[mythtv-users] IguanaIR configuration

Alec Leamas leamas.alec at gmail.com
Wed Sep 2 18:38:30 UTC 2015


On 02/09/15 20:04, Alec Leamas wrote:
> On 02/09/15 18:59, Peter Bennett (cats22) wrote:
>
>> For what its worth, I found that when using irrecord to create a conf
>> file it worked a whole lot better if I held the remote a couple of
>> inches from the Iguana.
>
> :)
>
>> Doing that changed it from generating raw codes
>> to generating regular codes as below.
>>
>> begin remote
>>
>>    name  UG3EXP_VCR001
>>    bits           22
>>    flags SPACE_ENC
>>    eps            30
>>    aeps          100
>>
>>    header       3410  3136
>>    one           901  2407
>>    zero          901   741
>>    ptrail        898
>>    gap          32271
>>    toggle_bit_mask 0x0
>>
>>        begin codes
>>            STOP                 0x1005FF
>>            PAUSE                0x10C5E7
>>            PLAY                 0x10A5EB
>>            REWIND               0x1085EF
>>
>>   etc.
>
> Now, this looks good. What happens if you use this file when decoding i.
> e., copies it to /etc/lirc/lircd.conf, starts lircd + irw and pushes
> these buttons?

At a closer look, it actually looks bad or at least not as an MCE of any 
kind. MCE remotes normally uses RC6 protocol and have both a 
toggle_bit_mask and a rc6_mask. Make a new attempt with irrecord without 
any template, it might give more sane results.


Cheers!

--alec




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