[mythtv-users] Centos Lirc mceusb blaster issue

Chris Tepe cstepe at ctdataservices.com
Tue Oct 12 14:34:37 UTC 2010


  On 10/10/2010 3:14 PM, Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Chris Tepe<cstepe at ctdataservices.com>  wrote:
>>   On 10/10/2010 2:01 PM, Greg Oliver wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Chris Tepe<cstepe at ctdataservices.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>>   I have my backend running Centos.  I'm trying to setup a mce transceiver
>>>> for controlling my 2 set top boxes.  But I can no seem to get it to work.
>>>>   if i run irw it will see the remote but issuing any irsend commands seem
>>>> to
>>>> do nothing.  I do not get any errors and nothing is in the log files.  I
>>>> tested my hardware on a mythdora front end that had just an mce remote
>>>> and
>>>> everything worked I verfied the emitter worked with a digital camera.  So
>>>> I'm left with a config issue on my backend.
>>>> Here is the info on my backend
>>>> [root at mythcentos ~]# uname -a
>>>> Linux mythcentos.tepehome.info 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5.centos.plus #1 SMP Thu
>>>> Sep 30 19:27:35 EDT 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>> [root at mythcentos ~]# rpm -qa | grep lirc
>>>> lirc-0.8.6-85_cvs20090909.el5
>>>> lirc-kmdl-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5.centos.plus-0.8.6-85_cvs20090909.el5
>>>> lirc-devices-0.8-4.el5
>>>> liblirc_client0-0.8.6-85_cvs20090909.el5
>>>> [root at mythcentos ~]# lsmod | grep lirc
>>>> lirc_mceusb            20356  0
>>>> lirc_dev               16664  1 lirc_mceusb
>>>> [root at mythcentos ~]# dmesg | grep lirc
>>>> lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
>>>> lirc_mceusb: Windows Media Center Edition USB IR Transceiver driver for
>>>> LIRC
>>>> 1.90
>>>> lirc_mceusb: Daniel Melander<lirc at rajidae.se>, Martin Blatter
>>>> <martin_a_blatter at yahoo.com>, Dan Conti<dconti at acm.wwu.edu>
>>>> lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
>>>> lirc_mceusb[2]: Topseed Technology Corp. eHome Infrared Transceiver on
>>>> usb1:2
>>>> usbcore: registered new driver lirc_mceusb
>>>>
>>>> I've tried it in all the usb ports as well
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>> I have several of those topseeds.  You need 0.8.7-cvs for blasting to
>>> work with it.  Fedora probably already had that in, but centos does
>>> not (0.8.6)..  Not sure if an rhel repos may have later lirc or not,
>>> but you can compile it your self ad it will work.
>>>
>>> -Greg
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>> Here's the version from my Dora box
>> rpm -qa | grep lirc
>> lirc-0.8.6-7.fc12.i686
>> lirc-libs-0.8.6-7.fc12.i686
>> I have 8.6-85 on my centos box installed from ATRPMS testing.
>> I'm not familiar with using cvs versions.  any suggestions on how to do
>>   that?
>>
> Hmmm - I may have spoke too soon..  The Topseeds I use (idVendor
>      0x1784 TopSeed Technology Corp.
>    idProduct          0x0008 eHome Infrared Transceiver) had to have
> the latest changes.  There are other revisions of Topseeds that do not
> require the same changes and just work out of the box.  I would assume
> you have those if they work in mythdora (with<  0.8.7-cvs lirc)
> without change..
>
> Not sure what to tell you from here..
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Thanks for the info.  Does anybody else have any experience getting a 
mceusb device to control a set top box on a Centos masterbackend?
Chris


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