[mythtv-users] Anyone using an iMon LCD display

[Mircea Marghidanu]

Ronald Frazier wrote:
> I've made some small bit of possible progress (though I'm not there
> yet). Reading through codeka is painful at the minute, as it is VERY
> slow for me. However, I did manage to find something:
> http://codeka.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23
>
> The last couple posts on the first page talk about the device being
> grabbed by the usbhid driver to support the mouse/keyboard feature of
> the included remote. I did a check, and indeed it had:
>
> cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
>
> T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=06 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
> D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=15c2 ProdID=0038 Rev= 0.01
> C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
> I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=00 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
> I:* If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid
> E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
>
>
>
> Notice the driver is usbhid. As a quick test, I did unloaded both the
> lirc_imon and  usbhid modules, then reloaded lirc_imon and now I get
>
> T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=06 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
> D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=15c2 ProdID=0038 Rev= 0.01
> C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
> I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=00 Prot=02 Driver=lirc_imon
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
> I:* If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=lirc_imon
> E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
>
>
> It's still not working, but I'm feeling a bit better, like I made some
> progress. As far as why the patches work for others and not me? Well,
> I am using 2.6.24, so maybe I'm a bit ahead of some of the other
> people there. Maybe usbhid support for this device was added in recent
> kernels.
>
> At least now I have a direction to aim.
>
>   
The only thing I had to do is install LCDproc & LCDd and then change the 
LCDd's config to setup Driver=imon and that was it.
Just enable the lcd support in the frontend and you're home free.

I tried with both the imon VFD that came with my 3R Systems HTPC case 
and a standalone IMON VFD (the one with a know to the right),
and this method worked flawlessly.


Give it a try,
Mircea