<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Johnny Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnnyjboss@gmail.com">johnnyjboss@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Jerry Rubinow <<a href="mailto:jerrymr@gmail.com">jerrymr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Johnny Walker <<a href="mailto:johnnyjboss@gmail.com">johnnyjboss@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Jarod Wilson <<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com">jarod@wilsonet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > On Nov 24, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> > There are reports of the unit essentially locking itself up during<br>
>> >> > recording if the ir part is being polled by the lirc_zilog driver, yes. Not<br>
>> >> > sure if that's an issue with the hdpvr driver or the lirc_zilog driver at<br>
>> >> > this point. I don't actually use my hdpvr for much of anything at the<br>
>> >> > moment, and haven't had time to dig into it.<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Hmmm. Does use of the HD-PVR receiver necessitate use of lirc_zilog?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Yes.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> > Is lirc_zilog always polling the IR?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> If loaded and bound to the hdpvr, yes.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> > Is there any way to prevent polling,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Don't load lirc_zilog, or rewrite lirc_zilog to be interrupt-driven.<br>
>> >> (Not even sure if that's possible... It'd definitely be preferred if it was<br>
>> >> though).<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> > and what implications does that have?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Non-functional IR receiver. If you're not polling it, you're not going<br>
>> >> to see any incoming IR signals.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Sounds like it's unknown whether this lockup affects all HD-PVR+lirc<br>
>> >> users or what the frequency is, or when you'll have time to look into it.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Correct.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> Fair enough. It's not the answer I was hoping for, but better than no<br>
>> >> answer. I still think I'll go ahead and get the Revo, and if I experience<br>
>> >> the same thing and it isn't too hard, I'll try to help debug it.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Any and all help doing so would be much appreciated. However, at the<br>
>> > moment, I'm not quite sure where to start, other than running both the hdpvr<br>
>> > driver and lirc_zilog driver with full-blown module debugging options<br>
>> > enabled.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> When you say "non-functional IR receiver", do you mean the driver isn't<br>
>> >> functioning or the hardware/firmware? Or unknown?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > The driver has to poll the IR chip to see if a new signal has arrived.<br>
>> > If it doesn't poll the IR chip, you'll never know that a button was pressed,<br>
>> > rendering the receiver non-functional.<br>
>><br>
>> I have the HD-PVR and I don't use the lirc_zilog - opting instead to<br>
>> control my STB with Firewire.<br>
>><br>
>> The lirc_zilog is only needed if you want to use the IR receiver<br>
>> portion of the HD-PVR.<br>
>><br>
>> Since my HD-PVR is on a dedicated backend unit I don't need IR to work<br>
>> on that box.<br>
><br>
> But my question was about the receiver, not the blaster. Like you, I've<br>
> been using firewire for STB control for years. Hey wait a second, the Revo<br>
> doesn't have firewire! ....now see there's the problem with planning<br>
> hardware upgrades in your head. I just realized that the Revo will not be<br>
> in the same room as the STB, so it doesn't matter that it doesn't have<br>
> firewire. The STB will be near the HD-PVR, which will be attached to the<br>
> backend in the basement. What was I thinking? I have no use for the Revo's<br>
> IR receiver, and can use the backend's firewire to change the STB channel,<br>
> so no use for blaster either.<br>
> I guess I won't have the problem I thought I would.<br>
> Thanks, Johnny.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Sounds great - let me know how your Revo works out and which model you<br>
get. I'm wanting one but I'm waiting until Amazon has them again.<br>
(Amazon themselves, not a reseller through Amazon)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm ordering the AR1600, from newegg for $200. </div></div>