[mythtv-users] Setting up a MCE USB blaster issues

Joseph Flack jflackmd at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 21 01:05:38 UTC 2011


All:

I search and search without success in trying to find a solution to this blaster issue.

I am trying to set up a blaster that plugs into my MCE USB receiver.  RC-6 is on the back of my remote.
  
1) I have not been able to determine if a second instance of lirc is required.  I am using Fedora 15, new installation  x64, atrpms. 

2) If I need a second instance, should I use 

   mknod /dev/lirc1 c 61 1

Putting it in rc.local? 

3) Should I use one lircd.conf file for both the receiver and transmitter?  The files worked before as two separate files when I had a working serial blaster with with the  MCE USB receiver with a different installation using FC13.

4)  I tried using gnome-lirc-properties earlier and it seems not to have worked, but also to have overwritten the lircd.conf file.  I wonder if its done some damage elsewhere?

Thanks.......

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Here are some of my diagnostic outputs:

# ls -l /dev/lirc*
crw------- 1 root root 249, 0 Oct 20 20:08 /dev/lirc0
 
# lsmod | grep lirc
ir_lirc_codec           4266  0 
lirc_dev               12984  1 ir_lirc_codec
rc_core                17056  9 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,mceusb

 
# lsmod | grep usb
mceusb                 11583  0 
rc_core                17056  9 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,mceusb
 
# ls -l /var/run/lirc/lir*
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Oct 20 20:08 /var/run/lirc/lircd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Oct 20 20:08 /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid


# lircd --driver=?
Driver `?' not supported.
Supported drivers:
    accent
    alsa_usb
    asusdh
    atilibusb
    atwf83
    audio
    audio_alsa
    awlibusb
    bte
    bw6130
    commandir
    creative
    creative_infracd
    default
    devinput
    dfclibusb
    dsp
    dvico
    ea65
    ftdi
    i2cuser
    irlink
    irman
    livedrive_midi
    livedrive_seq
    logitech
    macmini
    mp3anywhere
    mplay
    mplay2
    mouseremote
    mouseremote_ps2
    null
    pcmak
    pinsys
    pixelview
    samsung
    sb0540
    silitek
    srm7500libusb
    tira
    tira_raw
    udp
    uirt2
    uirt2_raw
    usb_uirt_raw
    usbx

# dmesg | grep usb
..........(I deleted some output)
[    1.525035] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[    1.683667] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1784, idProduct=0001
[    1.683885] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[    1.684102] usb 3-1: Product: eHome Infrared Transceiver
[    1.684299] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Topseed
[    1.684497] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: TS00012C
[    8.840786] mtp-probe[504]: checking bus 3, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1"
[    8.841193] mtp-probe[505]: checking bus 2, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1"
[   11.871350] input: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (1784:0001) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/rc/rc0/input4
[   11.871808] rc0: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (1784:0001) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/rc/rc0
[   11.872295] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb) registered at minor = 0
[   11.872707] mceusb 3-1:1.0: Registered Topseed eHome Infrared Transceiver on usb3:2
[   11.873126] usbcore: registered new interface driver mceusb

# dmesg | grep mce
[    0.007004] mce: CPU supports 6 MCE banks
[   11.871019] Registered IR keymap rc-rc6-mce
[   11.872295] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb) registered at minor = 0
[   11.872707] mceusb 3-1:1.0: Registered Topseed eHome Infrared Transceiver on usb3:2
[   11.873126] usbcore: registered new interface driver mceusb
[   14.759905] mcelog.setup[757]: read: No such device

# dmesg | grep lirc
[   11.855532] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249 
[   11.872295] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb) registered at minor = 0
 

 		 	   		  
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