[mythtv-users] IR Transmitter

[Dan Morphis]

David wrote:

> FWIW I've just made the improved IR transmitter and the IR receiver
> and they're both connected via one serial port.
> 
> I had to recompile lirc because it only seems to understand the
> devices it's compiled for (which for KnoppMyth is the PVR350 one
> which I don't think works on 2.6.4 yet) It was pretty easy though.
> 
> I expect you need to do the same (recompile lirc)
> 
> I really don't think you need two instances - the idea is that lircd
Sure you could.  What if you have two different transmitters?  Or you 
have a pvr-x50 reciever, and a serial transmitter.


>  controls multiple process access to /dev/lirc In fact, if you have
> multiple processes accessing /dev/lirc, I think lircd stops.
> 
> If I run 'mode2' (what kind of name is that!) to scan the IR traffic
>  then lircd dies.
Have you tried xmode2?  I've never had a problem with lircd dying when 
using it.

-dan