[mythtv-users] IR Blaster on USB to Serial Converter
Jesse Guardiani
jesse at wingnet.net
Fri Mar 17 21:41:55 UTC 2006
Jonathan Tidmore wrote:
> I'm trying to get my IR Blaster working. I have only 1 serial port
> and that has the IR Receiver on it and that works fine. So I bought a
> USB to Serial converter for the IR Blaster. I can't seem to get lirc
> when compiling to use the /dev/ttyUSB0 device the USB to Serial
> converter creates when I plug it in. I've been following the
> instructions on http://www.iwamble.net/IRBlaster_Howto.txt but they
> assume you have to available serial ports. Anyone know how I can
> compile my second instance of lirc to use /dev/ttyUSB0?
I'm not sure that's possible. I think lirc's serial code requires an
IRQ, which those USB->serial adapters don't have. I tried something
similar a few months ago, but stopped when I read that.
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Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net
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