[mythtv-users] lirc confusion (SOLVED)

[Paul Gardiner]

On 22/08/2010 00:51, Mike McMullin wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 10:57 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Paul Gardiner<lists at glidos.net>  wrote:
>>> On 21/08/2010 13:56, Mike Bennett wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Did you put your remote lircd.conf in the /etc folder?
>>>
>>> Yes. I have to admit, I don't know if it's the correct conf
>>> file for my remote, but I thought it must be because irw
>>> display the correct button names as I press them (well
>>> a couple of unimportant buttons do nothing, but almost all
>>> work).
>>>
>>>
>>> I thought irw working and ircat not must mean something wrong
>>> with .lircrc, but now I've cut it down to just these lines:
>>>
>>> begin
>>>   prog = mythtv
>>>   button = ONE
>>>   config = 1
>>> end
>>>
>>>
>>> Pressing the 1 button makes irw produce:
>>>   000000037ff07bfe 00 'ONE' mceusb
>>
>> Button is named "ONE" there. The lircrc on the page referenced has
>> "One". They don't match. Button names in lircd.conf and lircrc have to
>> match.
>
>    IOW, it's case sensitive?

Sorted! I went onto the lirc mailing list, and ended up getting
help from Paul Bender (of minimyth fame). It was because the button
names didn't match. It's because of the quotes. 'ONE' is differnt
to ONE.

Paul.