[mythtv-users] Which remote code set and LIRC file should I pick for my MX-500?

[Allen Edwards]

Mark Small wrote:
> On July 20, 2008 12:53:02 am Allen Edwards wrote:
>> I see there are something like 500 LIRC files and something like 250
>> ways to program my MX-500.  I am not sure what the overlap space is but
>> I am sure there are hundreds of choices.
>>
>> So, I want to program my MX-500 to something and pick a corresponding
>> LIRC file before I go about debugging getting remote to work.
>>
>> I have a HD HomeRun if that matters and am going to use that as the IR RX.
>>
>> Anyone care to suggest a good set of choices here?
>>
>> Allen
>>
> 
> 
> On my last remote (motorols drc-425), I used codes for a primestar satellite 
> reciever.  I created my own lircd.conf for it.  It worked very well for me.
> 
> When that remote died, I got a motorola drc 800 and was annoyed to find that 
> it didn't have the old code that I used.  Now I used MCE codes.  They seem to 
> be very prone to interference from reflected evening sunlight shining through 
> the window.  If I'm watching when the sun is low in the evening, keypresses 
> often don't work.  
> 
> The key is to find a code that makes the most buttons on your remote work.
> 
> Mark
> 
My remote (MX-500) has 31 hard buttons and 2 pages of 10 soft buttons.

There is no code for Microsoft but there is a code for Primestar.
However, as you pointed out, there is no lirc.conf for Primestar.

I wonder if there are any good lirc.conf files that would be a good fit
for one of the settings I have on the MX500?

The sections that the MX500 has that seem like candidates are Cable,
Sat, and the TiVo section which curiously does not list TiVo.


Craig Treleaven wrote:
 > I've got my Harmony 880 set up to emulate an older Panny DVD player's
 > remote.  I chose it as I found a decent picture of one on eBay (so I
 > could compare the actual button labels) and there was a complete
 > lirc.conf in the LIRC database.  Details are:
 >
 > # this config file was automatically generated
 > # using lirc-0.6.1 on Sat Sep  2 23:49:54 2000
 > #
 > # contributed by xercist
 > #
 > # brand:             Panasonic
 > # model:             VEQ2249
 >
 > My lircrc file is attached.  (NB, the "I" and "U" commands are not
 > working right at this point.  Haven't spent the time to figure out
 > why.)
 >
 > Craig

Thanks.  I will look for some pictures.  That could really help.



Allen