Re: two serial devices.

[Rick S. <ric...@ho...>]

Nick,

First off, thanks for answering my question.

>In the past when controlling 2 different serial devices with the
>lirc_serial kernel module you had to build a second instance of the
>modules with non-conflicting name and major/minor device numbers.
>Please see 
>http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html
>for more information.

I think is the route I will have to go as my disto only produces one 
lirc_serial module.  I checked out the link and noted the --with-major=72 
option used to compile the serial driver.  I take it 72 is a safe major 
number to use?

>If you have a soldering iron to hand, it is possible to run both the
>receiver and transmitter off a single serial port, which requires only
>a single instance of LIRC running and simplifies things a lot.

I do, but I'm afraid my soldering skills aren't very good.  I actually 
purchased the receiver and transmitter after using my own home brewed device 
for a while.  While it worked fine, it wasn't exactly a shining example of 
craftsmanship.

rick

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