Re: FTDI Driver with an IRBLASTER

[Benjamin K. <be...@be...>]

What brand STB are you using? What configuration file are you using? I
was having trouble getting a FTDI USB IR-Blaster (purchased from
irblaster.info) working with my Motorola cable box, and I discovered a
bug in 'daemons/hw_ftdi.c' that was keeping it from working properly.

I just sent a message to the list detailing the bug, so I won't repeat
it here, but if you aren't subscribed to the list, let me know and I'll
send it to you directly.

- Ben

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Steve Zawadzski <qwa...@qw...>
wrote:
> 
>     Hey Guys,
> 
>     I bought a USB IRBLASTER from irblaster.info
>     <http://irblaster.info>.  It uses the
>     FT232RL chip.  I was abe to get ir working with the ftdi
>     driver accessing it with
>       lircd --driver=nameofblaster --output=/dev/lircd /etc/lircd.conf
> 
>     with the above and using irsend I was able to see the blaster
>     flash.  So I am getting information through LIRC and out  through
>     the actual blaster.  The output in the LIRCD is
> 
>      hwftdi_send() carrier=38000Hz f_sample=524288Hz
> 
>     I see the flash... but the channel does not change on the STB.
> 
>     I also have a serial blaster that uses lirc_serial to work.  It
>     works fine and I am using the same lircd.conf file for both.
> 
>     Are there any parameters such as baud rate or anything else that
>     I can use to make this work?  The output parameter is set to 2
>     by default.  Is that the correct one?
> 
>     I saw there was a different note that mentioned the use of the
>     mplay2 driver.  I tried that one but LIRCD locked up and there
>     was no flashing on the IRBLASTER.
> 
>     It would be great to be able to nail this down since I very few
>     of my systems actually have serial ports now a days.
> 
>     Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is pretty cool
>     software and I would love to get the USB versions running!
> 
>     from
>     steveZ

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