[mythtv-users] USB-UIRT Blaster Problems

[Tristan McCann]

Hello, allow me to repost this. I had a bunch of issues with this
mailing list when I posted this last month, and I still have not made
any headway. I never actually received a response to this problem I was
having, but as I was looking for an answer, I found that there actually
was a response, but it must have gotten lost in my email folder. Oh
well.

The one response to this problem asked what version of LIRC I was
running. I am running Ubuntu Feisty, and the version of LIRC is 
0.8.1+cvs20070310-0ubuntu2, and lircd -v gives 0.8.2-CVS. I am also
using the AMD64 version of Feisty.

I am trying to control a DCT700 digital cable box. Upon further
research, I saw that the DCT700 can be controlled with the same codes as
the DCT2524 box. I have a USB-UIRT transmitter/receiver installed and
configured. The summary of what is going on is that I have configured
the blaster, but there are no channels changed. I can use the original
cable remote using irw with the USB-UIRT in receive mode, but
transmitting just blinks the LED on the USB-UIRT box.

lircd is run like this:
/usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 --output=/dev/lircd1
--pidfile=/var/run/lircd1.pid --driver=uirt2_raw /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

DCT700 config file is the DCT2524 file:

begin remote
 name  DCT700
  bits             16
  flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
  eps              30
  aeps            100

  header         9036  4424
  one             556  2185
  zero            556  4424
  ptrail          556
  gap          100025
  toggle_bit        0


      begin codes
          power                    0x000000000000AFF9
          rew                      0x00000000000087F7
          play                     0x00000000000027FD
          ffwd                     0x00000000000047FB
          stop                     0x000000000000C7F3
          pause                    0x00000000000007FF
          rec                      0x00000000000073FC
          skipback                 0x000000000000C3F7
          mydvr                    0x00000000000043FF
          live                     0x00000000000083F0
          pageup                   0x000000000000A3F3
          pagedown                 0x00000000000023FB
          a_lock                   0x00000000000097F6
          b_day-                   0x00000000000063FD
          c_day+                   0x000000000000E3F5
          up                       0x000000000000D3F6
          down                     0x00000000000053FE
          left                     0x00000000000093F1
          right                    0x00000000000013F9
          ok/select                0x00000000000077F8
          guide                    0x000000000000F3F4
          info                     0x00000000000033FA
          menu                     0x00000000000067F9
          exit                     0x000000000000B7F4
          help                     0x000000000000B3F2
          last                     0x00000000000037FC
          vol+                     0x0000000000004FF3
          vol-                     0x0000000000008FFB
          mute                     0x0000000000000FF7
          fav                      0x00000000000057FA
          ch+                      0x0000000000002FF5
          ch-                      0x000000000000CFFD
          1                        0x0000000000007FF0
          2                        0x000000000000BFF8
          3                        0x0000000000003FF4
          4                        0x000000000000DFFC
          5                        0x0000000000005FF2
          6                        0x0000000000009FFA
          7                        0x0000000000001FF6
          8                        0x000000000000EFFE
          9                        0x0000000000006FF1
          0                        0x000000000000FFFF
          tv/vcr_input             0x000000000000D7F2
          hdzoom_enter             0x000000000000FDFC
          pnp-swap                 0x0000000000003BF2
      end codes

end remote


irw works with the provided DCT700 remote:
0000000000007ff0 00 1 DCT700
000000000000bff8 00 2 DCT700
0000000000003ff4 00 3 DCT700
000000000000dffc 00 4 DCT700
0000000000005ff2 00 5 DCT700
0000000000009ffa 00 6 DCT700
0000000000001ff6 00 7 DCT700
000000000000effe 00 8 DCT700
0000000000006ff1 00 9 DCT700
000000000000ffff 00 0 DCT700
000000000000ffff 00 0 DCT700
000000000000ffff 00 0 DCT700

irsend does not work:
irsend -d /dev/lircd1 SEND_ONCE DCT700 1

blinks the LED on the USB-UIRT, but does not do anything. No button
values for "1" do anything at all.

So in essence, I can use the USB-UIRT is receiving mode (quite handy)
but not transmission mode. Since I only want to use this in transmission
mode, this is not good.

I have these nice little 100%-digital cable boxes collecting dust!

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

-Tristan