[mythtv-users] PVR-350 remote?

[Henrik Gammelmark]

Henrik Gammelmark wrote:
> OK, so I finally gave up on the debian apt packages and compiled it from 
> scracth - and it works!! Thank you very much David, and thanks for the 
> configuration files Michael, although I think mine were close to 
> identical :)
> 
> / Henrik

Maybe it was too soon to be happy.
The remote still works, and all buttons are mapped fine according to 
irw. However, often I must press ecach key multiple times before I get a 
reaction - both in MythTV and in the "irw" utility.

dmesg reports the following, where the "unknown key" errors occur when I 
press a key on the remote that it does not recognize.

lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10

i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x14 raw=0x3f94 down=1
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x14 raw=0x3f94 down=0
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x14 raw=0x3794 down=1
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x14 raw=0x3794 down=0
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x14 raw=0x3f94 down=1
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x14 raw=0x3f94 down=0
i2c IR (Hauppauge): unknown key: key=0x14 raw=0x3794 down=1

What could be causing this?


> Henrik Gammelmark wrote:
> 
>>David Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On 7/10/06, Henrik Gammelmark <mythtv at geemark.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am having difficulties understanding how lirc works with the PVR-350
>>>>remote (the "new" one) and MythTV.
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm far from an expert (why I didn't respond at 1st), but I recently
>>>got mine working so will offer what I can.
>>
>>Appreciate it!
>>
>>
>>
>>>>I have installed lirc, and lircd is running as a deamon.
>>>>In /etc/lirc/lircd.conf I have pasted the mapping from IR signals to
>>>>names, that I found on the net.
>>>>
>>>>In /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc, I have put the mappings from the latter
>>>>names onto Myth commands.
>>>
>>>
>>>Just ensure that it is for the "new" version of the remote.  There
>>>were 3 different versions that were incompatible (or so I've
>>>heard--I've only got the new one).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>When I run mythfrontend, it connects to the lircd deamon (or at least
>>>>some socket somewhere), and it reads the lircrc file fine (at least it
>>>>doesn't report errors, and complaints if the file is not there).
>>>>
>>>>My problem then is, that when mythfrontend starts up, the keys are all
>>>>messed up. E.g. the "8" key is up, while "2" is down etc. Does
>>>>mythfrontend ignore the mappings in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf because it
>>>>autodetects a PVR-350, and uses some built-in mappings from the old
>>>>PVR-350 remote (which has different IR mappings, I read somewhere)?
>>>
>>>
>>>Which screen does it do this on?  It is documented that in some
>>>screens the numbers act like the cursor keys on a PC numeric keypad,
>>>so indeed 8 would be up, 2 down, 4 left, 6 right.
>>>
>>>If this is somewhere that numbers would make sense though ignore that comment.
>>
>>
>>What do you mean "which screen"? Sorry if this is a stupid question.
>>
>>
>>
>>>>Other weird symptons:
>>>>- The lircd deamon seams to shut down whenever mythfrontend starts
>>>>- "irw" terminates instantly and also seem to kill the lircd deamon
>>>
>>>
>>>Aha!!!  This sounds like what I had:
>>>
>>>-  Boot up or restard lircd.
>>>-  First irw returns immediately with no error
>>>-  (lircd dies)
>>>-  Subsequent irw invocations error out "connection refused."
>>
>>
>>That is 100% what I observed too :)
>>
>>
>>
>>>If that is what you see, check your logs (/var/log/messages on FC3, I
>>>presume on Debian as well) for an error about can't open /dev/lirc.
>>>If that's the case, and /dev has a /dev/lirc0, modify your lircd
>>>startup script to change
>>>
>>>lircd
>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>lircd -d lirc0
>>
>>
>>I only have a /dev/lircd - and if I try to use that it says the following:
>>
>># lircd -d /dev/lircd
>>lircd: refusing to connect to myself
>>lircd: device and output must not be the same file: /dev/lircd
>>
>>Am I missing some kernel support for lirc?
>>
>>I am btw using the debian apt version of lirc, if that matters!
>>
>>
>>
>>>(from memory here.  Hope that's right.  Not at the box right now.  If
>>>it doesn't like that argument, search the archives--that's where I
>>>found it or post back and I'll check tonight).
>>>
>>>Then kill and restart lircd.  Hopefully that fixes it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Using Debian testing on linux 2.6.16.20.
>>>>Running MythTV 0.19.20060121-2 (SVN) with PVR-350 and PVR-500.
>>>>
>>>
>>>DS
> 
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