Re: FTDI FT232RL with lirc

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

On May 28, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Patrik Dufresne wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I need some help here to understand how exactly lirc work and how it's interact with FTDI device.
> I have a FTDI FT232RL according to lsusb.
> Bus 003 Device 006: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC
> 
> According to dmesg, the device is bind to /dev/ttyUSB0.
> [  207.813468] usb 3-3: Detected FT232RL
> [  207.813478] usb 3-3: Number of endpoints 2
> [  207.813485] usb 3-3: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64
> [  207.813492] usb 3-3: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64
> [  207.813498] usb 3-3: Setting MaxPacketSize 64
> [  207.814818] usb 3-3: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> 
> I understand the device is handle by ftdi_sio kernel module and so the device /dev/ttyUSB0 is a character device.
> 
> According to this arricle http://www.huitsing.nl/irftdi/, lirc as a user driver for it : ftdi.
...
> Here my questions:
> 	• Is there any way to make sure lirc receive data from the ftdi device /dev/ttyUSB0 ?
> 	• Reading the article and the hw_ftdi.c, the driver should be used with ftdi mode2. Whats mode2 stand for ?
> 
> Notice : The FT232RL come embedded in a Moneual MonCaso 312.

You're using the wrong driver for this particular variant. You want mplay2.

http://lirc.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lirc/lirc;a=commitdiff;h=06bbae8e74ab39672b15f7ca72b87685eaf7b2d5

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