irsend other remote codes using mceusb - totally stumped!

[Steve <rat...@gm...>]

Hi All,

I'm trying to use my mceusb via Lirc with IRSend to send signals to the
other devices in my lounge, which I know must work but it won't for me and
after spending all evening googling and trying different things out I
thought the best thing to do is ask here!

What works so far:

1) Remote works, I'm using Kodi spin of Ubuntu and I can use the MCE remote
via the mceusb box to control Kodi just fine
2) IRSend for the mceusb commands works fine, I can run irsend on the
command line and the transmitter LEDs flash - e.g. by running:

"irsend send_once mceusb KEY_VOLUMEUP"

So I know the hardware is properly detected and works fine for this limited
set of use cases.

What doesn't work:

1) I cannot use the mceusb to send commands for my TV, Amp etc.

What have I tried?

1) I've added an additional "include" line into the /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
file to include the configuration information needed for my Samsung telly:

include "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/samsung/lircd.conf.samsung"

2) I then try and send a volume command using:

irsend send_once samsung KEY_VOLUMEUP

And I get the error message:

irsend: command failed: send_once samsung KEY_VOLUMEUP
irsend: transmission failed

In syslog I see:

Dec 30 20:45:17 louge lircd-0.9.0[680]: accepted new client on
/run/lirc/lircd
Dec 30 20:45:17 louge lircd-0.9.0[680]: invalid send buffer
Dec 30 20:45:17 louge lircd-0.9.0[680]: this remote configuration cannot be
used to transmit
Dec 30 20:45:17 louge lircd-0.9.0[680]: error processing command: send_once
samsung KEY_VOLUMEUP
Dec 30 20:45:17 louge lircd-0.9.0[680]: transmission failed
Dec 30 20:45:17 louge lircd-0.9.0[680]: removed client

I assume it must be possible to send other remote commands out via the
mceusb sender, but I'm clearly missing some step as to how I make this
whole thing work. Do I need to do something to ensure that the mceusb is
used for sending the samsung commands? If so which configuration option do
I need to use?

Any pointers greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Stephen.