[mythtv-users] Setting up a MCE USB blaster issues
Joseph Flack
jflackmd at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 27 01:57:09 UTC 2011
The issue was the ir-keytable. I put the following in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
ir-keytable -c -w /etc/rc_keymaps/rc6_mce -p RC6,LIRC
Make sure rc.local has the read permissions set for all users and is executable.
If ir-keytable run in terminal shows only LIRC enabled, they you most likely
identified the problem.
You may test to make sure the problem is fixed by running:
irw
at then blasting the receiver with a remote. You should get a
response as indicated in the /etc/lircd/lircd.conf configuration file.
From: jflackmd at hotmail.com
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:05:38 -0400
Subject: [mythtv-users] Setting up a MCE USB blaster issues
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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