[mythtv-users] Wake from USB

Joseph Fry joe at thefrys.com
Tue Apr 2 21:42:17 UTC 2013


> > the only button on my
> > remote that would cause it to wake from suspend was the power button.
>
> But why?  What's special about the power button on any given remote?
>
> It's just another button that sends a signal to the I/R receiver which
> then interprets that signal as the button on the remote that has the
> letters P-O-W-E-R written on it.
>
> That is, you could tell LIRC that that button was the "get me a beer"
> button and that's what LIRC would think it says on the remote.
>
> Right?
>

Wrong.

The IR receiver is built such that only one signal will send the USB
wakeup.  It's pretty standard.
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