[mythtv-users] Harmony 550

btsglw btsglw at gmail.com
Fri Jan 19 08:01:40 UTC 2007


On 19/01/07, Bob Sully <rcs at malibyte.net> wrote:
> Getting there...I have the drivers set up, lircd starts up, but the remote
> doesn't do anything.  Looking at the logs, the last last line below looks
> like the problem:
>
>
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbserial
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial
> support registered for generic
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: usbcore: registered new driver
> usbserial_generic
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial
> Driver core
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial
> support registered for pl2303
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: pl2303 5-7.1.4:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: usb 5-7.1.4: pl2303 converter now attached
> to ttyUSB0
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: usbcore: registered new driver pl2303
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader kernel: drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303
> USB to serial adaptor driver
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader lircd-0.7.1[25614]: lircd(any) ready
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader lircd: lircd startup succeeded
> Jan 18 23:04:47 vader pam_console.dev[25608]: Restoring console
> permissions for /dev/ttyUSB0  /dev/tts/USB0 /dev/usb/tts/0
> Jan 18 23:04:58 vader lircd-0.7.1[25614]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> Jan 18 23:04:58 vader lircd-0.7.1[25614]: initializing '/dev/ttyUSB0'
> Jan 18 23:04:58 vader lircd-0.7.1[25614]: can't get exclusive access to
> events comming from `/dev/ttyUSB0' interface
>
>
> /dev/ttyUSB0 is the where the IR receiver is plugged into.
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks
> Bob
>

Are you using a USB to Serial adapter to plug your serial receiver
into your PC's USB port? lirc doesn't work with USB adapters (from
their faq)

quote
Can I use a home-brew LIRC receiver with a Serial to USB adapter?

No, this won't work. But there is a project working on a dedicated USB
transceiver. Using an Irman with USB adapter should work though.

end quote

HTH

Ver


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