[mythtv-users] Lirc key repeats on Harmony 525

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Aug 14, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Phill Edwards wrote:

> I bought a Harmon 525 a few weeks ago and have been very pleased with
> it. The only problem I have with it is when I go to view programs
> which are in a recording group protected by a PIN. When I try to type
> in the PIN using the number keys on the remote, each number is
> repeated - so rather than getting **** I get ******** which of course
> isn't the correct PIN. I don't seem to have any lirc key repeat
> problems anywhere else - only here, which I think is a bit odd.
>
> Though I do get this output from irw (looks like a single press
> generates more than 1 signal but I don't know whether this is normal
> or not):
>
> [mythtv at elm ~]$ irw
> 00000000000017a5 00 OK Harmony525KnoppMyth
> 00000000000017a5 01 OK Harmony525KnoppMyth
> 00000000000017a5 02 OK Harmony525KnoppMyth

Yes, this is normal. You need to modify your lirc configuration file  
(the one in ~/.lircrc) to add the repeat parameter. Something like:

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = OK
    repeat = 3
    config = Space
end

repeat means to register every nth keypress, so since you are  
registering 3 keypresses for every one repeat = 3 should do the trick.  
It needs to be added to every button where you wish to register only  
the nth keypress (which is usually all of them). More info here: http://www.lirc.org/html/configure.html

-Brad