[mythtv-users] Slightly OT - IR Remote control help required

[Roger Siddons]

On Fri, 17 May 2013 17:34:58 +0100, Stephen Worthington  
<stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:18 +0100, you wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a Hauppage Nova T 500 Dual tuner DVB-t card that I'm struggling 
>> with
>> the remote for.
>>
>> Basically it works but it just feels clunky. The remote only seems to
>> respond to me releasing a button so I can press the down arrow (for
>> example) and hold it for as long as i like, but nothing happens until i
>> release it then the down action occurs on screen.
>>
>> Also none of the buttons repeat which is a pain when Im trying to scroll
>> through a big list of recordings to something that starts with M for
>> instance.
>>

<snip>

>> I think its all to do with the key press not registering until thebutton
>> is released.
>>
>> So any ideas?
>>
>> Chris
>
> That sounds very much like what happened to me after upgrading
> Mythbuntu to the version with the kernels where the IR drivers were
> moved into the kernel. I forget which version that happened in, maybe
> Mythbuntu 11.10? Anyway, I had to completely reprogram my IR setup to
> fix it all, and it took ages to work it all out. This web page was a
> great deal of help as it details how the IR drivers and lirc all work
> now and what tools to use to debug each step in the process:
>
> http://linhes.org/projects/linhes/wiki/Architecture_and_Customization
>
> That page is for LinHES, and some of the files go in different places
> in other Linux versions, but most of what is there is relevant.
>
> I have working config files for making my Hauppauge Nova TD-500 PCI
> card remote work on Mythbuntu 12.04 on my mother's MythTV box. They
> also work for my Hauppauge HVR-900R2 USB tuner remote on my laptop
> with Mythbuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04. I have put the files here on
> my web server:
>
> http://www.jsw.gen.nz/mythtv/Nova-TD-500-lirc.bz2
>
> The files are:
>
> /etc/rc_maps.cfg
> /etc/rc_keymaps/hauppauge
> /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
> /usr/share/lirc/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput
> /home/<your home dir>/.lirc/mythtv
> /home/<your home dir>/.lirc/mplayer
>
> I think that is all the files I had to change - but I could have
> missed something. If so, let me know.
>
> Note that <your home dir> should be the home directory of the user
> that runs mythfrontend.
>
> You may need to install the ir-keytables package also - I think it is
> not installed by default.
>
> I also have a similar setup for running my MCE remote on my own MythTV
> box if anyone needs those files.
>
> I have the mythtv file set up to do autorepeat on the useful keys,
> such as the arrows and PgUp and PgDn. You may need to adjust the
> autorepeat rate to suit your tastes.
>
> I have all my remotes on /dev/lirc0, courtesy of a udev rule. There
> are other ways of configuring the device name, but whichever way you
> do it has to match the device name used in the /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> file. The udev rule I use is in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules:
>
> # Hauppauge Nova TD-500 remote control
> SUBSYSTEM=="input", KERNEL=="event*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2040",
> ATTRS{idProduct}=="8400", SYMLINK+="lirc0"
>
> (There are two lines, the comment and the rule - the rule line is long
> enough that email clients may wrap it).

I too suffered the 'key up' issue for my Hauppauge and resolved it along  
the same lines as Stephen.
However I uninstalled lirc altogether - you don't need it if using the  
rc_keymaps.
My remote is responsive, works on 'key down' & auto-repeat is fine.

Here's the old thread explaining why lirc is no longer necessary.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/514822?do=post_view_threaded#514822
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