[mythtv-users] mceusb

[Stephen Worthington]

On Fri, 18 May 2018 10:28:41 -0300, you wrote:

>Hi, I'm trying to install an mceusb with blaster on F27. I'm only 
>interested in getting the irblaster portion working to change channels 
>on a slave backend. Everything I read on the wiki and via google search 
>seems to have been written at the dawn of history and in bits and pieces 
>scattered here and there. I've got an lircd.conf and a channel change 
>script but don't know where to go from there.  Is there something you're 
>supposed to modprobe or install to get channel changing to work?  I 
>understand the mceusb should work without installing lirc. Things I've 
>found out. lsusb shows it's recognized as Bus 001 Device 004: ID 
>0471:0815 Philips (or NXP) eHome Infrared Receiver,
>
># mode2 --driver devinput --list-devices
>/dev/input/event6 [0471:0815] Philips eHome Infrared Transceiver 
>version:  1.10 serial: PH00UFxr
>/dev/input/by-id/usb-Philips_eHome_Infrared_Transceiver_PH00UFxr-event-if00 
>-> ../event6
>/dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:10:1.0-event -> ../event6
>
>Any and all help appreciated.
>
>Rick

I have never heard of an IR blaster working without lirc.  IR input
can work without lirc, by emulating keystrokes, but there is no such
mechanism for IR blasting.