[mythtv-users] Need help to setup iMON remote and VFD on Fedora 14

[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 AM, Andrew Junev wrote:

> Hi Jarod,
> 
>>> We just need to add some more scancode->keycode
>>> mappings to the driver. If you can figure out which button each of
>>> those unknown scancodes maps to, I can get them added to the driver.
> 
>> Sure! I'll get the "missing" scancodes list and will send it to you.
>> If I get it right, irrecord doesn't work with devinput so the easiest
>> way is to get the codes from /var/log/messages?
> 
>> P.S. Is it Ok that 'irw' doesn't show anything as well, even for the
>> codes known by the driver?
> 
> 
> Short update on the missing scancodes. The joystick on the remote
> reacts to key pressure. If I press "Joystick Up" softly, it generates
> one code. If I press it harder - there is another code and so on.
> Softer pressures doesn't seem to be recognized, while the hardest
> pressure actually gets recognized by existing driver.
> My friend says it's ok if softer pressure won't work at all - as even
> an accidental touch resulted in some undesirable actions when he was
> using this iMON in Windows.
> 
> All other buttons on the remote seem to be recognized.

Okay, good. So its just some of the pad presses we're apparently
not handling for some reason. I'll have to look into that w/some
of my own imon hardware.

> BUT: I still can't get the remote to work as I expect it.
> Mplayer, for example, doesn't react on Play / Pause / FF, etc.
> buttons. It may be that lircrc isn't mapping these buttons properly,
> although I use the one from your site and key namings do match.
> 
> Is there any utility that shows what button is being received and
> processed by lirc? 'irw' would be perfect, but it doesn't show
> anything for me on this system - it's either a symptom, or a 'feature'
> when using lirc in devinput mode...

Get irw working first. See previous reply. If irw doesn't show any
keys, nothing else is going to work.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com