[mythtv-users] USB dual channel IR blaster?

[Rodd Clarkson]

On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 19:03 -0600, Tony Brummett wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Rodd Clarkson <rodd at clarkson.id.au> wrote:
> > Try the following:
> >
> > run 'lsusb' to find out the ID of the blaster.  [...]
> 
> That's not the problem...  When lirc starts, the lirc_dev and
> lirc_mceusb modules get loaded, syslog shows the device is detected,
> and it can receive signals from a remote control just fine.  When
> using irsend, it just silently fails.  Even watching lircd with strace
> while trying to send doesn't show anything strange.
> 
> For the record though, the vendor ID is 1784 (Topseed Technology
> Corp.) and product ID is 0008.  Yes, those numbers show up in the
> modinfo output.

Okay, I'm not going to be much help then.

There's a flood of UCB MCE ir blasters out there and I've had
experiences with some that have IDs that aren't in the system yet.


R.