#362 Sending IR signal using Raspberry PI 3.5 mm Audio Port

[Harry Suth]

Hi All,

I manage to successfully install the LIRC on PI
My challenge is if someone here on the forum or from the LIRC community can advice me how to set-up following thing to transmit IR signal using Raspberry PI 3.5 mm Audio Jack:

1. Bootloader Configuration File sudo nano /boot/config.txt
2. LIRC Module Hardware Configuration sudo nano /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
   LIRCD_ARGS= ?
   LOAD_MODULES= ?
   DRIVER= ?
   DEVICE= ?
   MODULES= ?
3. LIRC Module Options Configuration sudo nano /etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf
   driver = ?
   device = ?

Any sort of hint/advice/support would be highly appreciable.
Thanks.

[Alec Leamas]

A bit short of time right now. That said, since lirc_options.conf exists your lirc version is reasonably updated. Furthermore, since you are referring to hardware.conf you might be using outdated guide, hardware.conf is not used since long.

I have no idea about /boot/config.txt, thsi is raspberry stuff above my paygrade.

I'd suggest that you look into the upstream docs at https://www.lirc.org/html/configuration-guide.html

[Harry Suth]

Hi Alec,

Thanks for the reply.
In this link: https://www.lirc.org/html/configuration-guide.html could you please guide me where could I find the setup for using 3.5 mm audio driver for sending IR commands.

Please guide.