[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: lirc issue -- min_repeat with NO_HEAD_REP bug?

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Hi guys, 

 Please forgive me for this slightly off-topic post -- but I was not able to send this message to the LIRC list with this email address -- even after signing up for the list, confirming it, and successfully sending it.  Only to have it be deleted from the list server in about 20 minutes! (To make a long story short, it appears that SourceForge doesn't like my email address, even though it's real and have blocked me...)

Anyways, those of you familiar with LIRC, could you read my original post (below) and let me know if you have any input?   Thanks a ton...  In the mean time, I'll try to work things out with the lirc list...  You can send me a PM if you'd like..

I'm "This close!" [Showing 1/32" gap with fingers] to getting my lirc Channel Changing working with my DishPlayer 7200!!!!

Jeff 

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Subject: min_repeat with NO_HEAD_REP bug? 
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:31:14 +0000 

I've been working on getting a working lirc config to control my DishPlayer 7200.  After getting my Digital Storage Oscilloscope out of storage and observing the waveforms from a 'real' remote control and comparing them to lirc's output and tweaking the timings as needed, I've got it to match exactly with one hitch... 

Basically, the issue is that the Sattelite receiver expects to see a Header pulse, followed by the remote code repeated at least three times (with no other header pulse or trailer pulses).  So I set the "NO_HEAD_REP" flag and specified "min_repeat 3" for the remote.  

That should have done the trick, but what's happening is that the Header pulse and first remote code get sent fine -- but the 2nd and 3rd remote codes are inverted... IE: Everything that should be 'quiet' is now the modulated carrier, and everything that should be modulated is now 'quiet'.  (This is as observed on the real scope connected to my IR led on my homemade 'blaster'.)  -- So the receiver does not respond to the command... 

While troubleshooting, I removed the "NO_HEAD_REP" flag and the 'repeated' key codes are not inverted and look great, but with the repeated header pulse, the receiver does not accept the signal.  

So, is this a known bug that's fixed in a newer version of lirc?  

I'm currently running lirc 0.7.1 on Fedora Core 2 (as downloaded with the MythTV package).  (Yeah, I know, FC4 is out, but I'm going to wait until I build my 'new' backend system for FC4 before I break what's working fine!)  

Thanks, and sorry if it's a long post... 

Jeff
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