[mythtv-users] Packard Bell serial IR remote reciever, Jarod's guide

[Phill Edwards]

> I related my experiences in another thread, but decided to repeat myself here just to
> add a hook for searching the archives, and in case this helps someone else who's
> fighting this combination...
> 
> This was 3 weeks or so ago. My last install was on FC3 using Jarod's guide, and went
> off without a hitch, except for trying to get the PB remote to work. I was not finding
> success. It SHOULD have worked, but just didn't... couldn't see why. Running irw
> showed no response at all. I shut the computer down and went off to another computer
> to send feedback to Jarod and while composing the email, I decided to go back and
> look for error messages in the logs so that I could pass this information on to Jarod.
> 
> Lo and behold, I restarted the computer, tried the remote and it was working.
> 
> Black magic I suppose... the only thing that had happened differently was a shutdown
> and restart, but there is no reason that I know of to indicate that that should have been
> necessary.
> 
> I haven't had a chance to get back to this machine to do the last little bits. All that's left
> is mapping the Packard Bell keys to MythTV functions, but I don't anticipate any
> problems doing that.

I'm using the PB remote and sensor and it workes extremely well. I'm
very pleased with it. I'm on FC2, Mythv 0.17 ATRPMs.

Regards,
Phill