[mythtv-users] USB-UIRT and LIRC question - slightly off-topic

[Martin Ebourne]

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 16:55 +0000, mstrimel at comcast.net wrote:
> It seems many of you are happy with your USB-UIRT devices under LIRC
> (http://www.usbuirt.com/) and there seem to be linux drivers
> available.  I just set up mythtv ... *wow* ... and now really want to
> get lirc to work.
> 
> So, can I use the USB-UIRT and lirc without without compiling a
> module?  Or is there any other device that would do this? I would
> happily pay $ to purchase such an animal, and not think about kpkg
> again :)   I am just a humble end user.

The USB-UIRT appears as a normal usb-serial device in /dev. Lirc
accesses this directly and implements the driver itself, so therefore
there is no kernel module involved. Should be a matter of just
installing/maybe patching & rebuilding lirc, certainly not the kernel.

As to what to do to set one up, I don't know yet. Mine's only just
arrived and hasn't been plugged in, so if anyone has got a quick guide
that'd be very handy.

If not, I'll post what I did when I've got it up and running.

Cheers,

Martin.