[mythtv-users] LIRC and Hauppauge question

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Monday 10 November 2003 14:54, Emlyn.Bolton at nokia.com wrote:
> I was looking to use my Onkyo remote with my Myth setup, but I can't
> seem to find the lircd.conf file and trying to do the learning thing
> with the Hauppauge i2c driver doesn't seem to work...
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to use remotes other than the
> Hauppauge ones with the cards?
>
> Cheers,
>
> E

Based on my experience, the receiver on the Hauppauge cards will respond 
to RC-5 codes from other remotes (usually Philips, or universals 
programmed as Philips).  However, there seems to be a limitation to 
exactly which codes the receiver will respond to.  To date no one (at 
least on this list) has reported getting all (or even most) of the 
buttons on a universal or other non-Hauppauge remote to work with the 
Hauppauge receiver.  Thus, the options would seem to be:

- Get a learning remote and learn from a real (borrowed?) Hauppauge 
'gray' remote
- Get a JP-1 programmable remote and see if you can program it with 
codes that will be accepted by the Hauppauge receiver
- Get or build a serial IR receiver and use any remote you damn well 
please.

-JAC