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Harry Devine wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 04/10/2007, Harry Devine <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lifter89@comcast.net"><lifter89@comcast.net></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Nick Morrott wrote:
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<pre wrap="">1. Just to be clear, do you have a blaster (transmitter)
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<pre wrap="">or receiver?
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<pre wrap="">I have an IR Blaster from irblaster.info (the one that they
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<pre wrap="">say works
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<pre wrap="">with Myth). I ran dmesg and saw the following entries for
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<pre wrap="">lirc:
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<pre wrap=""> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver
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<pre wrap="">registered, at major 61
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<pre wrap=""> lirc_serial: auto-detected active high
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<pre wrap="">receiver.
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<pre wrap="">Harry,
Just to be sure we're not talking at cross-purposes here:
i) my understanding is that you want to be able to control
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<pre wrap="">MythTV (and
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<pre wrap="">other LIRC software) with your Harmony remote control.
ii) an IR blaster (what you state you have, and why I asked)
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<pre wrap="">is solely
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<pre wrap="">used to control an external device like a cable or satellite
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<pre wrap="">box, by
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<pre wrap="">'pretending' to be a remote control. You configure LIRC to
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<pre wrap="">mimic the
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<pre wrap="">remote's commands, and it can change channel on the STB
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<pre wrap="">via irsend.
iii) an IR receiver (what you need to be able to use a remote
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<pre wrap="">control MythTV, and what I worry do not actually have)
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<pre wrap="">receives the
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<pre wrap="">output from your remote control. When running LIRC with
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<pre wrap="">MythTV, LIRC
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<pre wrap="">decodes these signals and passes them to MythTV to allow you
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<pre wrap="">to
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<pre wrap="">navigate the menus and control playback etc.
Only a combined IR receiver/blaster (transceiver) will allow
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<pre wrap="">you to
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<pre wrap="">use a remote control and control an external device as
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<pre wrap="">Harry,
correct me if i'm wrong, but what i'm reading from your posts is
that
you purchased an IR Blaster and have that installed. your 'TV'
service has a set top box that you currently control with a
dedicated
remote. you already have a wireless keyboard and mouse hooked
up and
working with your MythBox.
is that correct?
if so, (and list, please correct me if i'm wrong as i don't use
this
setup) you 'may' be able to use the IR receiver that your
keyboard
uses to get button pushes from your remote into Myth. LIRC will
then
decode them and control the various Myth functions. if you want
to
change channels on your set top box you will still need the IR
Blaster, so Myth can tell your STB to change channels.
forget the IR Blaster and the on order IR receiver for the
moment.
look over the wiki and in the archives for details on how to use
'irrecord' and 'irw' to create your own lircd.conf file. it's
actually very easy to do, and then you can customize it for your
remote and your preferences. try to use irw and irrecord to
capture
button presses from your remote pointed at your wireless
keyboards ir
receiver that you have hooked up to your MythBox. if irw is
able to
receive signals then you can return the IR Receiver that you
just
ordered. after you've played with and tweaked your newly
created
lircd.conf file (following the instructions on the wiki) you can
go
about setting up the IR Blaster to change channels on your STB
from
Myth using your harmony remote.
i hope i didn't muddy the water any with my comments. i think
you
just need to start at the beginning and take it one step at a
time.
it sounds like you're trying to get too many different pieces to
work
at once.
hope that helps
I just went through this and it's not fun and as far as I am concerned there
could be way better docs on the wiki for this. Setting up STB control using
lircd is what I am talking about.
Just to be clear here, is your Harmony remote a learning remote? If it's
not, you'll need a ir receiver that can capture the remote signals from
whatever remote you use to change the channels on your Set Top Box (whether
its directtv, dish or cable) You can create your stb lircd.conf using
irrecord as stated above. If you Harmony is capable of learning the ir
signals from your STB remote, then you can easliy make your harmony control
your STB which is easier I believe. You'll still need to use irrecord to
create a lircd.conf which will match the ir signal codes to button pressed
on the remote. I actually created a seperate instance of lircd named
differently for ir blasting my stb and have the original lircd running for
"receiving" the ir commands from my pvr-350 remote. I followed this guide
here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=550068">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=550068</a>
I used the latest 8.2 lirc version to do this and it works beautifully. The
most important things are 2 different config files.
/etc/lircd.conf (this is the config for the harmony remote)
/etc/ledxmitd.conf (this is the config for the remote that was controlling
the stb, so the stb receives the signals it's expecting)
/home/username/.mythtv/lircrc (this is the config that maps the remote
button presses to functions within mythtv and can even control other
programs like mplayer, xmms, etc etc.)
Daniel
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<pre wrap=""><!---->I do believe that the Harmony 550 is a learning remote, but I'm not
trying to have it control my set top box by learning. This remote has a
configuration program that runs on Windows where I tell it my STB's
make/model and it programs the remote to function like that device.
Actually, I have my TV, DVD Recorder, STB, and stereo receiver all
programmed in there now. I now have that 1 remote instead of 4 seperate
ones. It can also be programmed to emulate a PVR device, so that's why
I was trying to emulate a Hauppage remote to control the Myth menus,
since alot of people on this list seem to rave about them.
Thanks,
Harry
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I just got my IR Blaster receiver today, plugged it in and, Wa-La!
Success. I can now move around using the remote, so I'm very happy.
It'll take some getting used to, mainly learning what buttons do what,
etc., but this was a major hurdle for me. However, there are to things
that I saw that I thought someone might have some info on. <br>
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First, when I go the my videos section, I can change the Parental
control level by pushing the desired level on the remote and entering
the PIN (pressing 4 then the PIN). However, there are 2 options on
that screen that say "MENU - Options" and "INFO - Actions". These 2
option don't seem to map to any button on my remote. Any ideas on how
I can get these 2 options mapped?<br>
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Second, when I actually play a video, it plays with Xine. I can pause,
fast forward, etc., but when I stop the video, I want to have Xine exit
out and go back to the front end. This doesn't happen. The Xine
splash screen stays up, and I have to ssh into the box and kill the
process. Any thoughts on how to do this more gracefully?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Harry<br>
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