[mythtv-users] Best Remote?

[Abre Chase]

You'll just need a fairly up to date version of lirc and a version 2 remote.

"IR Transmitter is supported with driver module lirc_mceusb2 version
>0.23 (lirc-0.8.1)."

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MCE_Remote#Version_2

This seems to be a pretty good guide:

http://www.htpc-gear.com/index.php?module=pnWikka&tag=StepByStep

- Abre



On 7/11/07, Nick Tan <nick at wehi.edu.au> wrote:
>
>
> William Kenworthy wrote:
> > Is it possible to use the MCE blasters now?  Last time I tried they
> > werent supported by MCEUSB2 - if they are usable these days can you
> > point me to a howto or reference?
> >
> > Thanks
> > BillK
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I use the MCEUSB2 lirc module to control the two IR blasters connected
> to my MCE IR receiver.  Use the latest version of lirc and make sure all
> the codes you need are in your lircd.conf file.  Then use irsend to send
> out the commands.  Eg:
>
> I use this to change channels on my foxtel cable box on transmitter 2:
>
> for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do
>          /usr/local/bin/irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 2
>          /usr/local/bin/irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
>          nice sleep 0.4
> done
>
>
> and this to mute/unmute my denon receiver on transmitter 1:
>
> /usr/local/bin/irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1
> /usr/local/bin/irsend SEND_ONCE denon mute
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Nick
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