packard bell fast media specs?

[bob b. <inf...@ho...>]

hi, i am a student learning to write device drivers and i've recently 
purchased one of these remotes.  i have been trying to test my remote out, 
but i cannot get it to actually respond to any key presses.  im not sure if 
that's b/c the remote is broke or if im using wrong i/o address/irq(my comp 
is one of those generic horizontally laying IBM's u always see at big 
companies and i've just read something telling me they have funky i/o 
address for serial ports).  anyhow, that isn't what i was writing this for, 
what i want to know is how i can figure out how this thing is supposed to 
work?  i have of course been studying the lirc_serial.c driver, but i'd like 
to know how YOU guys figured out how to write that in the first place? i 
have been searchin high and low for some info on how the device actually 
works w/ no luck.  i have been reading about the serial port register setup, 
and is quite detailed, im just not sure exactly where to start.  are there 
ANY papers/pdf's describing this thing, or were u on your own, and should i 
just poking at it harder?  thanks a lot,  sean larsson

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