[mythtv-users] Azend MediaGate GP-IR02BK Remote

[Joey Morris]

Nick Knowles <mythfused at ymail.com> wrote on Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 06:47:48AM -0800:
> I purchased a GP-IR02BK remote  based mainly on recommendations in a
> handful of product reviews on Amazon.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Azend-MediaGate-GP-IR02BK-Windows-Ultimate/dp/B000W5GK5C/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
>
> [snip]
>
> Digging around in the wiki, man pages, and of course Google, I get
> contradictory information regarding remotes. I can't even tell whether
> or not I need (or should use) lirc.  Indications are that Myth
> understands some remotes without lirc, while others require it.
>
> [snip]
> 
> Could someone point me in the right direction, please. Thanks.

I have the same remote on an Ubuntu 12.04 frontend and before that
11.04. I'm using lirc. I don't think there's anything unusual about
its setup, as it's a standard mceusb remote. Below are a few settings
from my lirc config files:

/etc/lirc/lircd.conf:
include "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"

/etc/lirc/hardware.conf:
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev mceusb"
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
START_LIRCD="true"
(Everything else is either blank or unchanged from the default.)

If lirc doesn't come with a mythtv-specific lircrc file on Debian, you
can probably search for one. When I recently upgraded from Ubuntu
11.04 to 12.04, I had to change a lot of the button names in my
lircrc, for example from Play to KEY_PLAY. You can use irw to discover
the button names lirc is generating.