Re: I can't configure my IR remote: “no data for 10 secs, aborting”

[Vincent <vi...@in...>]

Any idea please?

*Vincent*
http://influence-pc.fr/

Le 13/01/2014 10:06, Vincent a écrit :
>
> I have one InfraRed receiver, the Sony VAIO PCVA-IR5U, and two 
> remotes, the RM-GP5U and the RM-RM10E. I have this remotes since a 
> long time, bought with a desktop computer (at least ten years).
>
> I wish to use this material with an Ubuntu Linux to create a 
> mediacenter under XBMC. First of all, without doing anything, when I 
> plug the receiver and press any key on both remotes, I have a random 
> character (always the same for each key) or a random action (volume 
> up/down, scroll, etc).
>
> The only software I know using IR devices is LIRC. I searched in the 
> list <http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/sony/> but my remotes are 
> not supported by default. I installed LIRC and tried to create a new 
> configuration file for the first remote (RM-GP5U) according to the 
> manual <http://www.lirc.org/html/configure.html> (step 3).
>
> Here is how I proceeded:
>
> |     sudo apt-get install lirc
>      sudo modprobe lirc_dev
> |
>
> or after a reboot:
>
> |     sudo modprobe lirc_serial
> |
>
> Then:
>
> |     sudo irrecord --device=/dev/lirc0 RM-GP5U.conf
> |
>
> The wizard appear as expected but the there is no dot printed into the 
> console. Instead, after a short time, irrecord answer in the console:
>
> |     irrecord: no data for 10 secs, aborting
>      irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
> |
>
> I have absolutly no idea what to do, it's very hard for me to 
> understand the LIRC logic.
>
> Here is my /etc/lirc/hardware.conf:
>
> |     # /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
>      #
>      #Chosen Remote Control
>      REMOTE="None"
>      REMOTE_MODULES=""
>      REMOTE_DRIVER=""
>      REMOTE_DEVICE=""
>      REMOTE_SOCKET=""
>      REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF=""
>      REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
>      #Chosen IR Transmitter
>      TRANSMITTER="None"
>      TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
>      TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
>      TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
>      TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
>      TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
>      TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
>      #Disable kernel support.
>      #Typically, lirc will disable in-kernel support for ir devices in order to
>      #handle them internally.  Set to false to prevent lirc from disabling this
>      #in-kernel support.
>      #DISABLE_KERNEL_SUPPORT="true"
>
>      #Enable lircd
>      START_LIRCD="false"
>
>      #Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
>      #START_LIRCMD="false"
>
>      #Try to load appropriate kernel modules
>      LOAD_MODULES="true"
>
>      # Default configuration files for your hardware if any
>      LIRCMD_CONF=""
>
>      #Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
>      #If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
>      #that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
>      #frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
>      #It will then populate all other variables without any user input
>      #If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
>      #to leave this set to "false"
>      FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
>      START_LIRCMD=""
> |
>
> All is commented in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf. Thanks to all of those 
> who'll try to understand my problem.
>
> -- 
>
> *Vincent*
> http://influence-pc.fr/
>
>
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