<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Karl Newman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newmank1@asme.org" target="_blank">newmank1@asme.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Philip Isaacs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:showcasefloyd@gmail.com" target="_blank">showcasefloyd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Okay. I'm just stuck at this point. Here's what I can tell you<br>
<div><div><div><br></div>I'm
trying to get my IR Blasting working with my MCEUSB Kit. It uses a
little IR Transmitter which connects to the back of the USB transmitter/reciver. The remote controll works fine with my MythBox. And IRW shows me it's receiving commands. I was under the
impression to get IR Blaster to work so I could change the channels on
my STB Box (Cisco RNG 150) I just had to point it at the Cable Box's IR
Reciever and it would work. Im mean once i got it set up correctly.<br><br></div>So here's some help stuff.<br><br><br></div><div>IRW <br><br>000000037ff07bed 00 KEY_CHANNELUP mceusb<br>000000037ff07bed 01 KEY_CHANNELUP mceusb<br>
000000037ff07bed 02 KEY_CHANNELUP mceusb<br>000000037ff07bed 00 KEY_CHANNELUP mceusb<br><br></div><div><br></div>My Hardward.conf<br><br># /etc/lirc/hardware.conf<br>#<br>#Chosen Remote Control<br>REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)"<br>
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev mceusb"<br>REMOTE_DRIVER=""<br>REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"<br>REMOTE_SOCKET=""<br>REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"<br>REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""<br>
<br>#Chosen IR Transmitter<br>TRANSMITTER="Microsoft Windows Media Center V2 (usb) : Motorola Cable box"<br>TRANSMITTER_MODULES="lirc_dev mceusb"<br>TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""<br>TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""<br>
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""<br>TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="motorola/dctxxxx.conf"<br>TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""<br><br>#Enable lircd<br>START_LIRCD="true"<br><br>#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file<br>
#START_LIRCMD="false"<br><br>#Try to load appropriate kernel modules<br>LOAD_MODULES="true"<br><br># Default configuration files for your hardware if any<br>LIRCMD_CONF=""<br><br>#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration<br>
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application<br>#that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive<br>#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER<br>#It will then populate all other variables without any user input<br>
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure<br>#to leave this set to "false"<br>FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"<br>START_LIRCMD=""<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
And my lircd.conf<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">#This configuration has been automatically generated via<br>#the Ubuntu LIRC package maintainer scripts.<br>#<br>#It includes the default configuration for the remote and/or<br>
#transmitter that you have selected during package installation.<br>#<br>#Feel free to add any custom remotes to the configuration<br>#via additional include directives or below the existing<br>#Ubuntu include directives from your selected remote and/or<br>
#transmitter.<br><br>#Configuration for the Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all) remote:<br>include "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"<br><br>#Configuration for the Microsoft Windows Media Center V2 (usb) : Motorola Cable box transmitter:<br>
include "/usr/share/lirc/extras/transmitters/motorola/dctxxxx.conf"<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I did try and use the lircd.conf at " <a href="http://lircconfig.commandir.com/lircd.conf/?viewremote=1227" target="_blank">http://lircconfig.commandir.com/lircd.conf/?viewremote=1227</a>" but to be honest I'm not sure what I'm doing here and it just seem to break everything<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Also one last thing. When running a the command LircChannelChanger.sh script I do get the IR Transmitter to light up but the STB does nothing. Also heres the output of that<br><br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"> ./LircChannelChanger --remote=mceusb --delay=.2 KEY_CHANNELUP --debug<br>lockCreate for lock type semaphore<br>Creating lock semaphore 727522346 (0x2b5d1c2a)<br>lockGet for lock type semaphore<br>
Lock acquired<br>Issuing system command: irsend SEND_ONCE mceusb KEY_CHANNELUP<br> child exited with value 0<br>adding .2 to delay accumulator: after digit key<br>zeroing delay accumulator after lirc commands<br>lockFree for lock type semaphore<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Okay any advice at this point would be helpful. Where and I screwing up here?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Floyd<br></div><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div>I'm not familiar with mythbuntu's lirc setup but I think you need to change this line:<br>
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="motorola/dctxxxx.conf"<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">to point to the lircd.conf you downloaded from <a href="http://commandir.com" target="_blank">commandir.com</a>.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
Then you can test with the irsend command, something like this:<br>irsend SEND_ONCE RNG150 power<br><br>...which should send the power command to your STB (you could try other codes listed in the lircd.conf file but note that they are case sensitive). As recommended before, if the command runs without error but the STB still doesn't respond, look at your IR emitter through a camera (smartphone or other camera)--you should be able to see the IR flashes on the camera screen if it's transmitting.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Once that's working you can try with LircChannelChanger like this: <br>./LircChannelChanger --remote=RNG150 --delay=.2 63 --debug<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">...which should change the STB to channel 63 (if that's a channel you get; otherwise change it to a valid channel number).<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
<br></font></span></div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra">Karl<br></div></font></span></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">@Karl Hey thanks so much for the feedback. I came to the same conclusion after some more online research and more trial and error and added the correct lircd.conf without any luck. But as I discovered last night the issue is not with the Mythbox or MCEUSB Receiver/Blaster but most likely with the STB.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">According to several entries on the Comcast Forum my STB will not receive any IR Transmissions without an additional IR Receiver that needs to be plugged into the back of the STB. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">"<span style="color:rgb(59,59,59);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">to use the RNG150 box with any ir blaster device, you need to go down to Comcast and ask them for an IR Receiver that plugs in to the back of the rng150 box (they come with the little dta boxes already).. mount it on the front of the rng150 with the pickup from the ir blaster and it will work perfectly"</span></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">So this afternoon (on my lunch break) it's back down to the Comcast Center to see if they have one of this things.</span></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="color:rgb(59,59,59);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Has anyone else run into this issue with any Comcast STB boxes. Again mine is the "Cisco RNG 150N"</span></div>
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