[mythtv-users] Motorola DTA 100 -- SOLVED

[Kirk Bocek]

njerald at mail.com wrote:
>> Yep, already tried the Pace codes. In fact, that's exactly where I 
> copied them from. Still no love.
> 
> What version of lirc are you using?  Lirc 0.8.6 added support for the 
> XMP protocol - might work better than the raw codes, if you have 0.8.6:
> http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=437577#post7653458
> 
> Haven't tried it myself since I'm still on 0.8.5 and the raw codes work 
> fine with my Pace...

njerald you were right. The issue was with the XMP protocol used by this 
remote. Thanks for the hint. I had to upgrade to lirc 0.8.6 which was a bit of 
a challenge: ATrpms has the packages but yum wasn't picking them up. I 
manually downloaded the RPMs and performed the upgrade. Starting from the 
generic XMP config file I was able to use irrecord to capture the correct codes.

Below is a working lirc config for this remote. Because of the "flags XMP" 
line you need lirc 0.8.6 for this to work. I've submitted it to the lirc 
people. I hope it will be helpful to others.

Kirk Bocek


# Please make this file available to others
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.6-CVS(default) on Mon Jan 11 21:34:36 2010
#
# contributed by Kirk Bocek
#
# brand: Comcast Branded Motorola DTA100
# model no. of remote control: Unknown, Comcast Label
# devices being controlled by this remote: Motorola DTA100
#
# This is one of the cheap digital converters being provided by Comcast as
# part of their analog shutdown. Product information here:
# 
http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/TV+Video+Distribution/Customer+Premises+Equipment+%28Set-tops%29/All-Digital+QAM+Set-tops/DTA100_US-EN
#
# This remote also has power and volume buttons. However these are
# intended to be programmed
# to control your specific TV and so have been left out of this config.
#
# Generated by starting with the generic XMP protocol configuration:
# http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/generic/XMP
# and then using irrecord to add the keys.
#

begin remote

   name Motorola-DTA100
   bits           24
   flags XMP
   eps            20
   aeps          300

   one             0   137
   zero          250   710
   ptrail        250
   pre_data_bits   32
   pre_data       0x170F443E
   post_data_bits  8
   post_data      0x0
   pre           250 12921
   gap          81698
   toggle_bit_mask 0x0

       begin codes
           one                      0x1E0001
           two                      0x1D0002
           three                    0x1C0003
           four                     0x1B0004
           five                     0x1A0005
           six                      0x190006
           seven                    0x180007
           eight                    0x170008
           nine                     0x160009
           zero                     0x1F0000
           chdn                     0x11000E
           chup                     0x12000D
           mute                     0x13000C
           lang                     0x150082
           info                     0x170026
           enter                    0x180025
           last                     0x190051
       end codes

end remote