<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Johannessen</b> <<a href="mailto:mfjlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mfjlaw@gmail.com
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On 3/11/06, Dewey Smolka <<a href="mailto:dsmolka@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">dsmolka@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > start the capture of ir remore commands:
<br>> > $ /usr/bin/irw<br>> ><br>> > I get a blank line (as expected as here I should see data output).
<br>> > However, I get no comments that the ir commands are being received and<br>> > the program hangs. I command-c to get out of irw.<br>><br>> So far, this is exactly what should happen.<br><br>So is it correct that assuming the remote is working, there should be
<br>no data spewed in the terminal window while irw is running when a key<br>on the remote is pressed? The howto indicates there should be a steam<br>of data resulting from a key press.<br><br>> Two questions: Are you sure you have the right definition in /etc/lircd.conf?
<br><br>As far as I can tell, the correct lircd.conf for a new grey/black<br>Hauppauge remote is the definition off Jarod's site:<br><br># wget <a href="http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/lircd-g3.conf.txt" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/lircd-g3.conf.txt
</a><br># mv lircd-g3.conf.txt /etc/lircd.conf<br><br>> Second: As stupid as this may sound, are you sure you have good<br>> batteries in your remote?<br><br>I did swap out the batteries but I can't tell if the unit is working
<br>or not (no visible indications at least).<br><br>Mark<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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