Re: USB IR Receivers That Work With Lirc

[Kirk B. <t0...@kb...>]

On 10/11/2015 4:24 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
> On 10/11/2015 12:04 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>> On 10/9/2015 5:29 PM, Alec Leamas wrote:
>>> Obviously (my bad...) this kernel module is based on another
>>> framework; the device exposed as a /sys/class/hidraw item rather than
>>> a/sys/class/rc one. If you are motivated enough to do some coding you
>>> could take a look at the hiddev lirc driver (plugins/hiddev.c) which
>>> handles a number of such beasts. Perhaps you could patch that to also
>>> support your device without too much effort, dunno. Cheers! --alec
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Alec, you had originally told me to disable the HID interface which I
>> had done with a udev rule:
>>
>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471", ATTRS{idProduct}=="20cc",
>> MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", RUN="/bin/sh -c 'echo -n $kernel:1.0 >
>> /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usbhid/unbind'"
>>
>> I am now going back and trying the devinput interface. I removed that
>> rule and the device connects:
>>
>> $ls /dev/input/by-id/
>> usb-Chicony_USB_Keyboard-event-if01
>> usb-PHILIPS_MCE_USB_IR_Receiver-_Spinel_plus-event-ir
>> usb-Chicony_USB_Keyboard-event-kbd
>>
>> I've added the driver=devinput line to the lirc config, installed the
>> devinput config file and restarted lircd.
>>
>> However I get nothing out of irw under Fedora 22. Is that the right way
>> to test devinput?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
> Now I also happen to have another older IR receiver that *does* work
> with mceusb.ko and that I used for years with CentOS 5 and 6:
>
> [  134.925421] usb 1-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
> [  135.091954] usb 1-2: config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 endpoint 0x1
> has an invalid bInterval 0, changing to 32
> [  135.091969] usb 1-2: config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 endpoint 0x82
> has an invalid bInterval 0, changing to 32
> [  135.095105] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1784, idProduct=0008
> [  135.095118] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> [  135.095127] usb 1-2: Product: eHome Infrared Transceiver
> [  135.095134] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Topseed Technology Corp.
> [  135.095141] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: TS00098N
> [  136.217451] Registered IR keymap rc-rc6-mce
> [  136.217687] input: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver
> (1784:0008) as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/rc/rc0/input9
> [  136.219221] rc0: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver
> (1784:0008) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/rc/rc0
> [  136.225460] IR RC5(x/sz) protocol handler initialized
> [  136.226358] IR NEC protocol handler initialized
> [  136.238216] IR SANYO protocol handler initialized
> [  136.240750] IR Sharp protocol handler initialized
> [  136.241761] input: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (mceusb) as
> /devices/virtual/input/input10
> [  136.248395] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized
> [  136.251232] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
> [  136.251589] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
> [  136.252045] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
> [  136.253877] IR XMP protocol handler initialized
> [  136.254167] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 248
> [  136.258712] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb)
> registered at minor = 0
> [  136.258719] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
> [  136.333521] mceusb 1-2:1.0: Registered Topseed Technology Corp. eHome
> Infrared Transceiver with mce emulator interface version 1
> [  136.333533] mceusb 1-2:1.0: 2 tx ports (0x0 cabled) and 2 rx sensors
> (0x0 active)
> [  136.333617] usbcore: registered new interface driver mceusb
>
> I reset the driver to default, installed the mceusb config and restarted
> lircd. Nothing from irw with my mce remote which works on my other lirc
> setup. But more telling:
>
> $irw /dev/lirc0
> connect: Connection refused
>
> Alec, I saw your bug posting about Fedora 22 and lirc. I've installed
> the udev rule to update the device permissions:
>
> $ls -la /dev/lirc*
> crw-rw----. 1 root lirc 248, 0 Oct 11 16:17 /dev/lirc0
>
> Is there some other possibly selinux related thing going on here with
> both receivers and lirc?
>
>

Oh maybe not permissions on the bare irw command:

$systemctl status lircd -l
...
Oct 11 16:25:39 liva2.pvt lircd-0.9.2a[822]: Notice: accepted new client 
on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Oct 11 16:25:39 liva2.pvt lircd[822]: lircd-0.9.2a[822]: Notice: 
accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd
Oct 11 16:26:08 liva2.pvt lircd-0.9.2a[822]: Info: removed client
Oct 11 16:26:08 liva2.pvt lircd[822]: lircd-0.9.2a[822]: Info: removed 
client

But still no output. The light flashes on the receiver.