scott.pleavin at rogers
Dec 11, 2007, 10:16 AM
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Re: Pinnacle Remote Kit MCE USB with ir Blaster
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Fredrik Hallgarde wrote:
> Scott Pleavin skrev:
>
>> jedi [at] mishnet wrote:
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>>>> Scott Pleavin skrev:
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>>>>> Fredrik Hallgarde wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott Pleavin skrev:
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>>>>>>> I haven't been able to make it work. I see in this forum
>>>>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=388728&highlight=lirc&page=3
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> where someone did get it to work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Matt Emmott wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On Dec 4, 2007 12:18 PM, Fredrik Hallgarde <mythtv [at] tedde
>>>>>>>> <mailto:mythtv [at] tedde>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Scott Pleavin skrev:
>>>>>>>> > Has anyone had success getting the Pinnacle MCE Remote
>>>>>>>> with ir
>>>>>>>> blaster
>>>>>>>> > to work with Mythtv?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> [deletia]
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>>>>> fyi
>>>>>
>>>>> Just put it on an older laptop that I have with Ubuntu 7.10 and it
>>>>> works.
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I bet a proper patch to the lirc driver would be appreciated by the
>>>> LIRC
>>>> project.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> What makes you think some sort of patch is the issue? Gutsy is just
>>> a very new version of a distro that's intention is to automate stuff
>>> like this so it isn't gnarly anymore.
>>>
>>> This is probably just good packaging. LIRC has always been really
>>> bad when it comes to packaging.
>>>
>>> The PVR150 MCE transceiver worked automagically on Ubuntu 7.10
>>> once I plugged it in and rebooted the system. I had setup LIRC but
>>> I had set it up for another IR blaster. Everything "just worked"
>>> when I plugged in the MCE tranceiver.
>>>
>>> Although I did have to tweak my lircrc files. I had mine setup
>>> for another brand of remote and there were not consistent button
>>> naming between the two (things like 1 vs. one ).
>>>
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>> Need to identify the problem first.
>>
>> two machines running Gutsy. Old notebook, Intel based, USB 1 interface
>> and the remote works. The other a AMD 6000+, USB 2 interface and the
>> remote doesn't work. The output from mode2 on the notebook looks
>> reasonable, the mode2 output on the new machine is grossly different.
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> I agree with Scott that before any patch is submitted to LIRC or
> elsewhere we need to identify the problem.
>
> My understanding was that Scott was able to use the pinnacle remote in
> the laptop AFTER patching the driver.
> If it worked in 7.10 on the laptop without patching the driver then I
> misunderstood.
>
> Scott, did you have to patch the driver on the laptop or did the
> Pinnacle remote "just work"?
>
> Fredrik
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I applied the same change to lirc_mceusb2.c on both machines and
recompiled. The change is:
in the lirc_mceusb2.c file add these lines (line numbers are approximate):
at line 133:
#define VENDOR_PINNACLE 0x2304
at line 175:
{ USB_DEVICE(VENDOR_PINNACLE, 0x0225) }, /* Pinnacle Systems, Inc. PCTV Remote USB RC6 */
at line 460:
case 0x90:
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