[mythtv-users] Imon remote frustrations

R. G. Newbury newbury at mandamus.org
Sat Nov 12 01:19:27 UTC 2016


On 11/11/16 11:13 AM, Joel Newcomb wrote:
> On 11/11/2016 07:15 AM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>> On 11/09/2016 01:26 AM, Neil Salstrom wrote:

> Neil, I also was running the Soundgraph IR, (Antec Fusion Black w/LCD),
> for some time and had some success with Lirc. Inevitably, upgrading
> broke it several times. It did the basics for me for years, but
> somewhere along the way I got fed up and switched to a Flirc dongle. It
> was very easy to program and again, worked for a couple of years. I had
> been reading on list about other's experiences with kernel supported IR
> and while upgrading some other hardware, I decided to give it a whirl.
> It took some experimentation to discover what my Harmony 650, configured
> as an MCE remote, was blasting out, but eventually I figured out how to
> edit the key-codes. I only use arrows, OK, Menu, and Info, but has been
> working for a year now.
> I just wish to offer some encouragement, as with the rest of MythTV, it
> only takes a bit of tuning to get it to where you want.
> Something that I have not been able to map is the Power button to start
> the machine. Years ago I had Lirc do this for me, (Fontend/Backend w/
> ACPI Wakeup), but since has eluded me.

Take a look at that file (at 
/usr/src/kernels/4.7.9-100.fc23.x86_64/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h

There is a KEY_POWER key. but what is does is.... left to the student as 
an exercise??

Geoff








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