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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/30/2014 07:32 PM, Karl Newman
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:33 PM,
Martin Compton <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I'm trying to use
the HDPVR's (lirc_zilog tx_only=1) IR transmitter on
Ubuntu Precise , kernel 3.5.0-48, Myth 0.27+fixes.<br>
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The module 'lirc_zilog' loads okay and I can run lircd
on the device:<br>
<blockquote>lircd -n
--pidfile=/var/run/lirc/lircd-hdpvr1
--device=/dev/lirc1
--output=/var/run/lirc/lircd-hdpvr1
/usr/share/lirc/extras/transmitters/dish/general.conf<br>
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I can list the remote codes:<br>
<blockquote>irsend --device=/var/run/lirc/lircd-hdpvr1
LIST "dish" ""<br>
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But I can't send any commands, nor does the emitter
flash:<br>
<blockquote>irsend --device=/var/run/lirc/lircd-hdpvr1
SEND_ONCE dish left<br>
irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE dish left<br>
irsend: transmission failed<br>
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lircd reports:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">lircd-0.9.0[8981]: accepted new
client on /var/run/lirc/lircd-hdpvr1<br>
lircd-0.9.0[8981]: write failed<br>
lircd-0.9.0[8981]: Protocol error<br>
lircd-0.9.0[8981]: error processing command: SEND_ONCE
dish left<br>
lircd-0.9.0[8981]: transmission failed<br>
lircd-0.9.0[8981]: removed client<br>
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I've tried several transmitter/remote config files with
the same results.<br>
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I would greatly appreciate some guidance here as I'm not
sure what is going on, am I missing something about
lircd protocols?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
MC<br>
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In launching lircd, you provided the same path for your
pidfile as you did for the socket. You need to change one of
them.<br>
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Good catch! Alas, that is not the issue.<br>
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I downloaded the lircd.conf from:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/lmilk/lircd.conf">http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/lmilk/lircd.conf</a></blockquote>
<br>
Using the "blaster" definitions allowed transmission to succeed
(even w/ the missing '.pid'), albeit in a useless form for my
purposes (TV volume and input control).<br>
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From what I am learning, the HDPVR IR blaster is VERY limited by
firmware in what codes it can send.<br>
Using any of the "lircd.conf.hauppauge" definitions also failed.<br>
<br>
Is it possible to enable the receiver and use "irrecord" to obtain
the lirc_zilog device's interpretation of the signals from my TV
remote?<br>
(my TV remote's lircd.conf was generated via the mceusb device using
that method)?<br>
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Thanks, my brain hurts!<br>
MC<br>
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