From: Christ S. <aa...@gm...> - 2012-11-05 15:32:13
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I'm not saying it's not supported... but I've been on this list and using lirc for a decade, and never noticed it. What I am saying is this: if you stick to well tested and supported hardware, you'll have an easier time with blasting. On Nov 5, 2012 6:56 AM, "stuart" <st...@xn...> wrote: > > That's to bad. I like the USB Infrared Toy as I have PIC knowledge and > thought to share a HW project where the USB Infrared Toy was the center for > all types of Mythtv features. It strikes me that this 1 device could be > used to receive & send IR signals as well as control any number of Liquid > Crystal or Vacuum Florescent Displays. I don't see the microsoft product > doing that. > > So, to be clear ... Are you saying that the lirc command "irsend" is > believed not to work with the USB Infrared Toy? > > -thanks > > On 11/04/2012 10:21 AM, Christ Schlacta wrote: > >> Usbuirt2 is a good option, as is mce based transceiver. It's usually >> best to stick to well used and known-to-work hardware. >> >> On Nov 4, 2012 7:38 AM, "stuart" <st...@xn... >> <mailto:st...@xn...>> wrote: >> >> It's a year later.... >> >> Hi, I was rebuilding my mythtv box which has been using lirc and the >> USB >> Infrared Toy from dagerousprototypes.com >> <http://dagerousprototypes.com**> to control mythtv very >> successfully for quite some time. >> >> But this go around I wanted to also control my TV from the USB >> Infrared >> Toy. (For those who may not know, the USB Infrared Toy is a PIC >> (microchip.com <http://microchip.com>) based IR receiver and >> transmitter which uses the PIC's >> USB peripheral hardware to connect to your computer.) >> >> To do this I have been chasing down what support there might already >> be >> to help in the transmission of IR signals from the USB Infrared Toy to >> my Sony TV. I have connected the dots to this (i.e. this particular >> thread I'm typing into now). That is, to this lirc patch submission >> by >> Peter Kooiman. >> >> I've downloaded the Peter's patch and looked for the associated files >> in >> the lirc GIT repository. Specifically I looked for >> "daemons/hw_usbirtoy.c" but did not find it. >> >> I looked here: >> > >> http://lirc.git.sourceforge.**net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lirc/** >> lirc;a=tree;f=daemons;h=**3a413ac0244dd6afa550aa17ff6a0f** >> 5c2da27e57;hb=HEAD<http://lirc.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lirc/lirc;a=tree;f=daemons;h=3a413ac0244dd6afa550aa17ff6a0f5c2da27e57;hb=HEAD> >> >> So, I assume the support to transmit IR signals using the USB Infrared >> Toy PIC based dongle from dagerousprototypes.com >> <http://dagerousprototypes.com**> does not exist for >> Linux based Mythtv users as it is not part of the lirc.org >> <http://lirc.org> effort? >> >> If true, do any have an alternate suggestion? >> >> -thanks >> >> >> On 09/02/2011 03:08 AM, Peter Kooiman wrote: >> > [As plain text this time, sorry!] >> > Hello, >> > >> > >> > Attached two patches that add support for the Dangerous >> Prototypes USB Remote Toy receiver/transmitter, for review and >> possible inclusion. >> > Patches are against git HEAD. >> > >> > Peter >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ------------------ >> > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! >> > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better >> > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you >> > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/**arcsisghtdev2dev<http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev> >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ------------------ >> LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. >> Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command >> center >> Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues >> Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/**logmein12331_d2d<http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d> >> >> > |