Re: RCA 6-in-1 lirc-reconfig.sh on KnoppMyth R5B7

[Steve C. <st...@sa...>]

** Reply to message from Cecil Watson <cw...@li...> on Wed,
10 May 2006 11:05:31 -0700

> Steve Corwin wrote:
> >>I trying to set up KnoppMyth on a Dell Dimension 4400.  I burnt 
> >>KnoppMyth to a CD, booted it and during setup, it asks me if I had IR 
> >>Blaster.  I ordered it, received it and plugged it in.  Setup asked me 
> >>what kind of remote I had.  I saw on the list that the RCA 6-in-1 was 
> >>there.  I went out, got it and answered "rca-6n1" to the KnoppMyth 
> >>remote question.  I thought that because the remote was on the list of 
> >>approved remotes and that IR Blaster was supported by lirc and MythTV, 
> >>that the remote would work "out of the box".  I was wrong.  What do I 
> >>need to do next to get the remote working?
> > 
> > 
> > I would start with some lower-level testing:
> > 
> > 1. Exit mythtv and run irw at a command prompt.
> > 2. Point your remote at the IR receiver and push some buttons.
> > 3. irw should begin printing messages that contain the names of the
> > buttons you pushed (along with some other stuff).
> > 4. If irw just sits there, there is most likely a problem with the
> > file /etc/lircd.conf or possibly a hardware problem.
> > 5. If irw prints messages, test all the buttons on your remote.  If
> > they're working the problem is probably with
> > /home/mythtv/mythtv/lircrc.
> > 6. Be patient - this may not be easy.
> > 
> > -Steve
> > 
> Great tips Steve!  You forgot #7.
> 7.  Let the KnoppMyth developers (me) know how you resolved this so the
> fix can be rolled into future versions.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Cecil

That would be because I had no idea there was anybody so
knowledgeable here. :-)  Oh, and thanks for developing KnoppMyth!

-Steve