[mythtv-users] IR Blaster sadness

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 21, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Trevor Hill wrote:

>
> Any ideas?  I've mostly ruled out lircd.conf and such being a  
> problem as that wouldn't cause the IR blaster to not send any  
> signals at all, just send the wrong ones.

No real ideas, just a suggestion.

If you want to directly determine if the IR diode is actually emitting  
anything you can observe it through the viewfinder of a digital still  
camera or most camcorders.

If you can find an MCM 72-003 it's a piece of laminated cardboard with  
an IR sensitive area, it glows when hit by IR. Unfortunately I don't  
think they make them anymore. Too bad, they were under $1.

beww