Gyration-based MCE Remotes
Gyration-based remotes operate over long distances (more than a room away) via RF. No line of site or IR is required. They can be programmed to control IR devices as well (push a button to switch mode).
They are sold under the following branding: Gyration, Dell Premium, and Fiire Chief.
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Description
Product Type 2 is officially supported starting in Linux kernel 2.6.27, while Type 3 is officially supported starting with 2.6.28.[1] Also some of the buttons (SETUP MENU and INPUT) are not intended to send RF codes, according to someone that has spoken with Gyration.[2] The LAST button may only send IR codes on type 2 products, but has been confirmed to send RF code on type 3.
Gyration GYR3101
An "in-the-air" gyroscopic mouse + media center remote, without LCD.
$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c16 Product=0002 Version=0110 N: Name="Gyration Gyration RF Technology Receiver" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:0b.0-7/input0 S: Sysfs=/class/input/input2 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd event2 B: EV=10000f B: KEY=7fff 2c3027 bf004440 0 0 1 c00 837c000 267bfa d941dfed e09effdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe B: REL=40 B: ABS=1 0 I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c16 Product=0002 Version=0120 N: Name="Gyration Gyration RF Technology Receiver" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:0b.0-7/input1 S: Sysfs=/class/input/input3 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd mouse1 event3 B: EV=10000f B: KEY=7fff 42c73b7 bf0d4440 0 0 1f0001 c04 837c007 ffa67bfa d941dfff 80beffcd 1cfffff febffbff dffffffe B: REL=143 B: ABS=1 0
$ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=05 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0c16 ProdID=0002 Rev= 2.20 S: Manufacturer=Gyration S: Product=Gyration RF Technology Receiver C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 98mA I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=(none) E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=10ms I:* If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=(none) E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=10ms
Fiire Chief
A re-branded GYR3101, called the Fiire Chief, is offered by Fiire with custom firmware that adds a "follow-me" feature when used with LinuxMCE.
Gyration GYR4101
Also referred to as the Air Music Remote, this unit was originally called the Gyration Ultra R4000, and was actually released after the below mentioned Dell remote that was designed for their M2010 system. It has an LCD read-out.
LinuxMCE now supports this device.[3][4]
$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c16 Product=0008 Version=0110 N: Name="Gyration Gyration RF Technology Receiver" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.3-2/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/input/input6 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd event6 B: EV=10001f B: KEY=837fff 2c3027 bf004444 0 0 1 c04 a27c000 267bfa d941dfed e09effdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe B: REL=40 B: ABS=101 0 B: MSC=10
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c16 Product=0008 Version=0120 N: Name="Gyration Gyration RF Technology Receiver" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.3-2/input1 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.1/input/input7 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd mouse3 event7 B: EV=10001f B: KEY=837fff 2c3027 bf004444 0 0 1f0001 c04 a27c007 ffa67bfa d941dfff 80beffcd 1cfffff febffbff dffffffe B: REL=143 B: ABS=1 0 B: MSC=10
Dell Premium/M2010 Media Center Remote
A Dell-branded Gyration remote with small LCD is optional with the Dell M2010 computer system. The remote is p/n WJ151 or RY496. The USB portion is contained on a custom PCB (p/n RH515) which has a non-standard USB pinout. RH515 is no longer available, and instead, a package containing both the remote and a real USB dongle with standard USB pinout can found via Dell p/n CX071.
The unit uses the Cypress CYWUSB6934-48LFXC for RF communications, which is NOT compliant with wireless USB. The microcontroller and USB interface is handled by a CY7C63743-QXC "enCoRe USB" device.
$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c16 Product=0003 Version=0110 N: Name="Gyration Gyration RF Technology Receiver" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input5 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd event5 B: EV=10001f B: KEY=37fff ac3027 bf004444 0 0 1 c04 a37c000 267bfa d941dfed e09effdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe B: REL=40 B: ABS=101 0 B: MSC=10 I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c16 Product=0003 Version=0120 N: Name="Gyration Gyration RF Technology Receiver" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input1 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.1/input/input6 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd mouse1 event6 B: EV=10001f B: KEY=37fff 4aff3b7 bf0d4444 0 0 1f0001 c04 a37c007 ffa67bfa d941dfff 80beffcd 1cfffff febffbff dffffffe B: REL=143 B: ABS=1 0 B: MSC=10
$ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=05 Lev=02 Prnt=03 Port=02 Cnt=02 Dev#= 6 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0c16 ProdID=0003 Rev= 2.20 S: Manufacturer=Gyration S: Product=Gyration RF Technology Receiver C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 98mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=usbhid E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=10ms I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=10ms
Linux Installation
There are a number of ways to get the remote working on Linux: xmodmap, xbindkeys, evrouter, and lirc.
Note that some of the keys work out of the box. These include the arrows and number keys. The mouse functionality also works out of the box.
xmodmap
Some keys work out of the box. Other keys send standard sequences that mythtv really ought to understand out of the box, but doesn't. Using [xmodmap] is a simple way to work around that.
- Put this in your [~/.Xmodmap] file:
keysym XF86AudioPrev = Prior keysym XF86AudioNext = Next keysym XF86AudioRewind = Left keysym XF86Forward = Right keysym XF86AudioRecord = R keysym XF86AudioStop = Escape keysym XF86AudioPlay = P keysym XF86Back = Escape keysym Pause = P keysym SunProps = I
Apparently, only the standard MCE keys send out an RF signal - for example the menu key doesn't do anything in PC mode, so you can't re-program it.
A downside of this approach is that you're changing the bindings for *all* applications, not just mythtv. This mapping really should be handled at the mythtv level.
evrouter
We should probably copy the solution described in the Ubuntu forum.
evrouter seems to be unsupported (dead) and may not work on newer systems. Word to the contrary would be welcome.
xbindkeys
Don't know...
LIRC
There appears to be two ways to point LIRC to the device, at least with Ubuntu:
by-id method
- Verify that the name of the device is as show below:
$ ls -l /dev/input/by-id/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2008-08-11 21:48 usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-event-kbd -> ../event6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2008-08-11 21:48 usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-event-mouse -> ../event7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2008-08-11 21:48 usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-mouse -> ../mouse2
- Edit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf:
REMOTE_DRIVER="devinput" REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/input/by-id/usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-event-kbd"
udev method
(steps are based upon the info from Adam Pierce's blog).
- Perform udevinfo -a -p [sysfs_from_/proc/bus/input/devices]. For example:
$ udevinfo -a -p /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input5
<lots of output - look for the first occurance of modalias>
looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0':
KERNELS=="2-1:1.0"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
DRIVERS=="usbhid"
ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="00"
ATTRS{bAlternateSetting}==" 0"
ATTRS{bNumEndpoints}=="01"
ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="03"
ATTRS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01"
ATTRS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="01"
ATTRS{modalias}=="usb:v0C16p0003d0220dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip01"
- Create symlink for device using modalias:
$ cat >> /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
KERNEL=="event*",ATTRS{modalias}=="usb:v0C16p0003d0220dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip01",SYMLINK="input/gyration-remote"
- Hit <ctrl-d>
- If desired, double check that things are working:
$ hexdump -C /dev/input/gyration-remote
- Edit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf:
REMOTE_DRIVER="devinput" REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/input/gyration-remote"
lircd.conf
Preliminary /etc/lirc/lircd.conf for the Gyration remotes follows.
# # lircd.conf # for Gyration MCE remote(s). Could almost certainly be expanded to work for their keyboard as well. # # Composed by Marc Randolph based upon # initial lircd.conf by Modulok (https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/156494/comments/6) # with help from the Linux MCE wiki (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Gyration-GYR3101US-codes) # # Notes: # Star and Hash keys produce two key sequences: 0x002A followed by either 8 for star, or 3 for hash # # Revision history # 2.3 - Marc Randolph - Renamed camera to pictures and video to videos. Added alternative mappings # 2.2 - Marc Randolph - Added untested DVDMenu entry # 2.1 - Marc Randolph - StarHash comment was wrong # 2.0 - Marc Randolph - Special codes should be correct, or at least, very close to correct # 1.0 - Marc Randolph - added missing codes and changed names to match up the mceusb remote # - Some of the more special codes have not been verified (Pictures, LiveTV, etc) # 0.1 - Modulok - Initial revision # # begin remote name gyration bits 16 eps 30 aeps 100 one 0 0 zero 0 0 pre_data_bits 16 pre_data 0x8001 gap 135997 toggle_bit_mask 0x0 begin codes Home 0x0066 # AKA "Windows button" Up 0x0067 Left 0x0069 Right 0x006A Down 0x006C Mute 0x0071 VolDown 0x0072 VolUp 0x0073 Power 0x0074 Pause 0x0077 More 0x0082 # AKA "Info" or Help Back 0x009E Skip 0x00A3 Replay 0x00A5 Stop 0x00A6 RecTV 0x00A7 #Not "recorded TV", but "record current show on TV" Rewind 0x00A8 Play 0x00CF Forward 0x00D0 Pictures 0x00D4 # not on Dell remote RecordedTV 0x00E2 # aka KEY_MEDIA Guide 0x016A LiveTV 0x016E # aka KEY_PVR DVD 0x0185 Music 0x0187 # not on Dell remote # aka KEY_MP3 Videos 0x0189 # not on Dell remote ChanUp 0x0192 ChanDown 0x0193 DVDMenu 0x019A # untested. not on Dell remote Clear 0x0001 One 0x0002 Two 0x0003 Three 0x0004 Four 0x0005 Five 0x0006 Six 0x0007 Seven 0x0008 Eight 0x0009 Nine 0x000A Zero 0x000B Enter 0x001C StarHash 0x002A # Star=0x2a and 0x08; Hash = 0x2a and 0x03 # StarHash 0x002A # Air-music; Star=0x2a and 0x09; Hash = 0x2a and 0x04 # Camera unknown # Air-music # Email 0x009E # Air-music # Browser 0x00AC # Air-music # Radio unknown # Air-music # Favorites 0x009C # Air-music end codes end remote # Alternative mappings to try if some of the above don't work # (please report any findings back to http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Gyration-based_MCE_Remotes) # Up 0x0062 # Left 0x0064 # Right 0x0066 # Down 0x0068 # Pause 0x0075 # Power 0x008E # Halt 0x019C # Lights 0x0111 # Clear 0x0016 # Enter 0x0024 # DVDMenu 0x0029
LCD
LCD on the Dell unit has been verified to work under Windows with Windows Media Player after installing the driver. Linux and/or Mythtv support has not yet been investigated. Presumably mythlcdserver and lcdproc after some minor code modification somewhere...
External links
- Windows drivers are available from Thompson/Gyration via Dell:
- (1.0.048/1.48, A04). Also available via ftp
- (1.0.048/1.48, A03). Also via ftp
- (1.0.046, A02) Also via ftp
