[mythtv-users] lirc transmitting and pvr150

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Sat Jul 17 22:25:02 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Peter Abplanalp
<pta-myth at psaconsultants.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Scott <pickle136 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 07/17/2010 01:08 PM, Peter Abplanalp wrote:
>>> all,
>>>
>>> research has suggested to me that the "correct" way to use a pvr150
>>> blaster these days is to use the lirc_zilog module.  is that correct?
>>>
>>> assuming it is, i'm trying to verify with a mythdora live cd which
>>> supposedly has everything in it to make the zilog driver work.  my
>>> issue is that when i try an irsend, i get the following message:
>>>
>>> lirc_zilog: failed to get data for code 0, key 9036 -- check lircd.conf entries
>>>
>>> afaik, the lircd.conf file is correct.  i have a hauppage remote
>>> section at the top and a dctxxxx section on the bottom.  i've searched
>>> the web for that particular error message with no luck on an answer.
>>>
>>> it looks to me like everything loads correctly, here is the output of
>>> dmesg|grep zilog:
>>>
>>> lirc_zilog: Zilog/Hauppauge IR driver initializing
>>> lirc_zilog: chip found with RX and TX
>>> i2c i2c-0: lirc_dev: driver lirc_zilog registered at minor = 0
>>> lirc_zilog: Zilog/Hauppauge IR blaster firmware version 1.3.0 loaded
>>> lirc_zilog: initialization complete
>>> lirc_zilog: failed to get data for code 0, key 9036 -- check lircd.conf entries
>>> lirc_zilog: failed to get data for code 0, key 9036 -- check lircd.conf entries
>>> lirc_zilog: failed to get data for code 0, key 9036 -- check lircd.conf entries
>>>
>>> can anyone point me in the correct direction?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> -peter
>>>
>>>
>> basically it comes down to that theres a patch thats needed. It never
>> got merged in cause of the need for the binary firmware.
>> I need to try to get this working too, check the lirc list for my thread
>> on the same subject
>
> it is my understanding that jarod put everything necessary to run
> zilog into fedora 12.  i'm trying to use mythdora 12.23 which i assume
> is fedora 12 + myth.
>
> jarod, am i good to go or do i need to run the patches necessary for ubuntu?

No, you should be all set already as far as the software bits go. Your
issue is solely an lirc config file one. (More on that in a sec,
replying to another message in this thread).


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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com


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