[mythtv-users] programming universal remote (OFA Kameleon)?

[Craig Tinson]

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> The Kameleon can either act as a learning remote (you press a button 
> on an IR device, and assign that signal to a Kameleon button), or as 
> an emulated remote, where it pretends to be another manufacturer's 
> remote. The latter is achieved by holding the MAGIC button for a few 
> seconds when in a given mode (e.g. TV mode, DVD mode), then pressing a 
> code. In my case, SAT mode -> MAGIC 1300 gave a fairly featured remote 
> control for some random set-top box. Some types of remote are easier 
> to generate LIRC configs for than others, some are nigh on impossible. 
> The @sat remote appears to map most (but not all) of the buttons on 
> the Kameleon - the "xmode2" application reads from the LIRC device and 
> shows the raw data received, so you can quickly see whether a button 
> press is actually transmitting anything.
>
> You can then use either the irrecord app to generate a remote-specific 
> lircd.conf config file, or use a pre-made config (there are many on 
> the lirc webpage).
>
> As for getting LIRC itself up and running, that's very 
> distribution-specific and accident-prone, so I can't recommend on that 
> front
>
ok - am getting there (phew this is taking forever!)

now I have the remote talking to the 250's reciever.

could you post a copy of your lircd.conf file? it might make the rest of 
this a little easier

Thanks

Craig