Re: LIRC - Failed to initialize hardware - Mac & IrDroid

[Joe D. <joe...@gm...>]

Scratch that last post. I saw some errors coming in from the debug upon
make regarding the spaces in my volume name. So I tried the install from a
USB drive where I could rename it safely. And, while that got make much
farther along, many warnings and errors popped up still.

I'm not sure what the process is to install this thing successfully on Mac,
but it has been a total p.i.t.a. for me. And, I'm running out of time to
get this project done.

I get that IR stuff isn't exactly "sexy" anymore, and Lirc is an
open-source project that appears to be no longer developed......but geesh,
what a mess to try to get this thing running.

Because I seemingly have few other choices, I've ordered an IrToy v2 and
may have to re-install Lirc 9.4d via MacPorts, because at least it was
successfully running.....even though it could not run my IrDroid device.

I'd be happy to use your Java software, but it won't run on this machine
for some reason.

Thanks,

--Joe

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:04 PM Bengt Martensson <bu...@be...>
wrote:

> On 2019-09-25 20:21, Joe Dugandzic wrote:
> > The firmware version on the IrDroid is v225
>
> Hmmm, interesting. The last "regular" version was 2.2 (written as 222,
> the first digit "2" is the hardware revision). The 2.3 never left test
> status (http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/index.php?topic=4024.0, see
> for example my posting (the last one)) and is not usable. 2.4 is an
> unofficial bugfix to 2.2. I have no idea was 2.5 is... Possibly your
> 'Droid even have a bootloader?
>
> (FYI, the IrDroid I bought perhaps 3 years ago came with 2.0)
> >
> > In anticipation of possibly needing to get a newer version of Lirc
> > running, I just uninstalled the version I had from MacPorts.
> >
> > I’ve downloaded v0.10.1 from source and I can try installing it. Do you
> > believe it should install ok on Mac without much trouble? Just run the
> > autogen, configure, make, make install ?
>
> It comes with instructions ;-). (Basically, yes.)
>
> Greetz,
>
> Bengt
>
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 11:06 AM Bengt Martensson
> > <bu...@be... <mailto:bu...@be...>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 2019-09-25 16:02, Joe Dugandzic wrote:
> >      > I’m happy to replace the IrDroid with something else. I purchased
> >     to last year without knowing all of these problems. I don’t really
> >     do hardware work myself, so I just need something that’s USB-based
> >     for my iMac.
> >
> >     I never said that it did not work. One of the possibilities is to use
> >     the current upstream Lirc, AFAIK it can cope with the IrDroid with FW
> >     2.0. BTW, what version do you have? (IrScrutinizer displays it, as
> does
> >     Lirc using higher logging levels).
> >
> >      > Anyways, a device that isn’t very expensive and is commercially
> >     available would be ideal. What would your personal recommendation be
> >     that I buy so that I can resolve these strange issues that I’m
> >     having with Lirc?
> >
> >     My favorite is my little project:
> >     http://www.harctoolbox.org/arduino_nano.html . Unfortunately it is
> not
> >     "commercially available" but requires both soldering and purchase of
> >     some components your local dealer does not stock...
> >
> >     Greetz,
> >
> >     Bengt
> >
>
>
>