Darren Richards wrote:
On 4/15/05, Claude Boucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello everyone,
Has anyone had any luck with the "Controlling a digital cable/satellite
box using Fedora, MythTV, an IR Blaster and one instance of LIRC". howto
(available at http://www.lircsetup.com/lirc/blaster/index.php)?
I'm having a hard time replicating such a setup on a myth system running
an FC3 installation (done with the most recent version of Jarod Wilson's
bible) and I've kept it updated with apt using the atrpms.net (kernel
2.6.10_770; lirc 0.70; ivtv 0.32q) repository.
There is nothing really exotic in my box (AMD Sempron3000+; Asus
A7N8X-VM/400 Mobo with on-board audio and LAN; Hauppauge PVR250 retail
with grey and black remote; and the pre-built IRBlaster available at
http://www.irblaster.info, Asus-branded FX5200 AGP card) and my system
works almost without a glitch under MythTV 0.17.
So, I followed the howtos to the letter. After doing all the typing, and
after rebooting the system, the only thing I get is a cryptic message:
irsend: could not connect to socket
I've tried setting my only com port to IRQ 3 / 0x02F8 / ttyS1 and IRQ 4
/ 0x03F8 / ttyS0 in the BIOS (with subsequent modifications to
/etc/rc.d/rc.local and /etc/modprobe.conf) with no success.
Then, I've noticed Jarod's update to his howto
(http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc) where he applies a diff to
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and modifies /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules to force
the preloading of some devices, including the infrared drivers. I
remember applying this diff. Could it be a factor in my own failure?
So, before switching to the methods involving compiling two instances of
LIRC (I have absolutely no experience with compiling stuff; I didn't
even installed the dev tools...), I'd like to know if anyone had success
with the "one instance of LIRC method".
Thanks for your advice,
Claude
Yes, I have followed these instructions and I can say that it works
beautifully. I have a pvr-350 with remote and two IR blasters
controlling two Dish satellite receivers, and one instance of LIRC.
I also repeatedly saw that same error mesage you mentioned. It was
because I had specified the wrong com port. I would *highly*
recommend setting your modprobe.conf for COM1, REBOOTING, and testing.
If that doesn't work, change it to COM2 and REBOOT, and test again.
Rebooting each time may sound excessive, but had I given in and done
just that, I would have saved myself hours of frustration...
-darren
I too have done this using the same instructions and have it working.
Another thing you can try is if you have a digital camcorder or a
digital camera with a LCD screen try this. Send the command to your
IRBlaster and watch it through the LCD screen and see if you can see it
emitting a white light. It is hidden to the human eye but the LCD screen
will pick it up. Mine was working when I thought it wasn't because it
wouldn't change the channel. I had to move the blaster so it was off
center of the IR receiver on the cable box before it started working.
Hope that helps,
Jon
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