[mythtv-users] MythTV, Lirc and MCE keyboard

Doug ddalton at swigbar.com
Tue May 23 19:28:36 UTC 2006


I have the MCE remote working,  I am looking for a lircd.conf and a 
lircrc for the MCE keyboard,  that would actually make the full keyboard 
functional with lirc,  has anyone done this ?



myth at lim.ca wrote:
>> On 5/22/06, Ernie Lim <myth at lim.ca> wrote:
>>     
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>>>       
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>>>> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Doug
>>>> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:54 PM
>>>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV, Lirc and MCE keyboard
>>>>
>>>> I have a LIRC working with mce_usb and the mce remote,  I was curious
>>>>         
>>> if
>>>       
>>>> anyone has an Lircd.conf and lircrc for the microsoft media center
>>>> edition keyboard keymapped for myth ?
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>>> I was really digging the mce keyboard until I found out its IR and you
>>> need
>>> to have bought the mce remote for it to work. Apparently, you need the
>>> IR
>>> receiver that comes with the remote package. I didn't feel like gambling
>>> so
>>> I just bought a regular old Logitech wireless (the RF kind) keyboard.
>>>
>>> Nonetheless, I too would be interested to know if this is a working
>>> solution
>>> for anyone.
>>>
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>> You can try this link and see if it works for you
>> http://blatter.com/mceusb/
>>  If you still are having problems let me know I have a friend that is
>> using
>> it fine and I can get him to get the file.
>>
>> Allan
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>
> Allan, Thanks for that link. It looks like its supported in lirc now.
>
> As per a note in that link you sent:
>
> This patch is no longer updated or supported!
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> It is now part of the lirc distribution. Please grab the
> latest version from here:
>
> http://lirc.org/
>
>
>
> Notes
> -----
>
> The driver does not support processing of arbitrary infrared
> signals from remotes other than the supplied Microsoft or
> Microsoft-compatible device with the transciever.
>
> The drriver does not support forwarding or sending of
> arbitrary infrared signals through the transciever.
>
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