Re: Multiple lirc devices.

[Jay J. <cu...@ch...>]

You can set things up so that both run at the same time.  You need to run 
two instance of lircd, one for each.

I "hacked" a copy of /etc/init.d/lirc to make a second one, 
/etc/init.d/lirc2, and pointed it at a second /etc/syconfig file, thusly.

First, here is /etc/sysconfig/lirc2 (my second device is a serial blaster)

[root@mythsoby1 sysconfig]# cat lirc2
# Note: in addition to these parameters, you need to have working    -*- sh -*-
# configuration file for lircd (and lircmd if enabled).

# Options to lircd(8).  Typically, this will be empty, as which driver to use
# should be specified using the LIRC_DRIVER variable below.
LIRCD_OPTIONS="--output=/dev/lircd1"
LIRC_PIDFILE="/var/run/lircd2.pid"

# The infrared receiver (and/or transmitter) driver to be used by lircd(8),
# similar to passing "-H driver" to lircd(8).
# Run "/usr/sbin/lircd -H help" to get a listing of supported drivers.
LIRC_DRIVER="default"

# Which lirc device will be used by lircd(8).
# This is the same as passing "-d device" to lircd.
# An empty value will use the default /dev/lirc device.
LIRC_DEVICE="/dev/lirc1"

# If "yes", the init script will try to start lircmd(8) too.
ENABLE_LIRCMD="no"

# Options to lircmd(8).
LIRCMD_OPTIONS=""


And here are the differences between /etc/init.d/lirc and /etc/init.d/lirc2 
(my hacked copy).  The differences are mostly "obvious" except for the fact 
that you want the second instance to ignore lircmd .

[root@mythsoby1 init.d]# diff lirc lirc2
4a5,6
 > #     SECOND INSTANCE - made as a copy of the first.
 > #
11c13
< # pidfile:     /var/run/lircd.pid
---
 > # pidfile:     /var/run/lircd2.pid
14c16
< # Provides: lirc
---
 > # Provides: lirc2
29c31
< [ -e /etc/sysconfig/lirc ] && . /etc/sysconfig/lirc
---
 > [ -e /etc/sysconfig/lirc2 ] && . /etc/sysconfig/lirc2
31c33
< lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/lirc
---
 > lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/lirc2
51c53,54
<       if [ ! -z "$LIRC_DEVICE" ] || [ ! -z "$LIRC_DRIVER" ]; then
---
 >
 >       if [ ! -z "$LIRC_DEVICE" ] || [ ! -z "$LIRC_DRIVER" ] ; then
57a61

(Note, the above difference is a blank line -- not real)

 >
58a63,71
 >
 >       #
 >       # Ditto for LIRC_PIDFILE
 >       #
 >
 >       if [ ! -z "$LIRC_PIDFILE" ] ; then
 >               LIRC_ARGS="$LIRC_ARGS --pidfile=$LIRC_PIDFILE"
 >       fi
 >
65,66c78,84
<     echo -n $"Starting infrared remote control daemon ($prog): "
<     daemon $exec $LIRC_ARGS $LIRCD_OPTIONS
---
 >     echo -n $"Starting infrared remote control daemon ($prog) #2: "
 >
 >     #
 >     #  daemon doesn't work here unless we use --force,
 >     #  because the program name matches the first instance.
 >     #
 >     daemon --force $exec $LIRC_ARGS $LIRCD_OPTIONS
82,87c100,105
<     if status $prog2 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
<         echo -n $"Stopping infrared remote control mouse daemon ($prog2): "
<         killproc $prog2
<         retval=$?
<         echo
<     fi
---
 > #    if status $prog2 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
 > #        echo -n $"Stopping infrared remote control mouse daemon ($prog2): "
 > #        killproc $prog2
 > #        retval=$?
 > #        echo
 > #    fi
89,90c107,108
<         echo -n $"Stopping infrared remote control daemon ($prog): "
<         killproc $prog
---
 >         echo -n $"Stopping infrared remote control daemon ($prog) #2: "
 >         killproc -p $LIRC_PIDFILE $prog

JRJ


At 02:02 PM 1/19/2009 -0600, Mark Jenks wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Christoph Bartelmus <li...@ba...> 
>wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Mark Jenks "mje...@gm..." wrote:
> >> I currently have 2 lirc devices installed in my Fedora 10 server.
> >>
> >> The problem that I am having, is that they keep flipping back and
> >> forth, and I have to constantly change my /etc/sysconfig/lirc to point
> >> to the correct device.
> > [...]
> >> Is that the perferred way to do this?  Is there a better way?
> >
> > You should write what kind of devices you have and why they are flipping
> > back and forth.
> >
> > Christoph
> >
>
>I have a lirc_mceusb2 and a lirc_imon both in the same computer.
>
>When I reboot, they flip between lirc0 and lirc1.    I really am going
>to be using one to start out with, and could blacklist the other.
>But I want to understand what is the real way to deal with this.
>
>-Mark
>
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