Re: lirc - Send doesn't work e.g. ir-ctl -stv.ir

[Mariusz F. <mf...@fa...>]

On 9/14/2025 11:16 PM, Sean Young wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 05:38:22PM +0200, Mariusz Ferdyn wrote:
>> @Sean Thank you fro your help - moving to pwm-ir-tx for sending (receive was
>> OK) - /boot/firmware/config.txt:
>> dtoverlay=pwm-ir-tx,gpio_pin=18
>> dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=22
> That's great! The pwm-ir-tx driver really only becomes reliable in kernel
> v6.8, with commit:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=363d0e56285e80cda997d41d94c22313b673557d
>
> In earlier kernels, under load the generated IR might be garbage. YMMV
>
> Best to update to the latest bookworm version with kernel 6.12.
>
>> It is working for Raspbery Pi 1 - for TV Samsung, Sound Bar Creative and Air
>> Condition!
>>
>>
>> Thanks for help.
> Glad to be of help.
>
>> It is part of bigger project:
>> https://github.com/MariuszFerdyn/AirConditionIoTCentral - anyway you can
>> link it to LIRC links.
> Very nice. I am not really understanding the setup though. You're using
> ir-ctl, yet there are various references to lircd. Is lircd used at all,
> if so what for what?
>
> Note that ir-ctl doesn't require or use lircd.
>
>
> Sean
>
So ir-ctl is shipped out of the box? I thought it is LIRC, so in that 
case what section is needed only 
https://github.com/MariuszFerdyn/AirConditionIoTCentral/blob/main/02-InfraRedReceiver/01-InstallLIRC.sh 
(You can always contribute).



Mariusz