OK, some success. Here's the first stage of what I tried, but which I think
was made irrelevant by the second stage. I followed this readme:
[quote]LIRC kernel modules source for DEBIAN
=====================================
In the Debian packaging of LIRC, kernel module sources are installed in
/usr/src/lirc-modules.tar.gz. In order to build them, you should:
cd /usr/src
tar -xzf lirc-modules.tar.gz
You will now have a directory called lirc under /usr/src/modules, please
read
/usr/src/modules/lirc/README for further instructions.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/doc/lirc-modules-source#[/quote]When I tried the
"further instructions" I got lost and gave up.
The next thing I tried (which worked) was recompiling LIRC based on this
Knoppmyth wiki article:
http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=LIRCHowTo
When I tried to start lircd did I was told it couldn't find lircd.conf in
/etc so I copied it there. The lircd.conf file was originally called TIVO
and I'm pretty sure it's the right one for my remote. My remote is for a
Series 1 TiVo.
ONE PROBLEM - only the Play and Pause buttons work. The replay button
starts the video at the beginning instead of jumping back 8 seconds like it
does on a TiVo, but I guess that's for another thread. None of the other
buttons on the remote seem to have any effect
Here's the text of that file:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/sbin# cat lircd.conf
#
# This config file has been automatically converted from a device file
# found in the 06/26/00 release of the Windows Slink-e software
# package.
#
# Many thanks to Colby Boles of Nirvis Systems Inc. for allowing us to
# use these files.
#
# The original filename was: "tivo.cde"
#
# The original description for this device was:
#
# tivo tx file
#
begin remote
name TIVO
bits 32
flags SPACE_ENC
eps 20
aeps 200
header 9000 4500
one 562 562
zero 562 1687
ptrail 562
repeat 9000 2250
gap 46000
toggle_bit 0
frequency 40000
begin codes
TIVO 0x000000005EF3FFF0
LIVETV 0x000000005EF377F8
UP 0x000000005EF3D7F8
DOWN 0x000000005EF397F8
RIGHT 0x000000005EF357F8
LEFT 0x000000005EF317F8
THUMBSDOWN 0x000000005EF3E7F8
THUMBSUP 0x000000005EF3A7F8
SELECT 0x000000005EF367F8
RECORD 0x000000005EF3FBF4
PLAY 0x000000005EF37BF4
CH+ 0x000000005EF387F8
CH- 0x000000005EF307F8
REV 0x000000005EF3BBF4
FWD 0x000000005EF3DBF4
PAUSE 0x000000005EF33BF4
SLOW 0x000000005EF35BF4
REPLAY 0x000000005EF39BF4
JUMPTOEND 0x000000005EF31BF4
1 0x000000005EF3EBF4
2 0x000000005EF36BF4
3 0x000000005EF3ABF4
4 0x000000005EF32BF4
5 0x000000005EF3CBF4
6 0x000000005EF34BF4
7 0x000000005EF38BF4
8 0x000000005EF30BF4
9 0x000000005EF3F3FC
CLEAR 0x000000005EF3B3FC
0 0x000000005EF373FC
ENTER 0x000000005EF333FC
end codes
end remote[/code]
What do you think is wrong? Do I need a different file for my remote? If
so do I need to recompile again? Any suggestions at all???
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Strobel
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:15 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mythtv-users] TiVo remote on KnoppMyth
I've been trying really really hard to get a TiVo remote working with MythTV
- so hard in fact that Google has blocked my IP address because they think
I'm launching a DOS attack!
What I've done so far:
Installed R5A16 successfully
Played a test video that I downloaded
Used an ATI Remote Wonder that came with an old 9700 AIW card
Bought and hooked up a homebrew IR receiver to my serial port (from
http://www.irblaster.info/receiver.html)
Read countless threads on mysettopbox.tv and other sites looking for
information on this that would apply to me.
Renamed the TIVO file to lircd.conf in /etc/lirc
Ran lirc-reconfig.sh (not sure I answered the questions correctly)
What I don't understand:
Does LIRC run automatically on a standard install?
- if I type lircd from a prompt it appears to start, if I do it again I get
an error that it's already running
Do I have to recompile LIRC for the TiVo remote to work? I was hoping not,
but I think I read that somewhere along the way. I saw a page on the wiki
about doing this but it looks pretty daunting and hard to follow.
How can I tell if my serial port is working and do some basic tests of this
device?
A whole bunch of things... I'm a computer pro with 20 years experience but a
Linux n00b. I've got a pretty good understanding of Linux conceptually but
have never compiled any programs with it or done much more than some
superficial things.
I've probably spent 5 hours trying to figure this out on my own using the
mantra "Google is your friend", but am still coming up short. Thanks in
advance for any help!
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