[mythtv-users] lirc & homebrew transmitter & scientific atlanta2100

[DanM]

Why not build the simple transmitter on lirc.org?  One diode, one 
resister, one LED.

-dan0

Dan Berger wrote:

>Scientific Atalanta 2100 box here too.
>
>I installed a second copy of lirc and loaded up lirc_sir. After attempting
>to use the SA2000's conf file (w/ frequency 57000) as some have suggested
>unsuccessfully, I tried to use irrecord to create my own lirc conf file for
>the SA2100. That did not work as well.
>
>Here is a response I got from the lirc mailing list:
>
>"the lirc_sir output is hardcoded at 38000 khz.  The lirc_serial can adjust
>it's frequency output, but lirc_sir does not.  lirc_sir uses the baud
>rate/rs232 character pattern to make the output frequency, 57000 is
>possible, but it would require changes in the driver."
>
>However, things get more complicated: "the lirc_serial won't work with sir
>hardware (Actisys IR-200L). lirc_serial only works with the home-brew serial
>type hardware."
>
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Tony Maro
>>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 1:33 AM
>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] lirc & homebrew transmitter & 
>>scientific atlanta2100
>>
>>Jay Goldberg wrote:
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>>>Hi Folks
>>>
>>>First an apology - I know this isn't the lirc mailing list.  
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>>But I was 
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>>>hoping that someone here might have had some experience with the 
>>>Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2100.
>>>
>>>I built a simple serial IR transmitter so that my mthTV box could 
>>>change the channels on my cable box.  I've tested it; I can 
>>>      
>>>
>>control my 
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>>>TV with lirc's irsend command all day long.  But I cannot 
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>>control the 
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>>>Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2100.
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>>>
>>Interestingly enough, I just got done programming a universal 
>>remote to control my MythTV box using a home built IR 
>>receiver. (The opposite of your project.)
>>
>>One of the remote configs I tried to use was the Scientific Atlanta.
>>
>>I could not successfully program LIRC to recognize the 
>>commands and ended up switching to a Motorola remote instead.
>>
>>So, I wonder if the homebrew IR (or perhaps one or more of the 
>>modules that can be used within it) just don't support it's IR 
>>freq very well or something.
>>
>>Also, for some reason I couldn't use ANY of the pre-fab 
>>configs on lirc.org.  I also found I had to do a -f when 
>>recording to get a signal
>>- using RAW mode.
>>
>>-Tony
>>
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