[mythtv-users] Slightly OT - Help w/Homebrew IR Transceiver(LIRCPROBLEMS)

Fri Apr 16 15:30:34 EDT 2004

There was no /dev/lirc when I used the gentoo package.

When I compiled it myself, there was a /dev/lirc, which I've tried as well,
with no success.

I've tried moving the receiver from one serial port to another, with no
change.

I've tried recompiling with different serial ports in the configuration,
with no change.

I'm at a loss.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brian Rumple
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 12:08 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT - Help w/Homebrew IR
> Transceiver(LIRCPROBLEMS)
> 
> Is lirc_serial setup to open on the correct COM port?  That would be my
> first guess.  Does /dev/lirc actually exist? (ls -l /dev/lirc)
> 
> I don't believe that "irrecord -d /dev/lircd test.lirc" is what you
> want.  I think irrecord is suppose to connect directy to /dev/lirc and
> not the daemon socket.  You might can try "irrecord -d /dev/ttyS0
> test.lirc" or ttyS1.
> 
> I don't think that a incorrect circuit would cause this to happen. I
> think the lirc setup is wrong somewhere.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Scott Nicholson
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 10:07 AM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT - Help w/Homebrew IR Transceiver
> (LIRCPROBLEMS)
> 
> 
> Okay... I've built the circuit. I didn't have a solderless breadboard
> (just some perfboard) so I plunged in and soldered the thing together.
> I've gone over the circuit several times and everything appears to be
> assembled correctly.
> 
> But I'm having problems with LIRC. I first did "emerge lirc" (I'm on
> Gentoo) and tried it out. When I couldn't get that working I downloaded
> the source and used the "setup.sh" to configure it, then did "make" and
> "make install", but I'm still getting the same problems.
> 
> I do /etc/init.d/lircd start, and lirc seems to load fine. (It's listed
> in "ps -A", and /var/log/lircd lists "lircd(serial) ready").
> 
> I run "irrecord test.lirc" and get an error -- "could not open
> /dev/lirc".
> 
> If I run "irrecord -d /dev/lircd test.lirc" it runs okay, and
> /var/log/lircd gets "accepted new client on /dev/lircd", "could not open
> /dev/lirc",
> "default_init(): No such device" and "caught signal".
> 
> I assume the "could not open" and "no such device" mean something's not
> working right, and sure enough, once I've pressed "RETURN" a couple of
> times in irrecord I get "terminated" (in the irrecord messages) and
> lircd is no longer running. (I have to do "/etc/init.d/lircd zap" and
> "/etc/init.d/lircd start" to get it running again).
> 
> I've done some googling and searched this list and the lircd list, but
> haven't been able to find anything that looks like it fits this
> situation. Is this a hardware or a software problem? How can I test to
> find out?
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brian Rumple
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:55 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT - Help w/Homebrew IR Transceiver
> 
> I'll start with the last one first, I only believe that excess voltage
> would damage these parts but not polarity.  The basis for this is very
> little knowledge and some experimenting when building mine.  I swapped
> things around many times trying to debug my circuit.  I've forgotten 98%
> of what I learnt in that one college hardware course.
> 
> It sounds like you have a good handle on building this thing.  I didn't
> notice anything wrong while skimming your message.  I would suggest
> building and testing on a breadboard before solder everything.
> 
> Last week I tried building a receiver with the 276-640.  I think that it
> should work, but all my values from irrecord are the compliment of what
> the real number should be (e.g. FFFF is coming out 0000).  There is a
> sense option to lirc_serial module, but if a change it I get no response
> from mode2. Do you mind sending me your experience after you build
> yours?
> 
> The transmitter is real simple and works great.  Not very much range
> though.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Scott Nicholson
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:18 PM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT - Help w/Homebrew IR Transceiver
> 
> 
> I posted this to the LIRC list first, but haven't received a response.
> This list is much more active. Hopefully there's someone here who can
> answer this...
> 
> I'm going to make a transceiver based on the simple circuits provided on
> the website, but it's been 10 years since I've done anything with
> electronics, so I wanted to make sure I've got everything laid out
> correctly...
> 
> Following the schematic at http://www.lirc.org/images/schematics.gif :
> 
> My IR Module is a Radio Shack 276-640 and its leads are labeled "Out",
> "Gnd", and "VCC". These will correspond to the labels on the schematic
> as
> follows:
> 
> Out => data
> Ground => (-)
> VCC => (+)
> 
> Is that correct?
> 
> The long leg of the capacitor is (+) (and should connect to the VCC of
> the IR Module and the Out of the Voltage Regulator), right? (The short
> leg would then connect to ground)
> 
> The band on the Diode is (+) and should connect to the In of the Voltage
> Regulator and to the resistor, right? (leaving the end without the band
> to connect to pin 7 of the D-SUB)
> 
> Now, if I'm going to combine this with the simple transmitter circuit at
> http://www.lirc.org/transmitters.html :
> 
> I connect pin 5 of the D-SUB to the non-banded side of the diode, the
> banded side of the diode to the resistor, the other resistor lead to the
> short leg of the IR LED, and the long leg of the LED to ground. Is this
> right?
> 
> Please let me know if I've done anything wrong. (Will I damage anything
> by connecting it incorrectly? I seem to recall that a capacitor can
> explode if installed backwards. Can I fry an LED or the IR Module if I
> do this wrong?)
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
> 
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