[mythtv-users] mceusb transmitter - irsend no errors but no output

[Patrick Oglesby]

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Dan Klosterman <dkloster at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I recently purchased an HP Media Center Ed. FINTEK eHome Infrared
> Transceiver (1934:5168).  Using the mceusb driver, I have the receiver part
> working just fine using Mythbuntu 11.04 (and for that matter, I had the
> receiver working in Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 10.10 as well.)  But I have yet
> to get the transmitter to work.  I can run irsend without errors,  but using
> a digital camera, I cannot see any signals being output from the transmitter
> (obviously it doesn't change my cable box channel either.)  I get a
> /dev/lirc0 and a /dev/lircd.  I do NOT have lirc-modules-source installed.
> I know that it is a Scientific Atlanta Cable box, because a different system
> used a serial IR blaster to control the same cable box.
>
> My /etc/lirc/hardware.conf is:
>
> # /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> #
> #Chosen Remote Control
> REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)"
> REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev mceusb"
> REMOTE_DRIVER=""
> REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
> REMOTE_SOCKET=""
> REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
> REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
> #Chosen IR Transmitter
> TRANSMITTER="Microsoft Windows Media Center V2 (usb) : Scientific Atlanta
> Cable box"
> TRANSMITTER_MODULES="lirc_dev mceusb"
> TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
> TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
> TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="scientificatlanta/general.conf"
> TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
> #Enable lircd
> START_LIRCD="true"
>
> #Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
> #START_LIRCMD="false"
>
> #Try to load appropriate kernel modules
> LOAD_MODULES="false"
>
> # Default configuration files for your hardware if any
> LIRCMD_CONF=""
>
> #Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
> #If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
> #that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
> #frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
> #It will then populate all other variables without any user input
> #If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
> #to leave this set to "false"
> FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
> START_LIRCMD=""
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
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>

Try running

irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1

or change the number to 2 if that's the port you are using.

Recently, I found that command necessary upon reboot to keep my blaster working.

- Patrick