Re: Trying to get my Compro Videomae K200 to work with LIRC

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

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Jongi <jon...@gm...> wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Jongi <jon...@gm...> wrote:
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>> On 04/14/2010 11:53 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
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>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Jongi <jon...@gm...> wrote:
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>> I am running Debian Unstable, kernel 2.6.32.11 with lirc and
>> lirc-modules-source version (0.8.6-1~c0.sidux.13). This was done in order
>> to
>> be able to compile lirc under the kernel.
>>
>> This is the card in question -
>> http://www.comprousa.com/en/product/k200/k200.html
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>> lsusb reports it as follows:
>> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 185b:3020 Compro
>>
>> So when I installed I decided to try modprobe lirc_mceusb2. lsmod reports
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>> # lsmod | grep mce
>> lirc_mceusb            11881  0
>> lirc_dev                9749  1 lirc_mceusb
>> usbcore               137017  5 lirc_mceusb,usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
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>> However there is no lircd.conf file for the remote.
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>> You sure 'bout that? The standard mce config ought to work for just
>> about any rc6 mce remote.
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>> http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb
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>> Well thank you good sir. I suppose it makes sense that if a card is picked
>> up by a certain module it makes sense to use the remote config for that
>> module rather than for each individual card to its own conf file.
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>> So I added /usr/sbin/lircd -d /dev/lirc0 to /etc/rc.local
>> I also copped /etc/lirc/lircd.conf to ~
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>> But from the MCE MythTV wiki, it seems this may be an issue
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>> Version 1
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>> IR Receiver is supported
>> IR Transmitter is not supported
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>> So I guess my question becomes can I use this as an lirc_mceusb2 device?
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> The above is obviously rubbish after thinking about it a bit more. irw sees
> the remote just fine. and i have also learnt that everything is now in
> lirc_mceusb.

Yeah, that wiki page is outdated. I merged lirc_mceusb and
lirc_mceusb2 into a single driver, lirc_mceusb, a while back, and
transmit and receive are supported on all mceusb devices now.

> i did a more extensive mplayer test. the arrow keys and ok button and the
> play/pause keys don't work in mplayer.
>
> This got me thinking that maybe I need to replace some of the keywords in
> the lircd.conf file with the keywords I found when I ran irrecord -l. Does
> this make sense?

I'd just replace the key names in your lircrc files, not lircd.conf.


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Jarod Wilson
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