[mythtv-users] ir blasters from http://www.irblaster.info/

Paul Barrette paulbarrette at gmail.com
Sun Jan 16 10:46:39 EST 2005


Hi,
I bought an irblaster from http://www.irblaster.info/, nice looking
unit.  I followed the irblaster howto to the letter, and everything
seems to be working ok, BUT no channels change.
 -ledxmitd is logging events
 -infra red pulses coming out of the device when I run the
change_channel scripts (I checked with a digital camera)
-no channel changing at all!!
-tried http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/echostar/
-tried http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/expressvu/
-tried http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/dishnet/

I am starting to think that either some settings for my serial port
are not right, or the irblaster is not the right one for the
expressvu.

The echostar DBS config looks like the right one.  I am not sure what
is meant by the following comment though:
"You may have to play with the one/zero widths to get it working
 on a particular computer."  (see below)

I don't know what the one/zero settings should be or what they mean anyway.

I think my param.h  HZ setting is 1000.  Is there another place to set
this in the linux kernel?

Any ideas would be appreciated,
thanks,
Pb


# contributed by      Jordan Hazen  <jnh at aug.com>
#
# brand:                         Echostar / DishNetwork
# (ExpressVu) model no. of remote control:   "blue-button" remote
# set for codeset #6 supported devices:   Most models of Echostar
# IRDs: 2700, 4700, 5000 etc.  Receiver must be set to a matching
# remote codeset, per instructions in the manual.  There are 16
# choices available, to avoid interference between nearby units.
# I've recorded codes #6 (here) and #9.
#
# Pulse timing is more critical than usual for these receivers.
# You may have to play with the one/zero widths to get it working
# on a particular computer.  A kernel compiled with HZ set to 1000
# or 1024 (rather than 100) is also helpful.

I have changed the remote code set to #6 and #9, since the config offers both.
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