[mythtv-users] iMon remote, some keys not working?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Tom,

Thursday, October 1, 2015, 6:36:46 PM, you wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 5:20 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> Hoi Tom,
>>
>> Thursday, October 1, 2015, 9:23:08 AM, you wrote:
>>
>> > In a new Mythbuntu 14.04 install, my iMON remote (15c2:0042) which worked
>> > in my 12.04 system does not fully work.  The arrow keys work, Play/Pause
>> > does not.   I'm trying to figure out what all the configurations are that
>> > come into play (HID drive; Lirc; Mythtv)  and where the keypresses are
>> > getting swallowed.
>>
>> > With ir-keytable -l I can see all the keypresses:
>>
>> > Up & Down work in Myth:
>> > 1443683781.656111: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x1007f00
>> > 1443683781.656111: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: KEY_DOWN(0x0001)
>> > 1443683789.728111: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x1008000
>> > 1443683789.728111: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: KEY_UP(0x0001)
>>
>> > Pause has no effect in Myth:
>> > 1443683784.049113: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x2a9115b7
>> > 1443683784.049113: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: KEY_PAUSE(0x0001)
>>
>> >  All the keys that work are in the same range of scan codes.  The
>> > non-working keys are in a quite different scan code space..   I'm not
>> sure
>> > if that's related to the problem.   Any pointers on debugging this?
>>
>> The keys that work are the ones caught by X. Have you tried in
>> Mythfrontend to go into Config -> Edit Keys and to add the missing
>> buttons directly. This instead of the old way where you translate in
>> lirc to a keypress (e.g. P for Play/Pause) This now should then show
>> up as KEY_PAUSE and KEY_PLAY directly.
>> I don't work with Mythbuntu and this new way so I haven't tried it.
>>


> Thanks for the response, Hika.   That's excellent..  I'll give it a try
> this evening.

> I was struggling to understand the relationship among all these layers and
> to pull any debugging info at each point.  So, this really helps.


As said I haven't tried it, but I assume it to work. The other way
would be to use lirc and .lircrc as in the old way. e.g.

begin
      prog = mythtv
      button = KEY_PAUSE
      config = P
end


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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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