[mythtv-users] Hauppauge IR and LIRC problems

[Andrew Nagel]

I am having a similar problem.  One thing you can try is to run mode2  
which will give you the raw output from the IR receiver.  I believe  
it gets it before the lirc daemon gets a chance to look at it.  This  
also gives me no output.  Haupenauge is actually pretty good with  
replacement parts.  I just sent an email to their tech support and  
they sent me a new IR receiver/cable free of charge.  Though in the  
end this has not fixed anything.

So check out mode2 but if you really think it's hardware Haupenauge  
was good to me about that at least which was a nice surprise.  If you  
find any solution post it up here because I would love to be able to  
get it working again.  Wireless keyboard to run myth is just not the  
same.

Andrew

On Sep 27, 2005, at 1:55 AM, Dave wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After moving recently, I've just rebuilt my Mythbox using Fedora FC  
> 4. I cannot seem to get LIRC working. I think it's the IR  
> transceiver itself not the set up; but before I try tracking down a  
> replacement, I was hoping someone here might be able to sanity  
> check my setup and debugging thus far..
>
> Downloaded /etc/lircd.conf from Jarod's site for my setup
>
> /dev looks ok:
>
> # ls -al /dev/li*
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     5 Sep 25 18:52 /dev/lirc -> lirc0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 61, 0 Sep 25 18:52 /dev/lirc0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 61, 1 Sep 25 18:52 /dev/lirc1
> srw-rw-rw-  1 root root     0 Sep 26 01:53 /dev/lircd
>
> Everything seems to connect fine:
>
> # dmesg | grep lirc
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
> lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
> lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
>
> irw does nothing & irrecord returns with:
>
> irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
>
> irrecord leaves this in the log:
>
> Sep 26 22:30:42 localhost lircd-0.7.2[2704]: accepted new client  
> on /dev/lircd
> Sep 26 22:30:48 localhost lircd-0.7.2[2704]: removed client
>
> ...and the kicker:
>
> cat /dev/lirc
>
> shows nothing when I hit a remote button. This leads me to the  
> conclusion that the IR transceiver has given up the ghost.
>
> Anything I've forgotten or could try? Does Haupppauge sell  
> replacements?. Any other places I might be able to find a replacement?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Dave
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