I have just bought one of these "HP" infrared receivers off eBay - <a href="https://launchpadlibrarian.net/75577722/HP-usb.jpg">https://launchpadlibrarian.net/75577722/HP-usb.jpg</a>. What I know so far is that it's an OEM device and the real manufacturer is Fintek.<br>
<br>$ lsusb<br>Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub<br>Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub<br>Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br>Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br>
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br>Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br>Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br>Bus 005 Device 002: ID 413c:3012 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse<br>
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 1934:5168 Feature Integration Technology Inc. (Fintek) F71610A or F71612A Consumer Infrared Receiver/Transceiver<br>Bus 007 Device 002: ID 03f0:0024 Hewlett-Packard KU-0316 Keyboard<br><br>I see this in dmesg output which looks encouraging:<br>
[ 13.944613] IR NEC protocol handler initialized<br>[ 13.956004] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized<br>[ 13.982301] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized<br>[ 13.988108] Registered IR keymap rc-rc6-mce<br>[ 13.988215] input: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (1934:5168) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/rc/rc0/input8<br>
[ 13.988385] rc0: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (1934:5168) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/rc/rc0<br>[ 14.023730] IR JVC protocol handler initialized<br>[ 14.068531] IR Sony protocol handler initialized<br>
[ 14.078332] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 248<br>[ 14.115370] lirc_serial: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.<br>[ 14.115737] lirc_serial: port existence test failed, cannot continue<br>
[ 14.115751] lirc_serial: probe of lirc_serial.0 failed with error -22<br>[ 14.115895] platform lirc_serial.0: lirc_dev: driver lirc_serial registered at minor = 0<br>[ 14.117547] input: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (mceusb) as /devices/virtual/input/input9<br>
[ 14.117632] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized<br>[ 14.208060] mceusb 5-2:1.0: Registered FINTEK eHome Infrared Transceiver with mce emulator interface version 2<br>[ 14.208067] mceusb 5-2:1.0: 2 tx ports (0x0 cabled) and 2 rx sensors (0x0 active)<br>
[ 14.208104] usbcore: registered new interface driver mceusb<br>[ 14.276554] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb) registered at minor = 1<br>[ 14.276558] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized<br><br>I've seen reports of these working but can't work out how to get it working with my Harmony 600 remote.My harmony remote has been programmed as the KnoppMyth device because I used to have it working with a serial port IR receiver but I don't have the serial option any more which is why I bought this USB receiver. Do I need to change this? I believe that this receiver works as a UDB HID device so it's expecting keyboard commands. Does that mean I need to reprogram the Harmony as some other sort of device? <br>
<br>Sorry if I've used the wrong terminology here but I'm very confused about what needs to be configured to get this working. <br><br><br>