On 22 January 2016 at 11:48, Dan MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Code kipper
>
> Are you saying I should be able configure lirc to trigger shell commands
> without any need for using the keybinding app?
I'm pretty sure you can. I was looking here
http://www.lirc.org/html/configuration-guide.html at
http://www.lirc.org/html/irexec.html. When I had Lirc working before
it was following the instructions here http://linux-sunxi.org/LIRC and
from that I was able to navigate my XBMC build. Yesterday I was trying
to get the power button on the remote to fire off an echo but I ran
out of time.
>
> Could you give an example please? I've just had a look at the lirc docs but
> I can't see how I might do what keybinding does with lircd /
> lirc_options.conf alone.
I'll have a search...there should be examples out there.
CK
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Code Kipper <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 21 January 2016 at 23:30, Dan MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Thanks for explaining that Code Kipper!
>> >
>> > With your help I have been able to get IR (mostly) working under 4.4.0
>> > so I
>> > have updated my 'Remote controlled BananaPi music alarm clock' guide
>> > here
>> > with the details on how I bring up IR at boot under Arch:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://forum.lemaker.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=14867&extra=page%3D1
>> >
>> > The only IR issue for me now is keybinder doesn't work under 4.4.0 for
>> > me
>> > and that program is central to the remote control music alarm clock
>> > function
>> > of my BPi. Have you any idea why that might be?
>> >
>> > You say you edited /etc/librc/hardware.conf but I have no such file on
>> > my
>> > system and my remote is working with evtest without it so is that step
>> > really needed?
>> I guess you need to mod lirc_options.conf, I'm using an old version of
>> debian for my sunxi rootfs(although arch for everything else), I did
>> have a try at tying a key to an event but ran out of time. Evtest
>> simply proves that your remote and hardware works.
>> CK
>> >
>> > Thanks again for your help!
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Code Kipper <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 21 January 2016 at 00:43, Dan MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > Hi Hans
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for your reply but I've not got much further.
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't have a /sys/class/ir but I do have /sys/class/lirc so maybe
>> >> > thats
>> >> > it? However, nowhere within there can I find a file containing
>> >> > protocol
>> >> > options:
>> >> >
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc]# cd /sys/class/lirc/
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc]# ls
>> >> > lirc0
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc]# cd lirc0
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc0]# ls
>> >> > dev  device  power  subsystem  uevent
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc0]# cat dev
>> >> > 241:0
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc0]# cat device
>> >> > cat: device: Is a directory
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc0]# cat power/
>> >> > cat: power/: Is a directory
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc0]# cat subsystem
>> >> > cat: subsystem: Is a directory
>> >> > [root@bandana lirc0]# cat uevent
>> >> > MAJOR=241
>> >> > MINOR=0
>> >> > DEVNAME=lirc0
>> >> >
>> >> > What kernel are you running on your BPi? I presume you have access to
>> >> > one?
>> >> >
>> >> > Have you successfully used the IR on the BPi under 4.4?
>> >> Hi Dan,
>> >> like you I had this working on 3.4 and it was on my todo list to get
>> >> working again for mainline. The hardware I'm testing with is the Itead
>> >> Ibox and the Mele A2000 remote control.
>> >>
>> >> In the directory "/sys/class/lirc/lirc0/device"  type "cat protocols"
>> >> like Hans mentions and for me to get it working I "echo nec >
>> >> protocols"; you'll then see the follow if you cat it again
>> >> other unknown rc-5 [nec] rc-6 jvc sony rc-5-sz sanyo sharp mce_kbd xmp
>> >> [lirc]
>> >>
>> >> to test the remote I ran "evtest /dev/input/event1"
>> >> and the detected codes correspond to what is shown here
>> >> http://linux-sunxi.org/Lircd.conf
>> >>
>> >> I then edited /etc/librc/hardware.conf and added "devinput" as the
>> >> driver and device as "/dev/input/event1". My current issue is that the
>> >> protocols don't survive a reboot. I'll add the echo to my rc.local.
>> >>
>> >> BR,
>> >> CK
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for your help!
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Hans de Goede <[email protected]>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 20-01-16 10:23, Dan MacDonald wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Has anyone had any success using IR on the BPi under 4.4.0 or
>> >> >>> another
>> >> >>> recent kernel? I was trying last night without any luck.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> To get the kernel to recognise it, I first had to
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> modprobe sunxi-cir
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> After loading that, the kernel seems to create (at least) two new
>> >> >>> IR
>> >> >>> input
>> >> >>> devices, /dev/input/event1 and /dev/input/event2 IIRC (I'm not
>> >> >>> logged
>> >> >>> into
>> >> >>> my BPi right now to checkbut I think that's correct) - one is just
>> >> >>> labelled
>> >> >>> sunxi-ir and the other was sunxi-ir mouse and keyboard or
>> >> >>> something. I
>> >> >>> got
>> >> >>> IR working with on the BPi with my remote under the sunxi 3.x
>> >> >>> kernel
>> >> >>> but
>> >> >>> there was only one IR input device then, /dev/input/event0.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I've been testing /dev/input/event1 and /dev/input/event2 using the
>> >> >>> keybinding app but I've yet to get any input. Has anyone had more
>> >> >>> luck?
>> >> >>> Is
>> >> >>> there a better way to test it than using keybinding?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You need to first set a ir-protocol, from the top of my head
>> >> >> go to /sys/class/ir/ir0 and then do "cat protocols" and then
>> >> >> echo "one-of-them" > protocols.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If you do not have the right protocol listed make sure to load the
>> >> >> kernel
>> >> >> module.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Note as said this is all from the top of my head, so to path /
>> >> >> filenames
>> >> >> may be a bit different then what I'm typing here.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Once you've set the right proto (typically nec, sometimes rc4) then
>> >> >> you
>> >> >> can test using e.g. evemu-record on the input node. AFAIK you should
>> >> >> get only one input node related to the ir btw..., evemu-record will
>> >> >> print the human friendly names of all nodes which should explain
>> >> >> which
>> >> >> node is what.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regards,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hans
>> >> >
>> >> >
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