[mythtv-users] HDPVR IR-Blaster Issues

[Robert Birch]

I’m trying to use the IR-Blaster functionality of my HD-PVR device. 

Im running Fedora 26. The lirc_zilog seems to load properly:

	lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 237
	lirc_zilog: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
	Zilog/Hauppauge IR driver initializing
	probing IR Tx on Hauppage HD PVR I2C (i2c-9)
	i2c i2c-9: lirc_dev: driver lirc_zilog registered at minor = 0
	i2c i2c-9: IR unit on Hauppage HD PVR I2C (i2c-9) registered as lirc0 and ready
	i2c i2c-9: probe of IR Tx on Hauppage HD PVR I2C (i2c-9) done
	initialization complete
	i2c i2c-9: Zilog/Hauppauge IR blaster firmware version 2.1.0 loaded

I have the tx_only flag set:

	[root at localhost modprobe.d]# more lirc_zilog.conf
	options lirc_zilog tx_only=1

I can see /dev/lirc0:

	[root at localhost ~]# ls -la /dev/lirc*
	crw-rw---- 1 root lirc 237, 0 Nov 5 16:05 /dev/lirc0

This is the /etc/lirc/hardware.conf (taken form the HD-PVR wiki)

	[root at localhost lirc]# more hardware.conf
	#Chosen IR transmitter TRANSMITTER="HD-PVR”
	TRANSMITTER_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_zilog”
	TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=“"
	TRANSMITTER_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0”
	TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=“"
	TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=“"
	TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=“"

Here is the log of lire starting:

Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Flexible IR remote input/output application support.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: lircd:  Opening log, level: Info
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Version: lircd 0.10.0
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: System info: Linux localhost.localdomain 4.13.4-200.fc26.x86_
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Initial device: /dev/lirc0
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Initial device: /dev/lirc0
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: lircd:  Opening log, level: Info
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: driver: default
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Running as user lirc
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Using remote: blaster.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: output: /var/run/lirc/lircd
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: nodaemon: 1
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: plugindir: /usr/lib64/lirc/plugins
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: logfile: syslog
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: immediate-init: 0
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: permission: 666
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: driver-options:
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: pidfile: /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: listen: 0
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: connect: (null)
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: userelease: 0
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: effective_user: (null)
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: release_suffix: _EVUP
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: allow_simulate: 0
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: repeat_max: 600
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: configfile: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Options: dynamic_codes: (null)
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Current driver: default
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Driver API version: 3
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Driver  version: 0.10.0
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Driver  info: See file:///usr/share/doc/lirc/plugindocs/defau
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: lircd:  Opening log, level: Info
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: Running as user lirc
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Using remote: blaster.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Using remote: Hauppauge.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Using remote: hauppauge_pvr.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Using remote: Hauppauge.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Using remote: Hauppauge_350.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Using remote: hauppauge_pvr.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Using remote: Hauppauge_350.
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: lircd(default) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd
Nov 05 16:46:18 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: lircd(default) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd
Nov 05 16:46:24 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Nov 05 16:46:24 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Cannot configure the rc device for /dev/lirc0
Nov 05 16:46:24 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Notice: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Nov 05 16:46:24 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: Cannot configure the rc device for /dev/lirc0
Nov 05 16:46:24 localhost.localdomain lircd[8542]: lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: removed client
Nov 05 16:46:24 localhost.localdomain lircd-0.10.0[8542]: Info: removed client

So the issue is the "Cannot configure the rc device for /dev/lirc0” error. I can’t find what the error actually means.

Can someone please help me out with this?

Thanks,
Shredder83



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