Pinnacle PCTV Remote Kit for Windows Media Center

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Pinnacle PCTV Remote Kit for Windows Media Center


- 2.0 USB infrared receiver/blaster
- one the back of the black remote it says RC6 

MCE_Remote the black on the the far right "1069/335(UK/AU)"


Mythbuntu 9.04 fix

this remote didn't work for me right out of the box with Mythbuntu 9.04 x64 I had setup lirc to use mceusb2 ( Windows Media Center Remotes new version Phillips ) in the Mythbuntu Control Centre

here is what I did do get it working.

lsusb | grep Pinnacle
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2304:0225 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. [hex] 
ls | grep lirc
lircd ( if you only see this do the following )
sudo -i ( to become root )
apt-get install lirc-modules-source
dkms remove -m lirc -v 0.8.4a -all
dkms remove -m lirc -v 0.8.4a --all
dkms add -m lirc -v 0.8.4a
dkms -m lirc -v 0.8.4a build
dkms -m lirc -v 0.8.4a install
rmmod lirc_mceusb2
modprobe lirc_mceusb2
/etc/init.d/lirc restart
irw /dev/lirc0
connect: Connection refused
dmesg | grep lirc
[  931.291922] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61 
[  931.294071] lirc_mceusb2: Philips eHome USB IR Transceiver and Microsoft MCE 2005 Remote Control driver for LIRC $Revision: 1.51 $
[  931.294074] lirc_mceusb2: Daniel Melander <lirc@rajidae.se>, Martin Blatter <martin_a_blatter@yahoo.com>
[  931.683368] lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
[  931.689368] lirc_mceusb2[2]: Pinnacle Systems PCTV Remote USB on usb2:2
[  931.692564] lirc_mceusb2[2]: usb reset config ret 0
[  931.692630] usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_mceusb2
[ 1289.443537] usbcore: deregistering interface driver lirc_mceusb2
[ 1289.444709] lirc_mceusb2[2]: usb remote disconnected
[ 1289.750941] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61 
[ 1289.754071] lirc_mceusb2: Philips eHome USB IR Transceiver and Microsoft MCE 2005 Remote Control driver for LIRC $Revision: 1.51 $
[ 1289.754073] lirc_mceusb2: Daniel Melander <lirc@rajidae.se>, Martin Blatter <martin_a_blatter@yahoo.com>
[ 1290.148000] lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
[ 1290.154757] lirc_mceusb2[2]: Pinnacle Systems PCTV Remote USB on usb2:2
[ 1290.157883] lirc_mceusb2[2]: usb reset config ret 0
[ 1290.157928] usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_mceusb2

I just waited a few minutes and ...

ls | grep lirc
lirc0
lircd
irw
000000037ff07be0 00 Down mceusb
000000037ff07be0 00 Down mceusb
000000037ff07be1 00 Up mceusb
000000037ff07be1 01 Up mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 00 Left mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 01 Left mceusb
000000037ff07bde 00 Right mceusb
000000037ff07bdf 00 Left mceusb
000000037ff07be1 00 Up mceusb
000000037ff07be1 01 Up mceusb
000000037ff07be0 00 Down mceusb
000000037ff07be0 01 Down mceusb
000000037ff07bdd 00 OK mceusb
000000037ff07bfa 00 Five mceusb
000000037ff07bfa 01 Five mceusb
000000037ff07bfe 00 One mceusb
000000037ff07bfe 01 One mceusb
000000037ff07bfe 02 One mceusb
000000037ff07bff 00 Zero mceusb
000000037ff07bff 00 Zero mceusb
000000037ff07bf7 00 Eight mceusb
000000037ff07bf7 01 Eight mceusb
000000037ff07bfd 00 Two mceusb
000000037ff07bfd 01 Two mceusb
000000037ff07bfd 02 Two mceusb
000000037ff07bfe 00 One mceusb
000000037ff07bfe 00 One mceusb
^C

and reboot