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Apr 27, 2011, 3:25 AM

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Lirc & MCE Remote

Hi,

I've joined this list ages ago, when I first started using Mythtv. I've been
a non-stop myth user since then (2006ish) and it's been absolutely rocksolid
for me most of the time (apart from HW failure :). However, it's time to
switch from DVB-S to DVB-T so I bought myself some new hardware and got it
mostly up and running. I've also acquired a Microsoft MCE Remote (with it's
USB receiver) and have been trying to get it to work with Myth, with success
but not completely.

I've found that some keys, like the navigation keys l/r/u/d and the volume
worked out of the box. Even with LIRC not running. I suspect it must have
identified itself as a HID device. After some extensive searching I've
managed to get the remote control, and just the non-keyboard keys of the
keyboard to work. I'd thought I'd share my experience as some things I don't
understand and are odd.

1: I can only get it to work using the "devinput" driver. I can't get it to
work with the on many forums suggested "mceusb" driver.
2: Also, I have to point the "device" to
/dev/input/by-id/usb-Philips_eHome_Infrared_Transiever....event-if00 device.
/dev/lirc0 does not work.

Using this I also can get irrecord to work to generate my lircd.conf file.
(some from the net work too).

3: However, I found that you can only use names i irrecord's "namespace"
(i.e KEY_OK, or KEY_PLAY). any arbitrary key names are not accepted? I can't
get mythtv to work for the life of me using these keywords in my .lircrc
file. If I rename them to something else (like xOk, xPlay) in both the
lircd.conf file and .lircrc file it works beautifully.

4: Can't seem to record all the "keyboard" keys of the MCE remote, only the
non-keyboard keys (like volume, play, etc..). Maybe it's the USB receiver
simply not passing these on?

So the good news is it works. I've always had a love/hate (prob more hate)
relationship with LIRC as it just seems to suddenly give up on me without
notice and it takes me ages to get it up and running again. I was hoping
using the USB receiver it might be easier.

Ideally, I'd like to have the MCE keyboard my primary keyboard also when not
using myth. So i.e. mucking around in terminal windows, browsing the web,
etc. I'm not too worried about the mouse functionality. maybe I can get that
to work using irxevent or something but first I need lirc to actually
recognize the keys. Maybe it's the USB receiver and I should fall back to my
serial one or the one with the Hauppauge cards?

Is there anyone else who has experience with this remote? I'm particularly
interested to hear anyone who got it to work using the "mceusb" drives
(previously called mce_usb, or mce_usb2?)

I am running Suse 11.4, and using the out-of-the-box lirc and drivers.

For whoever is interested: I use a Core 2 Duo base, Hauppauge TD-500,
Hauppauge HRV4000 (both work fine). Nvidia 7600GS (to be replaced with a
Nvidia Geforce 210).

Apart from the above, I've spent numerous hours underneath and on top of the
house to find and fix the UHF Cabling and masthead amplifier.

Cheers,
Johan Schuld

g8ecj at gilks

Apr 27, 2011, 4:57 AM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

> Hi,
>
> I've joined this list ages ago, when I first started using Mythtv. I've
> been
> a non-stop myth user since then (2006ish) and it's been absolutely
> rocksolid
> for me most of the time (apart from HW failure :). However, it's time to
> switch from DVB-S to DVB-T so I bought myself some new hardware and got it
> mostly up and running. I've also acquired a Microsoft MCE Remote (with
> it's
> USB receiver) and have been trying to get it to work with Myth, with
> success
> but not completely.
>
> I've found that some keys, like the navigation keys l/r/u/d and the volume
> worked out of the box. Even with LIRC not running. I suspect it must have
> identified itself as a HID device. After some extensive searching I've
> managed to get the remote control, and just the non-keyboard keys of the
> keyboard to work. I'd thought I'd share my experience as some things I
> don't
> understand and are odd.
>
> 1: I can only get it to work using the "devinput" driver. I can't get it
> to
> work with the on many forums suggested "mceusb" driver.
> 2: Also, I have to point the "device" to
> /dev/input/by-id/usb-Philips_eHome_Infrared_Transiever....event-if00
> device.
> /dev/lirc0 does not work.
>
> Using this I also can get irrecord to work to generate my lircd.conf file.
> (some from the net work too).
>
> 3: However, I found that you can only use names i irrecord's "namespace"
> (i.e KEY_OK, or KEY_PLAY). any arbitrary key names are not accepted? I
> can't
> get mythtv to work for the life of me using these keywords in my .lircrc
> file. If I rename them to something else (like xOk, xPlay) in both the
> lircd.conf file and .lircrc file it works beautifully.
>
> 4: Can't seem to record all the "keyboard" keys of the MCE remote, only
> the
> non-keyboard keys (like volume, play, etc..). Maybe it's the USB receiver
> simply not passing these on?
>
> So the good news is it works. I've always had a love/hate (prob more hate)
> relationship with LIRC as it just seems to suddenly give up on me without
> notice and it takes me ages to get it up and running again. I was hoping
> using the USB receiver it might be easier.
>
> Ideally, I'd like to have the MCE keyboard my primary keyboard also when
> not
> using myth. So i.e. mucking around in terminal windows, browsing the web,
> etc. I'm not too worried about the mouse functionality. maybe I can get
> that
> to work using irxevent or something but first I need lirc to actually
> recognize the keys. Maybe it's the USB receiver and I should fall back to
> my
> serial one or the one with the Hauppauge cards?
>
> Is there anyone else who has experience with this remote? I'm particularly
> interested to hear anyone who got it to work using the "mceusb" drives
> (previously called mce_usb, or mce_usb2?)
>
> I am running Suse 11.4, and using the out-of-the-box lirc and drivers.
>
> For whoever is interested: I use a Core 2 Duo base, Hauppauge TD-500,
> Hauppauge HRV4000 (both work fine). Nvidia 7600GS (to be replaced with a
> Nvidia Geforce 210).
>
> Apart from the above, I've spent numerous hours underneath and on top of
> the
> house to find and fix the UHF Cabling and masthead amplifier.
>
> Cheers,
> Johan Schuld

Hi Johan

I'm using MCE remotes on 2 frontends and they work just fine with the
mceusb driver. This is the lsmod output on one of the Zotac boards on a
2.6.32 kernel:

# lsmod
Module Size Used by
nvidia 10264008 38
lirc_mceusb 11405 1
lirc_dev 7889 3 lirc_mceusb

One thing that had me going for ages was that I'd named the lirc config
file incorrectly. I'd called it lirc.conf and it should have been
lircd.conf. This resulted in irrecord working fine but irw gave no output
and nor did mythtv work (not surprisingly!!). Same result if the file is
not where lircd looks for it. Old versions of lircd look in /etc, newer
versions look in /etc/lirc for the config file

I used a 'stock' lircd.conf from the lirc.org website but if you do roll
your own using irrecord then use the -n switch (-disable-namespace) which
disables namespace checks like KEY_PLAY etc

--
Robin Gilks

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millst at np

Apr 27, 2011, 2:20 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

> I've found that some keys, like the navigation keys l/r/u/d and the volume
> worked out of the box.

Johan

I feel your pain, I have 3 frontends and have different remotes on each one.
I am this week embarking on a project to make the remotes on all three the
same and also reduce it to one remote to operate both myth and the tv's.
This has proven more difficult than I had imagined. My experimentation with
universal learning remotes was a dismal failure.
Where did you get your MCE remote, they are very difficult to get now?

So much so that I have resorted to ordering XBox Wireless Gaming Receivers
and the XBox Universal Remotes. They are very similar to the MCE remotes in
that they can learn but I am anticipating some LIRC fun getting them
working. I'll report back on my success as I imagine it will be a similar
process to get these working.

Toby

james at booths

Apr 27, 2011, 2:39 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

From: mythtvnz-bounces [at] lists
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Sent: Wednesday, 27 April 2011 10:25 p.m.
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Subject: [mythtvnz] Lirc & MCE Remote

Hi,

I've joined this list ages ago, when I first started using Mythtv. I've been
a non-stop myth user since then (2006ish) and it's been absolutely rocksolid
for me most of the time (apart from HW failure :). However, it's time to
switch from DVB-S to DVB-T so I bought myself some new hardware and got it
mostly up and running. I've also acquired a Microsoft MCE Remote (with it's
USB receiver) and have been trying to get it to work with Myth, with success
but not completely.

I've found that some keys, like the navigation keys l/r/u/d and the volume
worked out of the box. Even with LIRC not running. I suspect it must have
identified itself as a HID device. After some extensive searching I've
managed to get the remote control, and just the non-keyboard keys of the
keyboard to work. I'd thought I'd share my experience as some things I don't
understand and are odd.

1: I can only get it to work using the "devinput" driver. I can't get it to
work with the on many forums suggested "mceusb" driver.

2: Also, I have to point the "device" to
/dev/input/by-id/usb-Philips_eHome_Infrared_Transiever....event-if00 device.
/dev/lirc0 does not work.

Using this I also can get irrecord to work to generate my lircd.conf file.
(some from the net work too).

3: However, I found that you can only use names i irrecord's "namespace"
(i.e KEY_OK, or KEY_PLAY). any arbitrary key names are not accepted? I can't
get mythtv to work for the life of me using these keywords in my .lircrc
file. If I rename them to something else (like xOk, xPlay) in both the
lircd.conf file and .lircrc file it works beautifully.

4: Can't seem to record all the "keyboard" keys of the MCE remote, only the
non-keyboard keys (like volume, play, etc..). Maybe it's the USB receiver
simply not passing these on?

So the good news is it works. I've always had a love/hate (prob more hate)
relationship with LIRC as it just seems to suddenly give up on me without
notice and it takes me ages to get it up and running again. I was hoping
using the USB receiver it might be easier.

Ideally, I'd like to have the MCE keyboard my primary keyboard also when not
using myth. So i.e. mucking around in terminal windows, browsing the web,
etc. I'm not too worried about the mouse functionality. maybe I can get that
to work using irxevent or something but first I need lirc to actually
recognize the keys. Maybe it's the USB receiver and I should fall back to my
serial one or the one with the Hauppauge cards?

Is there anyone else who has experience with this remote? I'm particularly
interested to hear anyone who got it to work using the "mceusb" drives
(previously called mce_usb, or mce_usb2?)

I am running Suse 11.4, and using the out-of-the-box lirc and drivers.

For whoever is interested: I use a Core 2 Duo base, Hauppauge TD-500,
Hauppauge HRV4000 (both work fine). Nvidia 7600GS (to be replaced with a
Nvidia Geforce 210).

Apart from the above, I've spent numerous hours underneath and on top of the
house to find and fix the UHF Cabling and masthead amplifier.

Cheers,

Johan Schuld

I have an older Microsoft MCE remote and a newer Phillips badged version,
each on different front ends running Mythbuntu, and all work sweet. Happy to
send you the various config files etc if you are interested.

g8ecj at gilks

Apr 27, 2011, 3:42 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

>> I've found that some keys, like the navigation keys l/r/u/d and the
>> volume
>> worked out of the box.
>
> Johan
>
> I feel your pain, I have 3 frontends and have different remotes on each
> one.
> I am this week embarking on a project to make the remotes on all three the
> same and also reduce it to one remote to operate both myth and the tv's.
> This has proven more difficult than I had imagined. My experimentation
> with
> universal learning remotes was a dismal failure.
> Where did you get your MCE remote, they are very difficult to get now?
>
> So much so that I have resorted to ordering XBox Wireless Gaming Receivers
> and the XBox Universal Remotes. They are very similar to the MCE remotes
> in
> that they can learn but I am anticipating some LIRC fun getting them
> working. I'll report back on my success as I imagine it will be a similar
> process to get these working.
>
> Toby

I just recently got an MCE remote kit from
http://www.computerstore.co.nz/UPC0335.aspx
I was very happy to get change out of $50 including postage and GST. It
includes an IR blaster as well :)

It just worked out of the box (once I'd corrected the config file name!!)

--
Robin Gilks

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hads at nice

Apr 27, 2011, 9:05 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 10:42 +1200, Robin Gilks wrote:
> I just recently got an MCE remote kit from
> http://www.computerstore.co.nz/UPC0335.aspx
> I was very happy to get change out of $50 including postage and GST.
> It includes an IR blaster as well :)

That's a really good price, it's within $1 of the price from the local
distributor.

hads
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mark.dereeper at gmail

Apr 27, 2011, 9:18 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On 28/04/2011, at 10:42 AM, Robin Gilks wrote:

>
>>> I've found that some keys, like the navigation keys l/r/u/d and the
>>> volume
>>> worked out of the box.
>>
>> Johan
>>
>> I feel your pain, I have 3 frontends and have different remotes on each
>> one.
>> I am this week embarking on a project to make the remotes on all three the
>> same and also reduce it to one remote to operate both myth and the tv's.
>> This has proven more difficult than I had imagined. My experimentation
>> with
>> universal learning remotes was a dismal failure.
>> Where did you get your MCE remote, they are very difficult to get now?
>>
>> So much so that I have resorted to ordering XBox Wireless Gaming Receivers
>> and the XBox Universal Remotes. They are very similar to the MCE remotes
>> in
>> that they can learn but I am anticipating some LIRC fun getting them
>> working. I'll report back on my success as I imagine it will be a similar
>> process to get these working.
>>
>> Toby
>
> I just recently got an MCE remote kit from
> http://www.computerstore.co.nz/UPC0335.aspx
> I was very happy to get change out of $50 including postage and GST. It
> includes an IR blaster as well :)
>
> It just worked out of the box (once I'd corrected the config file name!!)

Good to know, the one I got from Jaycar has been really unreliable (not sending button presses then sending 5-10 in bursts)
http://jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=XC4889 so have been looking for a replacement.

Thanks

Mark

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nick.rout at gmail

Apr 27, 2011, 9:46 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Mark de Reeper <mark.dereeper [at] gmail> wrote:
>
> On 28/04/2011, at 10:42 AM, Robin Gilks wrote:
>
>>
>>>> I've found that some keys, like the navigation keys l/r/u/d and the
>>>> volume
>>>> worked out of the box.
>>>
>>> Johan
>>>
>>> I feel your pain, I have 3 frontends and have different remotes on each
>>> one.
>>> I am this week embarking on a project to make the remotes on all three the
>>> same and also reduce it to one remote to operate both myth and the tv's.
>>> This has proven more difficult than I had imagined. My experimentation
>>> with
>>> universal learning remotes was a dismal failure.
>>> Where did you get your MCE remote, they are very difficult to get now?
>>>
>>> So much so that I have resorted to ordering XBox Wireless Gaming Receivers
>>> and the XBox Universal Remotes. They are very similar to the MCE remotes
>>> in
>>> that they can learn but I am anticipating some LIRC fun getting them
>>> working. I'll report back on my success as I imagine it will be a similar
>>> process to get these working.
>>>
>>> Toby
>>
>> I just recently got an MCE remote kit from
>> �http://www.computerstore.co.nz/UPC0335.aspx
>> I was very happy to get change out of $50 including postage and GST. It
>> includes an IR blaster as well :)
>>
>> It just worked out of the box (once I'd corrected the config file name!!)
>
> Good to know, the one I got from Jaycar has been really unreliable (not sending button presses then sending 5-10 in bursts)
> http://jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=XC4889 so have been looking for a replacement.

not every MCE remote is the same technology. There are various
combinations of transmitters and receivers, with some receivers being
HID devices, which can be tricky to get going as they do not conform
to the traditional "lirc" models.

personally I am using a sony ps3 bluray remote and a bluray|usb stick.
it works tolerably well. also use the android phone, whichever has
charged batteries really.

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tortise at paradise

Apr 27, 2011, 9:49 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On 28/04/2011 10:42 a.m., Robin Gilks wrote:

>
> I just recently got an MCE remote kit from
> http://www.computerstore.co.nz/UPC0335.aspx
> I was very happy to get change out of $50 including postage and GST. It
> includes an IR blaster as well :)
>
> It just worked out of the box (once I'd corrected the config file name!!)
>

I presume it is not a learning remote, unlike the original Microsoft
one? (Which I think would be useful - e.g. for controlling Separate Amp
Power and Volume)

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nick.rout at gmail

Apr 27, 2011, 9:54 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:49 PM, tortise <tortise [at] paradise> wrote:
> On 28/04/2011 10:42 a.m., Robin Gilks wrote:
>
>>
>> I just recently got an MCE remote kit from
>> � �http://www.computerstore.co.nz/UPC0335.aspx
>> I was very happy to get change out of $50 including postage and GST. It
>> includes an IR blaster as well :)
>>
>> It just worked out of the box (once I'd corrected the config file name!!)
>>
>
> I presume it is not a learning remote, unlike the original Microsoft
> one? �(Which I think would be useful - e.g. for controlling Separate Amp
> Power and Volume)

yes that can be useful, before mine got squashed it was programmed so
the power button did the TV and the volume button did the external
amplifier. I suppose you could acheive the same with an IR blaster to
the amp and TV.

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g8ecj at gilks

Apr 27, 2011, 10:36 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

>
>> I presume it is not a learning remote, unlike the original Microsoft
>> one? �(Which I think would be useful - e.g. for controlling Separate Amp
>> Power and Volume)
>
> yes that can be useful, before mine got squashed it was programmed so
> the power button did the TV and the volume button did the external
> amplifier. I suppose you could acheive the same with an IR blaster to
> the amp and TV.

Thats what I do - map the keys to mythtv as usual so I get a visualisation
on the screen even though it does nothing and irexec also gets the
keypress and calls a script with volup/voldown/mute codes. The script then
calls irsend to waggle the IR blaster.

Same approach with the power button but in that case the script remembers
which way its being toggled to blank the screen to invoke power save on
the TV and switch the amp on/off.

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mythicalbeast at slingshot

Apr 27, 2011, 10:39 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 22:25 +1200, Johan Schuld wrote:

> Hauppauge HRV4000 (both work fine). Nvidia 7600GS (to be replaced with
> a Nvidia Geforce 210).

Don't waste your money on the GT210..it is not adequate for 2x
deinterlace filter etc.
Buy a GT430 or GT220/240 ..

B.

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hads at nice

Apr 27, 2011, 10:50 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 16:46 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> personally I am using a sony ps3 bluray remote and a bluray|usb stick.
> it works tolerably well. also use the android phone, whichever has
> charged batteries really.

We use MCE remotes here too ($3 ebay replacements for the broken
original MS ones).

I also use an Android remote occasionally but they aren't great. The
XBMC android remote however is sweet.

I pre-ordered one of these the other day which is designed specifically
for XBMC;

http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/products/96-motorola-nyxboard-hybrid.aspx

I'll let you know how it goes when they arrive mid-year.

hads
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nick.rout at gmail

Apr 27, 2011, 11:01 PM

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Hadley Rich <hads [at] nice> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 16:46 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>> personally I am using a sony ps3 bluray remote and a bluray|usb stick.
>> it works tolerably well. also use the android phone, whichever has
>> charged batteries really.
>
> We use MCE remotes here too ($3 ebay replacements for the broken
> original MS ones).
>
> I also use an Android remote occasionally but they aren't great. The
> XBMC android remote however is sweet.
>
> I pre-ordered one of these the other day which is designed specifically
> for XBMC;
>
> http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/products/96-motorola-nyxboard-hybrid.aspx
>
> I'll let you know how it goes when they arrive mid-year.

nice, maybe you will stock them?

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mythicalbeast at slingshot

Apr 27, 2011, 11:03 PM

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> I pre-ordered one of these the other day which is designed specifically
> for XBMC;
>
> http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/products/96-motorola-nyxboard-hybrid.aspx
>
> I'll let you know how it goes when they arrive mid-year.
>
> hads
That remote looks very impressive..& not an April fools joke (Sony XBMC
partnership)

Did you see the HTPC box ? GT218 ION & D525 atom...optical drive
optional

http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/products/97-openelec-htpc.aspx

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hads at nice

Apr 27, 2011, 11:16 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 18:03 +1200, Brett wrote:
> Did you see the HTPC box ? GT218 ION & D525 atom...optical drive
> optional

I did see that and didn't have a use for one at the time. Of course I do
now so I may indeed look at getting one in.

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hads at nice

Apr 27, 2011, 11:18 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 18:01 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> nice, maybe you will stock them?

I'd love to, I've dropped them a line regarding it and will see what
they come back with.

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Apr 28, 2011, 3:41 AM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

>Hi Johan
>
>I'm using MCE remotes on 2 frontends and they work just fine with the
>mceusb driver. This is the lsmod output on one of the Zotac boards on a
>2.6.32 kernel:
>
># lsmod
>Module Size Used by
>nvidia 10264008 38
>lirc_mceusb 11405 1
>lirc_dev 7889 3 lirc_mceusb
>
>One thing that had me going for ages was that I'd named the lirc config
>file incorrectly. I'd called it lirc.conf and it should have been
>lircd.conf. This resulted in irrecord working fine but irw gave no output
>and nor did mythtv work (not surprisingly!!). Same result if the file is
>not where lircd looks for it. Old versions of lircd look in /etc, newer
>versions look in /etc/lirc for the config file
>
>I used a 'stock' lircd.conf from the lirc.org website but if you do roll
>your own using irrecord then use the -n switch (-disable-namespace) which
>disables namespace checks like KEY_PLAY etc

Interesting to see your module is called "lirc_mceusb" i only have "mceusb"
and when I load it, it appears under "ir_core". lirc_dev has no
dependencies and neither has mceusb.

Also, how do you start lircd with the driver as "mceusb". If I try for
instance "lircd --nodaemon --driver=mceusb
--device=/dev/input/by-id/usb-Philips_eHome_Infrared_Transceiver_PH00Q9GT-event-if00"
but that is not accepted and I'm presented with a list that is accepted. Is
the driver not "registered" or something?

This is my lsmod:
dvinepvr:~ # lsmod |grep ir_
ir_lirc_codec 4843 0
lirc_dev 16018 1 ir_lirc_codec
ir_sony_decoder 2453 0
ir_jvc_decoder 2578 0
ir_rc6_decoder 3090 0
ir_rc5_decoder 2546 0
ir_nec_decoder 2738 0
ir_common 6515 1 cx88xx
ir_core 21236 17
rc_dib0700_rc5,rc_hauppauge_new,ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,cx88xx,ir_jvc_decoder,dvb_usb_dib0700,ir_rc6_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,mceusb,dvb_usb,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,ir_common
dvinepvr:~ # lsmod |grep mce
rc_rc6_mce 1574 0
mceusb 16564 0
ir_core 21236 17
rc_dib0700_rc5,rc_hauppauge_new,ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,cx88xx,ir_jvc_decoder,dvb_usb_dib0700,ir_rc6_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,mceusb,dvb_usb,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,ir_common
dvinepvr:~ #

This is the out-of-the-box suse 11.4 config (apart from me adding mceusb
manually). There seems to be a lot of unnecessary modules loaded but even if
I unload the ones I know are not needed, it still does not work. Maybe I
should try to unload ir_core?

I got the Microsoft MCE set in a all-in deal from trademe (together with a
complete HTPC) from someone who moved to My-sky from Windows MCE.

James, keen to have a look at your config files. Thnx for the offer.

mythicalbeast at slingshot

Apr 28, 2011, 10:56 PM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 22:41 +1200, Johan Schuld wrote:
> >Hi Johan
> >
> >I'm using MCE remotes on 2 frontends and they work just fine with the
> >mceusb driver. This is the lsmod output on one of the Zotac boards on
> a
> >2.6.32 kernel:
> >
> ># lsmod
>
> This is my lsmod:
> dvinepvr:~ # lsmod |grep ir_
> ir_lirc_codec 4843 0
> lirc_dev 16018 1 ir_lirc_codec
> ir_sony_:~ #
>
> This is the out-of-the-box suse 11.4 config (apart from me adding
> mceusb manually). There seems to be a lot of unnecessary modules

Kernel 2.6.36 has lots of lirc changes..kernel drivers are already in
the kernel & may have different names/more modules ?..

You are on kernel 2.6.xx ? suse 11.4 ?? The other poster was using
*buntu 10.04 kernel 2.6.32..could be the difference.

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May 1, 2011, 2:26 AM

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Re: Lirc & MCE Remote [In reply to]

> From: Brett <mythicalbeast [at] slingshot>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Lirc & MCE Remote
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz [at] lists>
> Message-ID: <1304056605.2040.3.camel [at] mythbe0>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 22:41 +1200, Johan Schuld wrote:
> > >Hi Johan
> > >
> > >I'm using MCE remotes on 2 frontends and they work just fine with the
> > >mceusb driver. This is the lsmod output on one of the Zotac boards on
> > a
> > >2.6.32 kernel:
> > >
> > ># lsmod
> >
> > This is my lsmod:
> > dvinepvr:~ # lsmod |grep ir_
> > ir_lirc_codec � � � � � 4843 �0
> > lirc_dev � � � � � � � 16018 �1 ir_lirc_codec
> > ir_sony_:~ #
> >
> > This is the out-of-the-box suse 11.4 config (apart from me adding
> > mceusb manually). There seems to be a lot of unnecessary modules
>
> Kernel 2.6.36 has lots of lirc changes..kernel drivers are already in
> the kernel & may have different names/more modules ?..
>
> You are on kernel 2.6.xx ? suse 11.4 ?? The other poster was using
> *buntu 10.04 kernel 2.6.32..could be the difference.
>
>

Kernel 2.6.37. suse 11.4 yep. So should be ok with the changes I
assume. Of course something could have been excluded since .36 but bit
unlikely?
I still find it strange I can't start lirc using the "mceusb" driver.

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