[mythtv-users] iMon remote, some keys not working?

[Tom Harris]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 5:20 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi Tom,
>
> Thursday, October 1, 2015, 9:23:08 AM, you wrote:
>
> > In a new Mythbuntu 14.04 install, my iMON remote (15c2:0042) which worked
> > in my 12.04 system does not fully work.  The arrow keys work, Play/Pause
> > does not.   I'm trying to figure out what all the configurations are that
> > come into play (HID drive; Lirc; Mythtv)  and where the keypresses are
> > getting swallowed.
>
> > With ir-keytable -l I can see all the keypresses:
>
> > Up & Down work in Myth:
> > 1443683781.656111: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x1007f00
> > 1443683781.656111: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: KEY_DOWN(0x0001)
> > 1443683789.728111: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x1008000
> > 1443683789.728111: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: KEY_UP(0x0001)
>
> > Pause has no effect in Myth:
> > 1443683784.049113: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x2a9115b7
> > 1443683784.049113: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: KEY_PAUSE(0x0001)
>
> >  All the keys that work are in the same range of scan codes.  The
> > non-working keys are in a quite different scan code space..   I'm not
> sure
> > if that's related to the problem.   Any pointers on debugging this?
>
> The keys that work are the ones caught by X. Have you tried in
> Mythfrontend to go into Config -> Edit Keys and to add the missing
> buttons directly. This instead of the old way where you translate in
> lirc to a keypress (e.g. P for Play/Pause) This now should then show
> up as KEY_PAUSE and KEY_PLAY directly.
> I don't work with Mythbuntu and this new way so I haven't tried it.
>


Thanks for the response, Hika.   That's excellent..  I'll give it a try
this evening.

I was struggling to understand the relationship among all these layers and
to pull any debugging info at each point.  So, this really helps.


>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
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>
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