[mythtv-users] Infrared controllers

[Khanh Tran]

I've had success by editing the lirc source to compile a lirc dev with a
different device, such as /dev/lircd1.  Everything's in one file and
you'll wind up with /etc/lircd1.conf, /dev/lircd1, etc.

-Khanh



-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 6:50 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Infrared controllers

Tony Engeham wrote:

> I've got a Hauppauge 350 card with infrared receiver, but I also 
> wanted to control a Cable box with infrared receiver so I put some 
> hardware together to transmit infrared by waggling DTR on the serial
port.
> Having had a cursory look at lirc it doesn't appear to support 
> receiving and transmitting using different hardware.  This means that 
> I'm now left with 3 options:
> 1) Build a serial receiver
> 2) Fix LIRC to allow transmit and receive on different bits of 
> hardware

This is what I've done.

> 3) Write my own transmitter
>
> I can't believe I'm the only one to have attempted to do this.  How 
> does everyone else implement the reception of a remote control and 
> transmission to a cable box?

I'm using an ATI Remote Wonder (RF) with LIRC to control my Myth box and
the LIRC "improved transmitter" to control my Dish receivers,
Audio/Video Receiver, and VCR (which are all in a different room from my
TV/speakers.  I configured LIRC as described
http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_v
ia_Modified_LIRC.html
(you cold use this procedure for other devices/remotes--just change the
lircd.conf as appropriate).  It works great.

Mike
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