[mythtv-users] heads up to mceusb users

Jack Perveiler perveilerj at gmail.com
Mon Aug 31 03:13:50 UTC 2009


On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 30 August 2009 20:27:40 Jack Perveiler wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On 07/05/2009 05:47 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > >
> > >> Just wanted to give folks a heads up... I just committed changes in
> lirc
> > >> cvs that merge support for the first-gen mceusb receiver and all the
> > >> others into a single driver, which going forward, is going to be
> called
> > >> 'lirc_mceusb' -- dropping the 2 off the end for the newer devices, so
> > >> lirc_mceusb2 is (will be) no more.
> > >>
> > >> Of course, it'll have a modalias of lirc_mceusb2, and it should still
> > >> auto-load for supported devices anyway, but I figured folks might want
> > >> to know what's going on just the same. It'll show up officially in
> lirc
> > >> 0.8.6 (and probably soonish in a 0.8.6pre2 snap), as well as in a
> Fedora
> > >> development kernel near you...
> > >>
> > >> For those with the 1st-gen device, in theory, your device should now
> be
> > >> able to transmit as well as receive, but I've not yet bothered to test
> > >> xmit... If it doesn't work, it shouldn't be terribly difficult to get
> it
> > >> working, since most of the necessary code should already be in place.
> If
> > >> you get around to testing xmit before I do, please do let me know.
> > >>
> > >
> > > So I actually tried testing... Doesn't seem to be working. But it could
> be
> > > that it doesn't like the blaster cable I plugged into it, which is from
> a
> > > different device. (I don't have the original blaster cables from this
> > > thing). More likely the cables are find though, and there's simply some
> > > remaining work to be done to get transmit working on the 1st-gen
> device.
> > > Will poke more later, additional testing feedback still welcomed,
> > > particularly from someone who has the original blaster cables...
> > >
> > >
> > I have the original blaster cables (well, I THINK they're the original...
> I
> > got the cable+transceiver from ebay, but things LOOK new) and like you
> > nothing happened when I tried blasting.  I'm open to suggestions and am a
> > willing tester (I just don't know what to look for).
>
> There's been some recent work done over on the lirc list. The second
> port is sending stuff, and every once in a while, its actually correct,
> so transmit support on these should be functional relatively soon...
>
>
Thanks, I hadn't realized debug was actually ongoing.  I found the thread
over on the lirc list, and it does sound promising.  I'll follow things over
there.

Thanks again,

--Jack
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