Linux Infrared Remote Control

Hi!

ktsui "ktsui@..." wrote:
> I'm trying to control a robot via IR using a Buffalo IR-100 on a Ubuntu
> Hardy machine. I seem to be having some disconnect between LIRC and the
> serial port, as I can't actually send the ir commands through my serial port
> using LIRC.

Please describe how you have connected this IR-100 device to your PC and  
why you think this is supported by lirc_serial.

Christoph

The Buffalo IR-100 is a serial device, which I have connected to
/dev/ttyS1. I modified /etc/modprobe.d/lirc_serial to:
alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
options lirc_serial irq=3 io=0x2f8

I remove Ubuntu control of the port with setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart
none. When I load lirc_dev, I also load lirc_serial.

For whatever reason, irsend only seems to work with some of my remotes
in my config file. For example, the generic NEC and my capture robot
remote. By work, I mean that the LED lights up indicating signal. I
can't actually read the code. (This is a problem I've posted in
another thread: http://tinyurl.com/5h7yuq)

I had also tried 2 Apple remote config, but the signal LED did not light up.

What's going on?

Hi!

Kate Tsui "ktsui@..." wrote:

> The Buffalo IR-100 is a serial device, which I have connected to
> /dev/ttyS1. I modified /etc/modprobe.d/lirc_serial to:
> alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
> options lirc_serial irq=3 io=0x2f8

I never heard of this device before but I doubt that it works like a home- 
brew transmitter which uses the DTR for transmission.
Is the IR-100 transmitter also connected to DTR?

Christoph