Re: Remote control echo / passthru

[Jarod W. <ja...@wi...>]

Joel Gebhart wrote:
> I am using LIRC on MythBuntu to send remote commands to MythTV, but I 
> currently don't have a transmitter set up for anything. My TV has very 
> poor remote angle reception. It would be nice if I could get LIRC to 
> echo anything it received, out through a transmitter, that I tape 
> directly to my TV remote receiver. I don't think it would matter if it 
> was echoing the MythTV directed commands to the TV too.
> 
> Is there an easy way to do this echoing everything? Or can I set up all 
> the codes for my TV in LIRC, and then get LIRC to transmit those same 
> commands any time they are received, without writing a script 
> independent of LIRC irreceive to call LIRC irsend back? I tried 
> searching the docos and forum for echo and passthru, but I didn't find 
> anything besides one vague reference. Can someone point me in the right 
> direction?

Offhand, what comes to mind is setting up ~/.lircrc to make irexec calls 
that in turn call irsend. Map each button lirc sees to send that same 
code back out the transmitter, and it should do what you're after.

--jarod