rpi/


 http://harctoolbox.org/lirc_rpi.html



http://idrisr.com/blog/2014/05/29/compiling-a-custom-linux-kernel-with-lirc-multi-gpio-output-enabled-for-the-raspberry-pi/


 There are other pages out there as well.


 Just a thought.

Hope it helps.


 Kris.
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