[mythtv-users] Cheap IR Blaster

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday, October 19, 2010 08:24:50 am Josu Lazkano wrote:
> Hello, I am thinking on buy this remote with the receiver/emiter:
> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=5187-4592-BULK&cat=SYS
> 
> Has anyone try it with LIRC?
> 
> It will work???

I ordered one last week, haven't received it yet. I expect it will work, but I'll post my results when I receive it and 
have a chance to play. The problem is they are likely to be out of them by then.

Seemed like a reasonable risk for the price.

Looks like the blaster they had for $5 is sold out.

> 
> Thanks and regards.
> 
> 2010/10/14 Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>:
> > On Oct 14, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Jack Perveiler wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> On Oct 14, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> >> >> On Thursday, October 14, 2010 08:12:46 am Raymond Norton wrote:
> >> >>> That would be key, that it works with Myth. Can anyone confirm it
> >> >>> does?
> >> >> 
> >> >> I only know it says:
> >> >> 
> >> >> "Compatible with Microsoft XP Media Center Edition Software".
> >> >> 
> >> >> This *might* imply it is the same as the MCE stuff, but that might
> >> >> only be with some sort of custom driver for Windows.
> >> >> 
> >> >> If anyone knows more I'm sure we'd all like to hear it.
> >> > 
> >> > The question is, does it work with LIRC? If so, then it will work with
> >> > MythTV. I've found even though something may LOOK identical on the
> >> > outside, the innards can be different, and incompatible.
> >> 
> >> I'm about 99% certain that's the original mceusb v1 transceiver with MS
> >> device ID (I have identical hardware at home), and its fully supported.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Jarod, did you ever get the gen 1 blaster working for 56k IR devices?  I
> >> know around last Christmas you said it was on your list but I don't
> >> recall seeing a message on the lirc list of you fixing it.  I've been
> >> known to miss things from time to time though.
> >> 
> >> I ended up getting a gen2 blaster ultimately so the issue lost it's
> >> urgency for me.  Now I'm just curious :)
> > 
> > Hrm, you know... I completely forgot about it... :) I *did* rework the
> > gen1 init sequence a bit though, so now it matches the init sequence
> > under Windows 100% now though, so maybe its fixed? Not sure. Too many
> > other more pressing issues to deal with... :\
> > 
> > --
> > Jarod Wilson
> > jarod at wilsonet.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
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