[mythtv-users] New 45-button hauppauge remote problem

[Nick]

On 16/03/06, raptorjr <raptorjr at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if anyone has a working setup with the new hauppauge 45-button
> remote?
> I recently bought one and have big problems. Dont know if it is the remote
> or lirc that is responsible.
> I also have the little older grey remote from hauppauge and that works
> perfect.
> This is what happends. With the old remote when i press f.ex. the Ok button
> 10 times i get the following output with "mode2 -d /dev/lirc1":
>
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
> code: 0x2a828137
>
> If i do the same thing with the new 45-button hauppauge remote i get this:
>
> code: 0x0ea99737
> code: 0x1aa99b37
> code: 0x06a99b37
> code: 0x12a99737
> code: 0x06a99337
> code: 0x1aa99b37
> code: 0x06a99b37
> code: 0x1aa99b37
> code: 0x06a99337
> code: 0x12a99337
>
> Do you see my problem? Impossible to map one key to all these codes. Dont
> know if there is any more codes than this for the Ok button. But more than
> one code is too much.
>
> So i wonder, is the remote broken? Or have hauppauge in some way changed the
> protocol and lirc isn't treating it right? Would be interesting to hear
> other peoples experience with this new hauppauge remote.

If the remote is the current one
(http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/images/remote_small.jpg)
then make sure you are using the correct lircd.conf file. I'm using
one of these with no problems at all on a frontend system with the
serial receiver.

You can find the current lircd.conf here
(http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/lirc/lirc/remotes/hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge?view=markup)

The remote (as with all Hauppauge remotes) uses the RC5 protocol. I
would make sure you have the correct lircd.conf installed, then run
'irw' with the remote and see if the keys are consistently and
correctly identified. If you still see problems, such as keys not
being detected, or different output when pressing the same button,
check the batteries in the remote.

Nick