Re: lirc_sir or lirc_serial on T60

[Jarod W. <ja...@wi...>]

On 06/18/2009 03:34 PM, Ryan Raasch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting and failing at getting my ir receiver to work on my
> laptop. I don't know what else to try. Here are my results.
>
> kernel - 2.6.30-rc8
> lirc   - 0.8.5
>
> $ lspnp -v
>
> 00:0a IBM0071 IBM Thinkpad infrared port
>       state = active
>           io 0x2f8-0x2ff
>           irq 3
>           dma 3
>
> $ dmesg | grep lirc
>
> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
> lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
> lirc_sir: I/O port 0x02f8, IRQ 3.
> lirc_sir: Installed.

What type of lirc_sir device did you configure for? There are several 
specific devices lirc_sir supports, but the driver has to be 
specifically compiled for each of them...


> $ mode2 -d /dev/lirc0
> mode2: driver supports both sending and receiving
>
>
> ( I receive nothing ).
>
> $ irw
>
>
> ( I receive nothing ). At this point, i am stumped. I assume the lirc0
> is the "raw" device,

Its the IR device. Can be raw, can also be decoded signals.

> where the lircd is the serial device used by the
> lircd to translate to events?

/dev/lircd is a socket, not a device.


> If this is true, can i not just do
>
> $ cat /dev/lirc0
>
> and get some type of garbage (for debugging)?

Sometimes. Depends on the device. I don't know enough about lirc_sir to say.

--jarod