Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Pro PCI + devinput driver

[cipher <ci...@me...>]

Hi all,

Thanks in advance for your time and for putting some effort regarding this
matter. I have a Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Pro PCI. Works ok with MPlayer to tune
channels and watch tv. MPlayer claims the device is a 310i chip from Pinnacle.

Installed lirc 0.8.4a with options:
./configure --with-driver=devinput && make && sudo make install.
Start lircd this way:
/usr/sbin/lircd -H dev/input -d /dev/input/event5

Start irexec and the /dev/input/event5 device is initialized. I can't get the
remote to work. It is a RC-42D. According to kernel documentation the saa7134
driver is built in with the remote code which should make him work right out
of the box. I followed the instructions in
http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/faq.html, where is very clear how to have the
remote working:

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Quoting http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/faq.html:

Q: But I want use lircd for IR input.

No problem, you can do that too:

   1. Get a recent lircd version with linux input layer support. The 0.6.6
release is too old, a cvs snapshot or a 0.7 pre-release should do. You only
need to build the lircd daemon + tools, no lirc kernel drivers needed. Take
care that the dev/input driver is included when building lircd (either
./configure --with-driver=any to simply include all drivers or
--with-driver=devinput).
   2. Load the evdev module (which is part of the linux input layer). Check
/proc/bus/input/devices to see which eventn device the IR input device has.
   3. Fetch the lircd.conf file for the linux input layer.
   4. Start the daemon this way:
      /usr/sbin/lircd -H dev/input -d /dev/input/eventn.

Q: How can I use the infrared remote shipped with the tv card ?

In the 2.6 kernels the remote simply is registered as keyboard input device
within the linux input layer. When using the saa7134 driver it "just works",
with bttv you'll have to load either ir-kbd-gpio or ir-kbd-i2c depending on
your TV card. If in doubt just try both. Have a look at the
/proc/bus/input/devices file to see whenever the device is present or not.

End quoting http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/faq.html

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I use the input-layer-tools to check if events are arriving and nothing
comes... :)
Udev loads saa7134 module, the device in /dev/input/event5 is created and it
has a physical address i2c-1/1-0047/ir0,which you can find below.
It is also seen as a keyboard which is part of the deal -> "H: Handlers=kbd
event5".

Check this out:

xifre@venus:~$ dmesg | grep saa
saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
saa7133[0]: found at 0000:03:05.0, rev: 209, irq: 20, latency: 64, mmio:
0xfdeff000
saa7133[0]: subsystem: 11bd:002f, board: Pinnacle PCTV 310i
[card=101,autodetected]
saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 600c000
ir-kbd-i2c: Pinnacle PCTV detected at i2c-1/1-0047/ir0 [saa7133[0]]
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: bd 11 2f 00 54 20 1c 00 43 43 a9 1c 55 d2 b2 92
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: ff e0 60 06 ff 20 ff ff 00 30 8d 2f dd 75 ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 2c 01 23 23 01 04 30 98 ff 00 e7 ff 21 00 c2
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: 96 10 03 32 15 20 ff 15 0e 6c a3 eb 04 4f 4c 3f
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
tuner' 1-004b: chip found @ 0x96 (saa7133[0])
saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0
saa7133[0]: registered device radio0
DVB: registering new adapter (saa7133[0])
xifre@venus:~$

cipher@aleera:~$ dmesg | grep v4l2
saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
cipher@aleera:~$

xifre@venus:~$ dmesg | grep Pinnacle
saa7133[0]: subsystem: 11bd:002f, board: Pinnacle PCTV 310i
[card=101,autodetected]
input: Pinnacle PCTV as /class/input/input5
ir-kbd-i2c: Pinnacle PCTV detected at i2c-1/1-0047/ir0 [saa7133[0]]
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=0

(...)

xifre@venus:~$

xifre@venus:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
btcx_risc               8584  0
radeon                117764  2
snd_seq_dummy           7684  0
snd_seq_oss            32412  0
snd_seq_midi_event     10880  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                49444  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         11532  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            41376  0
snd_mixer_oss          18816  1 snd_pcm_oss
nfsd                  202780  25
exportfs                8704  1 nfsd
tda1004x               17668  1
saa7134_dvb            18828  0
videobuf_dvb           10628  1 saa7134_dvb
dvb_core               74728  1 videobuf_dvb
tuner                  35020  0
tea5767                10116  1 tuner
tda8290                16260  1 tuner
tda18271               32264  1 tda8290
tda827x                13572  2 tda8290
tuner_xc2028           21136  1 tuner
xc5000                 13572  1 tuner
tda9887                12676  1 tuner
tuner_simple           11784  1 tuner
mt20xx                 14856  1 tuner
tea5761                 8708  1 tuner
saa7134               132820  1 saa7134_dvb
videodev               33792  2 tuner,saa7134
v4l1_compat            16132  1 videodev
compat_ioctl32          5376  1 saa7134
snd_hda_intel         195704  0
v4l2_common            14720  2 tuner,saa7134
videobuf_dma_sg        16900  3 saa7134_dvb,videobuf_dvb,saa7134
rtc_cmos               13856  0
videobuf_core          21252  3 videobuf_dvb,saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg
snd_pcm                71044  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
parport_pc             39996  0
snd_timer              24968  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
rtc_core               21148  1 rtc_cmos
ir_kbd_i2c             13072  1 saa7134
parport                37588  1 parport_pc
rtc_lib                 6912  1 rtc_core
snd_page_alloc         13832  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              12548  1 snd_hda_intel
ir_common              40964  2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
k8temp                  9216  0
tveeprom               18448  1 saa7134
snd                    52280  9
snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
i2c_piix4              12428  0
r8169                  31492  0
hwmon                   7068  1 k8temp
xifre@venus:~$

xifre@venus:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0018 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="Pinnacle PCTV"
P: Phys=i2c-1/1-0047/ir0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event5
B: EV=100003
B: KEY=108fc010 2100802 0 0 0 0 48000 2180 c0000801 9e1680 0 0 4ffc


xifre@venus:~$ ls -la /dev/input/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    220 2009-01-13 19:42 ./
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root  14580 2009-01-13 20:17 ../
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    120 2009-01-13 19:42 by-path/
crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 64 2009-01-13 19:42 event0
crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 65 2009-01-13 19:42 event1
crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 66 2009-01-13 19:42 event2
crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 67 2009-01-13 19:42 event3
crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 68 2009-01-13 19:42 event4
crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 69 2009-01-13 19:42 event5
crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 63 2009-01-13 19:42 mice
crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 32 2009-01-13 19:42 mouse0
xifre@venus:~$

xifre@venus:~$ file /dev/input/*
/dev/input/by-path: directory
/dev/input/event0:  character special (13/64)
/dev/input/event1:  character special (13/65)
/dev/input/event2:  character special (13/66)
/dev/input/event3:  character special (13/67)
/dev/input/event4:  character special (13/68)
/dev/input/event5:  character special (13/69)
/dev/input/mice:    character special (13/63)
/dev/input/mouse0:  character special (13/32)
xifre@venus:~$

xifre@venus:~$ uname -a
Linux venus 2.6.25.10 #4 SMP Sat Jan 10 20:12:39 WET 2009 i686 AMD Athlon(tm)
64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

xifre@venus:~$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/lircd -n -H dev/input -d /dev/input/event5
lircd: WARNING: you should specify a valid gap value
lircd: lircd(devinput) ready

cipher@aleera:~/share/input$ input-events
usage: input-events [ -g ] [ -t <sec> ] devnr
cipher@aleera:~/share/input$

xifre@venus:~/share/input$ sudo input-events 5 -t 60
/dev/input/event5
   bustype : BUS_I2C
   vendor  : 0x0
   product : 0x0
   version : 0
   name    : "Pinnacle PCTV"
   phys    : "i2c-1/1-0047/ir0"
   bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_REP

waiting for events

	(NONE...!!!)


My thoughts:

saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 600c000 -> is there a chance that for any
reason udev is not loading the proper module and i have to use the bttv and
ir-kbd-gpio module? i think it's not present in the kernel code these days.
Not sure.

ir-kbd-i2c: Pinnacle PCTV detected at i2c-1/1-0047/ir0 [saa7133[0]] -> the IR
device, although it's saa7133, the saa7134 module is loaded. Not sure if we
got something wrong here.

The remote is supported and has a configuration file. Should i use the lircd
configuration for the linux-input-layer or the RC-42D configuration in
remotes/pinnacle_systems/RC-42D?

ir-kbd-i2c: Pinnacle PCTV detected at i2c-1/1-0047/ir0 [saa7133[0]]
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x10 raw=0x10 down=0
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=1
Pinnacle PCTV: unknown key: key=0x35 raw=0x35 down=0
-> Something abnormal here i supose... not sure...


Anyway...

I also configured lircd with the Pinnacle PCTV Pro (pinsys) driver and tried
to use it as a serial device but got no luck.
Remote has batteries, new ones. I have two of these cards in diferent
computers with the same configuration and none of them works. The supplied IR
cable is connected at the back of the pci card, of course.
Could you please point me in the right direction to get the remote working and
enlighten me on what i am doing wrong?
Feel free to ask for output you may think necessary to unravel the mistery.

Kind regards,

Igor


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