[mythtv-users] Ortek VRC-1100 IR receiver on Gentoo

[Karl Newman]

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 6:06 PM, mythtv <mythtv at mdabbs.org> wrote:

> On 04/05/2017 07:02 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 04/05/2017 06:31 PM, mythtv wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, I have the udev rules in place, and irremote0 and irremote1 show up
>>> under /dev/input.  They are linked to input2 and input4. But when Itry to
>>> test them with ir-keytable -d /dev/input/event2 -t I get nothing.  I'm
>>> using a different remote, could that be the problem? Its an MCE remote but
>>> not the one that came with the receiver.
>>>
>> If you just plug the remote in, open a terminal and press a few keys on
>> the remote you should see it echoing them as if it was a keyboard. It does
>> not use ir-keytable, as far as linux is concerned the remote is a keyboard
>> and a mouse.
>>
>> I literally plug it in and use it, no changes at all to anything, and I
>> test it in a bash session. The number keys should echo numbers, play should
>> echo P and so on.
>>
>> Does yours not work like this?
>>
>> Peter
>>
> Mine does not work like this.  Again, I'm wondering if it's because I'm
> using a different remote.  I'm not sure I even know where the actual remote
> is that came with the receiver.  Do you have a different remote that you
> can test with?
>

Pretty sure you have to use the remote that came with it. It's a matched
set, not a generic MCE-type receiver (and I'm not even sure if MCE is
generic).

Karl
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