[mythtv-users] Desperate: Help with ir-keytable and IguanaIR

[Tom Dexter]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wow...I'm about to loose my mind here. As noted in a previous thread,
>> my old homebrew serial IR receiver appeared to have died. ir-keytable
>> worked with that for a very long time and now isn't getting any sign
>> of life at all from it.
>>
>> I just bought an IguanaIR transceiver. I have the support enabled in
>> the kernel, as well as the NEC IR protocol:
>>
>> CONFIG_IR_IGUANA=y
>> CONFIG_IR_NEC_DECODER=y
>>
>> I know for a fact that my remote uses NEC (a Phillips TIVO34), as that
>> protocol worked when my serial IR was working.
>>
>> EVERYTHING looks right here, and I'm just not getting any sign of life
>> out of this thing either. ANY suggestions are welcome. I'm about to
>> loose it here. This is what I have:
>>
>> ir-keytable
>> Found /sys/class/rc/rc1/ (/dev/input/event5) with:
>>         Driver iguanair, table rc-empty
>>         Supported protocols: NEC RC-5 RC-6 JVC SONY SANYO RC-5-SZ
>> SHARP XMP other
>>         Enabled protocols: NEC
>>         Name: IguanaWorks USB IR Transceiver v
>>         bus: 3, vendor/product: 1781:0938, version: 0x0000
>>         Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 125 ms
>> Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event0) with:
>>         Driver serial_ir, table rc-empty
>>         Supported protocols: NEC RC-5 RC-6 JVC SONY SANYO RC-5-SZ
>> SHARP XMP other
>>         Enabled protocols:
>>         Name: Serial IR type home-brew
>>         bus: 25, vendor/product: 0001:0001, version: 0x0100
>>         Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 125 ms
>>
>> The first one is the iguana of course. As you see, NEC protocol is
>> enabled, which I did with:
>>
>> echo nec > /sys/class/rc/rc1/protocols
>>
>> I get nothing at all from "ir-keytables -t", and even from:
>>
>> od -x /dev/input/event5
>>
>> It can't be the remote itself, as I have two of them. No way did they
>> both crap out at once. I've even tried this on a completely different
>> Gentoo system from my frontend.
>>
>> I even just tried recompiling my kernel without the serial_ir just to
>> make sure that wasn't somehow causing issues. Other than obviously
>> picking up different device and input paths, I get the same
>> behavior...basically nothing at all. Everything here just plain looks
>> right, much as it did when my serial receiver was working.
>>
>> UPDATE: I also have and MCE USB receiver that I bought recently. That
>> simply had way too much lag which is why I didn't use it.
>> Interestingly, that DOES work with the NEC protocol with "ir-keytable
>> -t". Is it possible that the IguanaIR just doesn't work with the NEC
>> protocol?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Tom
>
> One quick question on the IguanaIR: This is the dual channel
> transceiver. Is that supposed to have any LED or the like that would
> light up when receiving like the MCE does? Mine stays totally dark.
> I'd like to know if it might just be defective.
>
> Thanks
> Tom

Wow...now I'm really starting to wonder if this IguanaIR unit isn't
just plain bad. I just dug out an old remote from a Phillips DVD
player I had. That works with my MCE USB receiver and the rc-6
protocol just fine, but again, gets absolutely nothing from using the
IguanaIR with rc-6. That sort of rules out any issue with NEC
specifically. I hope someone can answer my question as to whether
those are supposed to light up.

Thanks
Tom