[mythtv-users] Re:new user, remote questions/ideas.

[Alexander P. Petkov]

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 I figured, if lirc can pick up on other remotes using the ir device,
 
 possibly just use another remote.  
 however, it doesnt see any other remote besides the avertv remote.  
 ive tried other remotes, ive tried different detectors. it just
doesnt  
 see them.  
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Is this after you killed the lirc deamon and ran irrecord? it sounds
like you are 
using a lircd.conf flie that lists the buttons for the Aver card
only. This file ( at 
least for me) is in the /etc directory.  In order to append other
remotes to it, you 
need to stop the lirc deamon, then run "irrecord remote", where
'remote' is any 
new filename you pick. After that simply copy and append the new
"begin 
remote...end remote" section from the new file to your existing
lircd.conf file. 
 
BTW, I do this (sort of, with learning remote) with AverMedia card
and it works 
fine. No need for any special hardware mod to another remote. You can
even 
use the -f option with irrecord to capture codes from stubborn
remotes in raw 
mode.  So it's very possible to do what you want with another remote
and the 
Aver card.  This is in my lircd.conf flie: 
--------------- 
#These two lines are 3-digit codes that I defined for later use if I
need them: 
#559                            0x0000000002FD54AB  
#655                            0x0000000002FD4CB3 
 
begin remote 
 
  name  Avermedia 
  bits           16 
  flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH 
  eps            30 
  aeps          100 
 
  header       8984  4527 
  one           568  1681 
  zero          568   558 
  ptrail        547 
  repeat       8985  2276 
  pre_data_bits   16 
  pre_data       0x2FD 
  gap          108069 
  toggle_bit      0 
 
 
      begin codes 
          TV                       0x0000000000006897 
          FM                       0x000000000000A857 
  ...more buttons 
  end codes 
 
end remote 
 
begin remote 
 
  name  Aver_extended 
  bits           32 
  eps            30 
  aeps          100 
 
  one             0     0 
  zero            0     0 
  gap          199991 
  toggle_bit      0 
 
 
      begin codes 
          PLAY                     0x0000000002FD1CE3 
          REC                      0x0000000002FD14EB 
          MOVE                     0x0000000002FD7C83 
      end codes 
 
end remote 
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The "extended' buttons are codes that I put into the learning remote,
then 
captured with irrecord. 
 
Hope this helps,  
Alex