[mythtv-users] irblaster, knoppmyth 5.5

[Wayne Richards]

James, thanks for the help!  Turns out that /etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh
works fine--I was trying to use /usr/local/bin/change-channel-lirc.sh, and it
didn't work.

Wayne
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 04:36:37PM -0500, MacLaren, James M wrote:
> Wayne
> 
> I have this working on K5.5 , but out of the box it didn't.   >From memory it
> was the script /etc/irblaster/channel_change.sh
> that was wrong.  Cat that and try to run the command from the command line. 
> Check the syntax of that,  check the devices are present and that your device
> is connected to serial port com1 and not com2 (bios should show that).  That
> gets set in /etc/irblaster/hardware.conf
> mine is
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> # Automatically Generated by /javascript:SetCmd(cmdSend);usr/local/bin/
> irblaster.sh
> 
> echo Changing to $1
> 
> REMOTE_NAME=DirecTV_HD20-100
>   /usr/bin/irsend --device=/dev/irblasterd SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME "power"
>   sleep 0.5 too
> 
> for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do
>   /usr/bin/irsend --device=/dev/irblasterd SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
>   sleep 0.5
> done
> 
> Check that you have the correct /etc/irblaster/irblasterd.conf too.  I am using
> a directv box.  You can find the config files on the lirc website.
> Good luck!
> 
> If it fails as a user try as root.
> 
> James
> 
> 
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