[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox Remote Replacement with JP1 Remote: really a lircd.conf or irrecord question

[Dave Hofstra]

sorry, 1 more file,  this is the spreadsheet I used to figure it out..
I really wish I would learn to write more comments, but maybe it'll
make sense to you now that you are into it.....


On 12/28/05, Dave Hofstra <dhofstra at gmail.com> wrote:
> I did this!  I dont have the xbox hooked up anymore, but here are some of
> the files I had left from the project....  I think I compared efc codes
> from
> keymaster with the lircd.conf, and could pretty easily figure out the
> correct hex code--> lircd.conf code for each additional key I wanted...
> Something I could just list in a spreadsheet side by side and guess the
> correct hex code that would correspond with the lircd.conf number...
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> Hope this helps, it's been a while,  at least it should get you on the
> right
> track... works great for me...
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> the keymapmaster file is from 8.24 if you cant find it I can send it to
> you..
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> On 12/28/05, CTD <ctd at minneapolish3.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello there,
> >
> > Curious if anyone had reprogrammed a JP1 capable remote, such as the One
> > For All URC-6131n,  to provide for more keys than is on the original
> > Microsoft Remote.  Using remote code 0522, I can easily get all the
> > original xbox buttons duplicated, but I hoped for more functionality.
> >
> > I think I can figure out to program the remote, but my main question is
> > how to configure lircd by updating the lircd.conf file.  Specifically,
> > how does one determine  the hexadecimal  data value for a new button
> > that was not originally on the Microsoft remote?  For instance when I
> > run irw and press normal xbox remote keys programmed into the universal
> > remote, I can see that lirc sees all the keys which were mapped in the
> > lircd.conf file.  But for enhanced keys that I want to use, irw does not
> > output anything as I expected since there are no key-values pairs in the
> > lircd.conf file.
> >
> > I started down the path of attempting to run irrecord, but I get the
> > following error:
> > #xbox:~# irrecord test
> > #irrecord -  application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc
> > #Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus( lirc at bartelmus.de)
> > #irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check
> > permissions)
> >
> > I verified that lircd is running.  I figured I would ask for some help
> > after investing several hours.
> >
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mike
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