On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Andy Walls <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 15:59 -0600, James Grossmann wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Andy Walls <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 13:28 -0600, James Grossmann wrote:
>> >> I'm now running into some more fun, I don't seem to be connecting
>> >> correctly with the lircd daemon, I have downloaded the "firmware" from
>> >> http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/lmilk/haup-ir-blaster.bin and put
>> >> Mike's lircd.conf for the blaster in, I get numerous errors when I run
>Cantata Practice> >> lircd -n -d /dev/lirc(0 or 1)  of the type:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30924:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390500" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30926:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390501" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30928:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390502" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30930:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390505" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30932:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390511" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30934:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390512" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30936:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390513" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30938:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390514" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30940:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390515" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30942:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390541" is out of range
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: error in configfile line 30944:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: "2195390542" is out of range
>> >> and then it ends:
>> >> lircd-0.8.6[13604]: lircd(default) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd
>> >>
>> >> I have the feeling that everything in the lircd.conf has been
>> >> essentially thrown out.  When I load the lirc_zilog module with
>> >> debug=1, I get indications in dmesg that the hauppauge remote is being
>> >> received, but irw doesn't output anything
>> >> I do note that the lirc package installed from ubuntu's repositories
>> >> doesn't list the zilog remote as a valid remote (when I type lircd
>> >> --device=help, it lists everything else), but from what I can tell,
>> >> that shouldn't necessarily be a problem, others are working with an
>> >> unpatched lirc install, while using the patched lirc-modules-source
>> >> package.
>> >> Jarod if you're on this list, or anybody else who can point me in the
>> >> right direction, PLEASE, there must be an easier way!
>> >
>> > There is active discussion of linux IR on [email protected]
>> > and [email protected] and [email protected] . There
>> > is also a lirc list on sourceforge somewhere.
>> >
>> > In summary, changes are being implemented to get IR Rx mostly in kernel,
>> > and lirc-dev in kernel as well.  IR Tx will still be handled by lirc
>> > userspace.
>> >
>> > The I2C subsytem changes broke what used to work, and Jarrod should have
>> > updated lirc and the lirc modules to handle it.
>> >
>> > There are some things I wanted to get fixed as well, but I just haven't
>> > had the time.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > BTW, forget about LIRC for the moment.  With all the lirc modules
>> > unloaded, load the ir_kbd_i2c module.  Does it recognize the HVR-1600's
>> > IR and in a terminal window do remote button pushes (like the buttons
>> > 0-9) get input as key presses?
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Andy
>> >
>> >
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>>
>> Thanks, Andy,
>> It seems almost to be working, but I'm having great difficulty getting
>> that last inch to the finish.  The details available on the internet
>> are pretty sketchy--at least to me.  I would say that the modules work
>> fine, but that I'm getting a conflict between the module and the lircd
>> program, or I've got something configured wrong...anyway, I'd really
>> like to get the ir blaster working, it seems so close...
>> About the ir_kbd_i2c module, it inserts fine, however, I do not get
>> any input at a terminal.  This is the dmesg output:
>>
>> [27334.864527] input: i2c IR (Hauppauge HVR-1600) as
>> /devices/virtual/irrcv/irrcv0/input7
>> [27334.864740] irrcv0: i2c IR (Hauppauge HVR-1600) as
>> /devices/virtual/irrcv/irrcv0
>> [27334.864747] ir-kbd-i2c: i2c IR (Hauppauge HVR-1600) detected at
>> i2c-2/2-0071/ir0 [cx18 i2c driver #0-0]
>
> OK.  It looks like the HVR-1600's IR chip is getting registered as an
> input device - i.e. like a keyboard.
>
> If the digit buttons aren't giving you keypresses, it might be due to
> something in the cx18 driver or Mauro's recent IR changes.  Let's get
> this working first.  There's not point in trying to get LIRC working,
> until the very basic I2C communications from the CX23418 to the Z8
> microcontroller are working.  I'll try to test mine on a Fedora 12
> system later today.
>
> What kernel version, cx18 driver version, and distribution are you
> using?
>
I'm running Ubuntu Server using the mainline kernel 2.6.33, In order
to compile the http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb tip.tar.bz2, the
current version I am using is v4l-dvb-640ed513e03a, wherein the cx18
driver cx18_version.h says 1.4.0.

>
>
>
>> I attempted to cat the device /etc/input/event6 (which is what
>> /proc/bus/input/devices noted was the Handler), but nothing
>
> In my experience, that shouldn't be needed.
>
> Regards,
> Andy
>
>> Here is the associated part of /proc/bus/input/devices:
>> I: Bus=0018 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
>> N: Name="i2c IR (Hauppauge HVR-1600)"
>> P: Phys=i2c-2/2-0071/ir0
>> S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/irrcv/irrcv0/input8
>> U: Uniq=
>> H: Handlers=kbd event6
>> B: EV=100003
>> B: KEY=100fc312 214a802 0 0 0 0 18000 41a8 4801 9e1680 0 0 10000ffc
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
>
>
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Thank You!
James

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