<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Kirk Bocek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:t004@kbocek.com" target="_blank">t004@kbocek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<br>
Okay, I so don't understand what you mean by no Linux config. A
couple of months ago I went through a completely failed attempt to
get *two* different IR receivers working under Fedora and LIRC. One
of them was even working previously under CentOS. Really
frustrating. Alex L. the LIRC developer was even helping.<br>
<br>
Are there instructions somewhere on getting it working with Myth. No
config? I assume keyboard emulation then. IRW output? <br>
<br>
$23 on Amazon.<br>
<br>
I assume I'll need a USB extender to move it around front of
whatever device I have so it can receive IR signals. Receives RC-6?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I won't go into all the details, but there will be about a 10 minute configuration to be done. You get the FLIRC, a small USB dongle. You plug this into a Windows, Linux, or Mac machine and install the setup software. You then basically choose the Keyboard Emulation option, or whatever it's called, to send keyboard presses. A big on screen keyboard pops up. You make a virtual keyboard combination for each separate command you want to perform in Mythtv. You can use <a href="https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Keybindings">https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Keybindings</a> to use the default keybindings, using the simple set of commands and expanding to add the other commands to suit you. You click the virtual keys on the screen and select a button on your remote to match for each one. It's a little tedious but it's very easy to do. I don't even think you use your keyboard doing this -- it's all with the mouse (click CTRL, click ALT, click T (for example)).<br><br></div><div>After that, it's programmed. You can save the configuration for later on the computer you set it up on if you want to restore it later. Plug the FLIRC into your Mythtv frontend machine and that's it -- it emulates a keyboard. So you hit a button that you programmed on your remote and it receives the signal and sends the key presses. I suppose you might need a USB extender cable if your machine is out of sight. You won't have to deal with irw. FLIRC does all that by itself internally.<br><br></div><div>Sorry if that was too simple, but it really is that simple. Complex configurations might not be possible, but a working one should be. Two different programs -- like Kodi called from Mythfrontend -- I suppose that could be possible (good luck). RC-6, I'm fairly certain that is the regular standard and works as expected but I'm not an infrared specialist. It has worked with every remote I've tried. Check on Amazon, there are a zillion reviews on there.<br><br></div><div>You will go further with LIRC if you can get that all figured out. LIRC is great and that's what I usually use -- I'm lucky in that my configuration is straightforward. FLIRC is a simpler yet beautiful device that you can probably live with. I have it on a Raspberry Pi and it works great. You could plug it into any computer or even a Fire TV and execute keyboard commands with it. It's versatile.<br><br></div><div>Good luck with everything,<br></div><div>Jerry<br></div></div></div></div>