[mythtv-users] Serial IR receiver should be simplest but...

Jon jon at sd-6.org
Fri Apr 6 02:05:35 UTC 2007



Angus wrote:
> I was told that getting an RS-232 serial IR receiver would be the 
> simplest way to get a remote control working, but I can't even tell if 
> what I have is working. The serial port seems correctly setup (dmesg 
> gives: serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A / 00:09: 
> ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A) but I haven't been able to get 
> anywhere with irrecord, and I thought by running
> 
> cat /dev/ttyS0
> 
> I might at least be able to see some sign of life if I pointed a few 
> remotes at it, but no such luck. Can someone tell me at least how to 
> *test* the receiver?
> 
Use mode2 -d /dev/lirc0


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