Re: Jaycar serial reciever, several distro's

[Eric J. <al...@xm...>]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:06:53 +0800 (WST)
ho...@ef... wrote:

> Hey guys,
> 
> I have been on this "little" project for months now, and i still have no
> success.
> 
> I built this reciever :
> http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5366&CATID=&keywords=infrared&SPECIAL=&form=KEYWORD&ProdCodeOnly=&Keyword1=&Keyword2=&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=
> 
> : from jaycar (in Australia).  I have it working under windows XP but the
> whole purpose was to get it running with my MythTV setup!  I have tried
> god knows how many distros, kernels, settings and even several different
> computers but i can't get the slightest peep out of it.


   First, what gave you the impression that it would work with lirc? This
is the first time I've heard of this receiver kit. If it's an equivalent of
some other design that we've heard of, jaycar and silicon chip magazine
aren't admitting it. 

   Second, Lirc will be the least of your worries in your MythTV project if
you don't make a paradigm shift in how you approach linux problems.
Thrashing between distributions is no way to fix anything. it's just a
waste of time and bandwidth. All distros have their advantages and their
warts, just pick one you can live with and stick with it until you find a
reason to switch to something else. 

   Before you're done with this project, you'll have installed and possibly
even compiled several packages that are not specifically for your
distribution. Changing distributions won't particularly help you here. You
will probably also end up building a custom kernel. You may have to
rebuild lirc as well. 

   This is the way we do things in linux land, and we like it that way.
There's always someone willing to help a newbie who honestly wants to learn
and do the work. 


   If you don't think you'd enjoy that, ShowShifter will run you about
75aud.


   These commercially available receivers are known to work well with
lirc: 

http://www.zapway.de/index1.htm

http://www.irtrans.de/

http://www.evation.com/irman/

http://www.home-electro.com/ (possibly, ask here)

http://irdeo.de/eremote.htm

http://www.pcmak.pl/en/zawartosc_zestawu.php



   And these home-brew devices are known to work with lirc: 

http://usbirboy.sourceforge.net/

http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~mozgic/UIR/

http://users.skynet.be/sky50985/

http://caraca.sourceforge.net/

http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html