Re: LIRC and irTrans

[Baxter K. <bax...@gm...>]

> Is there any support (existing or planned) for irTrans

> > receivers in LIRC?  The irTrans software works as a server and
> > is compatible with most LIRC clients but it does have several
> > major limitations that prevent it from being truly useful.
>
> I have the same question, except I am more interested in
> transmitting than in receiving.
>
> I've been happily using and working with LIRC for eons with my
> home-brew serial-port hardware.  But serial ports are becoming
> increasingly scarce in these-days computers and, recently,
> looking for a USB alternative, I made a decision for irTrans.
>
> The device itself is excellent and the Linux software provided by
> irTrans is very adequate to support all typical IR send/receive
> applications.  However I lack LIRC compatibility for two reasons:
> a) to be able to use the config-files of the many remotes I've
> been compiling over years (some of the real remotes no longer
> available) and b) to allow using irTrans with my own old
> LIRC-based software as well as with new multimedia applications
> that came with integrated LIRC support.
>
> The irTrans docs claim "full compatibility with LIRC", but I've
> not been able to understand or realize what does that mean, at
> least for transmitting.  Any help to better understand the
> LIRC/irTrans relations wowld be very welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Enrique.
>

The claim of 'full compatibility' simply cannot be realized as the irserver
software does not create lirc device nodes. My particular woe is related to
this. An mce keyboard uses the mod_mce / lircd_mce patches to achieve
console input but those patches specifically rely on lirc device nodes.

Can anyone else shed more light as to plans for inclusion / exclusion of
irTrans devices in lirc?

~Bax