[mythtv-users] 1212 and channel changing

[Jarod Wilson]

On Aug 25, 2009, at 7:48 PM, David Engel wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:11:30AM -0500, David Engel wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:28:46AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>> You're further along than I am, I've only loaded the driver and
>>> confirmed it binds thus far. Will have to do some poking to see if
>>> anything works tonight.
>>
>> I should probably try the IR recevier to see if that works.  I don't
>> intend to use that capability, so I went straight to the blaster.
>
> I tried this yesterday (but forgot to send this email) and it kind of
> works.  All keys on the rmote are recognized.

Good deal, that's a plus...

> The event reporting is
> off, however, in that events are always reported in multiples of 8.

That's not a plus.

> For example, a quick press of the OK button when running irw resulted
> in the following output:
>
> 00000000000017a5 00 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 01 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 02 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 03 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 04 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 05 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 06 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 07 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 00 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 01 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 02 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 03 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 04 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 05 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 06 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 07 OK Hauppauge_350
>
> Longer presses of the OK button resulted in more sets of 8 events.
> Methinks each set of 8 events should be reported as one event with
> repeats marked appropriately.  IOW, I would expect the output to look
> like the forllowing:
>
> 00000000000017a5 00 OK Hauppauge_350
> 00000000000017a5 01 OK Hauppauge_350

Seems its about time I pull my HD PVR out from behind the AV cabinet  
so I can actually fire IR signals at it... Just tied up with other  
driver work at the moment...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com