[mythtv-users] How to setup Harmony remote and HP IR receiver?

Phill Edwards philledwards at gmail.com
Tue Nov 20 09:59:08 UTC 2012


I have just bought one of these "HP" infrared receivers off eBay -
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/75577722/HP-usb.jpg. What I know so far is
that it's an OEM device and the real manufacturer is Fintek.

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 413c:3012 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 1934:5168 Feature Integration Technology Inc.
(Fintek) F71610A or F71612A Consumer Infrared Receiver/Transceiver
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 03f0:0024 Hewlett-Packard KU-0316 Keyboard

I see this in dmesg output which looks encouraging:
[   13.944613] IR NEC protocol handler initialized
[   13.956004] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized
[   13.982301] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
[   13.988108] Registered IR keymap rc-rc6-mce
[   13.988215] input: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver
(1934:5168) as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/rc/rc0/input8
[   13.988385] rc0: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver
(1934:5168) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/rc/rc0
[   14.023730] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
[   14.068531] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
[   14.078332] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 248
[   14.115370] lirc_serial: module is from the staging directory, the
quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   14.115737] lirc_serial: port existence test failed, cannot continue
[   14.115751] lirc_serial: probe of lirc_serial.0 failed with error -22
[   14.115895] platform lirc_serial.0: lirc_dev: driver lirc_serial
registered at minor = 0
[   14.117547] input: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (mceusb) as
/devices/virtual/input/input9
[   14.117632] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized
[   14.208060] mceusb 5-2:1.0: Registered FINTEK eHome Infrared Transceiver
with mce emulator interface version 2
[   14.208067] mceusb 5-2:1.0: 2 tx ports (0x0 cabled) and 2 rx sensors
(0x0 active)
[   14.208104] usbcore: registered new interface driver mceusb
[   14.276554] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb) registered
at minor = 1
[   14.276558] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized

I've seen reports of these working but can't work out how to get it working
with my Harmony 600 remote.My harmony remote has been programmed as the
KnoppMyth device because I used to have it working with a serial port IR
receiver but I don't have the serial option any more which is why I bought
this USB receiver. Do I need to change this? I believe that this receiver
works as a UDB HID device so it's expecting keyboard commands. Does that
mean I need to reprogram the Harmony as some other sort of device?

Sorry if I've used the wrong terminology here but I'm very confused about
what needs to be configured to get this working.
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