[mythtv-users] MCE remote after 0.21 -> 0.27 upgrade
Jerome Yuzyk
jerome at supernet.ab.ca
Sat Sep 5 18:11:43 UTC 2015
On Saturday, September 05, 2015 10:58:43 AM Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 04/09/15 23:43, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> > On Thursday, August 13, 2015 01:52:47 PM Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> >> On Thursday, August 13, 2015 12:44:35 AM Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> >>> [0.27-4 on Fedora 22]
> >>>
> >>> Well that wasn't so bad... But I am stumped on my MCE USB remote. Only the arrow keys seem to work. OK doesn't do anything. The green menu button pops up an XFCE error dialog "Failed to launch shortcut 'XF86AudioMedia'".
> >>>
> >>> I tried following the MCE_Remote wiki - it seems that I don't need lircd anymore, but following the HID_Remotes page doesn't get me any further.
> >>>
> >>> XFCE seems to be getting in the way, but I can't figure out how.
> >>
> >> ... the morning after, still no love ...
> >
> > A couple weeks later, like but no love...
>
> If you can, try and find a known remote and dongle to test your system with.
> Perhaps the one that comes with your TV. Use irrecord to find out what codes it
> uses. Doing this may help eliminate particular parts of the chain so that you
> can concentrate on the rest.
My remote is from the "Hauppauge WinTV-PVR kit" and is the 5th shown on https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote and I'm using a monitor not a TV so I have no other remotes.
My config used to be very simple:
#
# RC-6 config file
#
# source: http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/projects__remote_control.htm
# http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/pronto.pdf
#
# used by: Philips
#
#########
#
# Philips Media Center Edition remote control
# For use with the USB MCE ir receiver
#
# Dan Conti dconti|acm.wwu.edu
#
# Updated with codes for MCE 2005 Remote additional buttons
# *, #, Teletext, Red, Green, Yellow & Blue Buttons
# Note: TV power button transmits no code until programmed.
# Updated 12th September 2005
# Graham Auld - mce|graham.auld.me.uk
#
# Radio, Print, RecTV are only available on the HP Media Center remote control
#
begin remote
name mceusb
bits 16
flags RC6|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100
header 2667 889
one 444 444
zero 444 444
pre_data_bits 21
pre_data 0x37FF0
gap 105000
toggle_bit 22
rc6_mask 0x100000000
begin codes
Blue 0x00007ba1
Yellow 0x00007ba2
Green 0x00007ba3
Red 0x00007ba4
Teletext 0x00007ba5
# starts at af
Radio 0x00007baf
Print 0x00007bb1
Videos 0x00007bb5
Pictures 0x00007bb6
RecTV 0x00007bb7
Music 0x00007bb8
TV 0x00007bb9
# no ba - d8
Guide 0x00007bd9
LiveTV 0x00007bda
DVD 0x00007bdb
Back 0x00007bdc
OK 0x00007bdd
Right 0x00007bde
Left 0x00007bdf
Down 0x00007be0
Up 0x00007be1
Star 0x00007be2
Hash 0x00007be3
Replay 0x00007be4
Skip 0x00007be5
Stop 0x00007be6
Pause 0x00007be7
Record 0x00007be8
Play 0x00007be9
Rewind 0x00007bea
Forward 0x00007beb
ChanDown 0x00007bec
ChanUp 0x00007bed
VolDown 0x00007bee
VolUp 0x00007bef
More 0x00007bf0
Mute 0x00007bf1
Home 0x00007bf2
Power 0x00007bf3
Enter 0x00007bf4
Clear 0x00007bf5
Nine 0x00007bf6
Eight 0x00007bf7
Seven 0x00007bf8
Six 0x00007bf9
Five 0x00007bfa
Four 0x00007bfb
Three 0x00007bfc
Two 0x00007bfd
One 0x00007bfe
Zero 0x00007bff
end codes
end remote
I am trying to use this updated config for the remote: http://sourceforge.net/p/lirc-remotes/code/ci/master/tree/remotes/mceusb/mceusb.lircd.conf, stored in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/mceusb.lircd.conf and include-d by lircd.conf but maybe I'm not doing it right. The new lirc (0.9.2a) has a lirc_options.conf that I think is supposed to choose the driver but all I can use is devinput (not mceusb) and no matter what I do all my scancodes are the 0x00008 ones from devinput.conf, not the 0x00007 ones.
I'm not even sure what to tinker with anymore. Sports weekend though, so I'm giving it a rest and hoping the eyes of someone sees what is probably a forehead-slapper that I've missed.
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