[mythtv-users] heads up to mceusb users

[Jarod Wilson]

On 07/05/2009 05:47 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Just wanted to give folks a heads up... I just committed changes in lirc
> cvs that merge support for the first-gen mceusb receiver and all the
> others into a single driver, which going forward, is going to be called
> 'lirc_mceusb' -- dropping the 2 off the end for the newer devices, so
> lirc_mceusb2 is (will be) no more.
>
> Of course, it'll have a modalias of lirc_mceusb2, and it should still
> auto-load for supported devices anyway, but I figured folks might want
> to know what's going on just the same. It'll show up officially in lirc
> 0.8.6 (and probably soonish in a 0.8.6pre2 snap), as well as in a Fedora
> development kernel near you...
>
> For those with the 1st-gen device, in theory, your device should now be
> able to transmit as well as receive, but I've not yet bothered to test
> xmit... If it doesn't work, it shouldn't be terribly difficult to get it
> working, since most of the necessary code should already be in place. If
> you get around to testing xmit before I do, please do let me know.

So I actually tried testing... Doesn't seem to be working. But it could 
be that it doesn't like the blaster cable I plugged into it, which is 
from a different device. (I don't have the original blaster cables from 
this thing). More likely the cables are find though, and there's simply 
some remaining work to be done to get transmit working on the 1st-gen 
device. Will poke more later, additional testing feedback still 
welcomed, particularly from someone who has the original blaster cables...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com