Re: Controlling a VCR with irblaster

[David L. <lio...@co...>]

David Liontooth wrote:
> I got an irblaster (a serial transmitter) from http://www.irblaster.info
> to control a VCR from the PC.
> The VCR is a JVC HR-S29U, and the remote a JVC_LP20303-015.
>
> I put the configuration for JVC_LP20303-009 at
> http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/jvc/LP20303-009 into
> /etc/lirc/lircd.conf -- this is almost exactly my model remote. The
> irblaster has a LED that lights up when a command is sent, so I can see
> that the commands come through -- but the VCR isn't responding.
>
> I then added the configuration for JVC S7600U at
> http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/jvc/HR-S7600U into
> /etc/lirc/lircd.conf -- it's not the same model, but some of the
> commands are likely generic. No response from the VCR.
>
> Am I missing something? Should the configuration file for either the
> remote or the VCR work -- assuming it's the correct configuration?
>
> Since I don't have an IR receiver on my computer, just the transmitter,
> I don't see how I can capture the IR codes.

It looks to me like I'm just lacking the right configuration file. One
of the VCR files in the remotes/ repository is cribbed from an MS
Windows driver -- have anyone else had luck doing that? Where are the
drivers?

Dave