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Author:  kfrancek [ Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:49 am ]
Post subject:  lirc works, but not with knoppmyth R5E50? {FINALLY FIXED}
I have setup a homebrew ir reciever and completed the lircrc file and lircd.conf and nothing works with myth.

I have also made sure that the hardware.conf file is correct.
I have ran irw and it works as it is supposed to.
I have used mode2 and it also spits out code.

For some reason it works as lirc, but nothing when it comes to knoppmyth.
Anyone else seen this. I have tried everything.

Please help :shock:
Author:  kfrancek [ Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:06 am ]
Post subject: 
anyone? I have tried and tried. This has to be something simple. Does anyone have a remote working with R5E50?
Author:  neutron68 [ Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:32 am ]
Post subject:  I got it working
kfrancek wrote:
anyone? I have tried and tried. This has to be something simple. Does anyone have a remote working with R5E50?

I've got the same setup working with R5E50. I had the remote working fine in the previous 2 releases of Knoppmyth and then after my upgrade to R5E50, it stopped. I think it was because I restored a system file I shouldn't have during the upgrade.

Are you doing a new install from a blank hard drive or an upgrade? That will determine what direction to send you.

During my fix process, several KnoppMyth gurus gave me ideas to try to troubleshoot the problems. You can try them too. You can read my saga of getting it fixed in this thread:

edit: fixed link
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13455&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=


Eric
Author:  bruce_s01 [ Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:54 am ]
Post subject: 
If mode2 is working OK, irw is returning the labels for your remote and you've set up your hardware .conf file, it sounds like some kind mismatch between your /etc/lircd.conf and your /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc.
For instance, from my system, some key definitions from lircd.conf:
Code:
          OK                       0x001C
          Back                     0x00AE
          Menu                     0x008B
          VolumeUp                 0x0073
          VolumeDown               0x0072
and from lircrc:
Code:
begin
    prog = mythtv
# Middle button on the diamond
    button = OK
    config = Return
end

 begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = Back
    config = Esc
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = Menu
    config = M
end

begin
  prog = mythtv
  button = VolumeUp
  repeat = 3
  config = F11
end

begin
  prog = mythtv
# Use it as a volume key
  button = VolumeDown
  repeat = 3
  config = F10
end

These, of course, are not the full files.

Bruce S.
Author:  kfrancek [ Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:48 am ]
Post subject: 
irw does return the proper file references

Code:
0000000000f310ce 00 1 RCA-DSS
0000000000f320cd 00 2 RCA-DSS
0000000000f330cc 00 3 RCA-DSS
0000000000f330cc 01 3 RCA-DSS
0000000000f340cb 00 4 RCA-DSS
0000000000f350ca 00 5 RCA-DSS
0000000000f350ca 01 5 RCA-DSS
0000000000f360c9 00 6 RCA-DSS
0000000000f360c9 01 6 RCA-DSS




and some of the the lircrc file




Code:
begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = 1
    config = 1
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = 2
    config = 2
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = 3
    config = 3
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = 4
    config = 4
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = 5
    config = 5
end

begin
    prog = mythtv
    button = 6
    config = 6
end


the lircd.conf file
Code:
begin remote

  name  RCA-DSS
  bits           24
  flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  header       4002  4009
  one           470  2018
  zero          470  1031
  ptrail        466
  gap          65886
  toggle_bit      0


      begin codes
          CH+                  0x0000000000F2D0D2
          CH-                  0x0000000000F2C0D3
          Vol+                 0x0000000000F2F0D0
          Vol-                 0x0000000000F2E0D1
          Up                   0x0000000000F590A6
          Down                 0x0000000000F580A7
          Left                 0x0000000000F560A9
          Right                0x0000000000F570A8
          Enter                0x0000000000FF400B
          GoBack               0x0000000000F060F9
           Menu                 0x0000000000F080F7
          1                    0x0000000000F310CE
          2                    0x0000000000F320CD
          3                    0x0000000000F330CC
          4                    0x0000000000F340CB
          5                    0x0000000000F350CA
          6                    0x0000000000F360C9
          7                    0x0000000000F370C8
          8                    0x0000000000F380C7
          9                    0x0000000000F390C6
          0                    0x0000000000F300CF
          Reverse              0x0000000000F1D0E2
          Play                 0x0000000000F150EA
          Forward              0x0000000000F1C0E3
          Stop                 0x0000000000F1F0E0
          Record               0x0000000000F170E8
          Pause                0x0000000000F190E6
          Mute                 0x0000000000F3F0C0
          Guide                0x0000000000F1A0E5
          Info                 0x0000000000F3C0C3
      end codes

end remote



Code:
lsmod
root@mythtv:~# lsmod | grep lirc
lirc_serial            16128  0
lirc_dev               16628  1 lirc_serial
root@mythtv:~#

dmesg
Code:
root@mythtv:/etc# dmesg | grep lirc
lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
lirc_serial: auto-detected active low receiver
lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
root@mythtv:/etc#


This is driving me crazy. It is a fresh install and I cannot get this to interact with mythtv. please,please someone.
Author:  hurnik [ Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:01 pm ]
Post subject: 
You and me both. And I even got a Tier1 streamzap remote just for this.

I think I'm going to pull the hard drive tonight and put a new one in and try Mythdora at this point.
Author:  kfrancek [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:13 am ]
Post subject: 
I tried mythdora and had issues with sound and I use a pchdtv5500 and it would not allow me to use both analog and hd. This is driving me crazy too. Mythdora has a better GUI though. I really tried to get that to work too.
Author:  tjc [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 am ]
Post subject: 
If irw is working with no arguments and seeing all the button presses, then mythfrontend really ought to be working. Check your settings table and make sure that LircKeyPressedApp is not set (i.e is empty). Are you restarting the frontend after making changes and restarting the lircd daemon? If you do:
Code:
tail -f /var/log/syslog

while restarting the frontend do you see messages like this?
Code:
Jan 27 11:12:07 black2 lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[2836]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd

You should also see a message like that when you start up irw...

OBTW - If you've edited either of those files from MS-Windows it can do bad things to them. You may need to filter extra whitespace characters (especially CR, VT, and SUB) out of them before they're usable. I posted a bit of shell script to do that quite a while back...
Author:  hurnik [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:55 pm ]
Post subject: 
I got it to work!

Basically because of the myth database errors I was getting, I figured might as well reinstall.

And it worked.

The only thing I can think of is that I had installed Myth originally with the PVR-150 MCE remote.

I'm not sure why the reconfig script does not properly set things up?

Or for some really odd and bizarre reason you have to have the Streamzap connected at the time you INSTALL Myth?

But that seems to have fixed it.

But not sure how will this bodes if I need to ever change it again and re-run the config script.
Author:  kfrancek [ Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:47 am ]
Post subject: 
Thanks everyone. I really dont want to re-install everything as I have QAM channels.conf and so many other things that took me weeks to do. I may have to just go ahead and do this though. I thought that I chose the 6-in-1 remote which should be homebrew serial, but that was some time ago. Thanks again everyone, I will keep trying.
Author:  hurnik [ Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:28 pm ]
Post subject: 
That's one thing I've been trying to get from eveyone is how to backup the channels.conf

It seems that once you scan for channels it goes into the database, so I have no idea how to then export that information into JUST a channels.conf file
Author:  tjc [ Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:51 pm ]
Post subject: 
I think that the contents of the channel, dtv_multiplex, and dtv_privatetypes tables should do it, but that's just a SWAG.
Author:  lsteingr [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:58 pm ]
Post subject:  homebrew ir reciever on the com1-resolved
I have the same problem with the homebrew ir reciever on the com1-port
, but after reading this post i can fix the problem.

I my case the problem is a bad file "lircr" in /home/mythtv/.mythtv
In the past I use the WinSCP-program on a WinXP-client to view/edit the files - maybe i get same
file corruptions.

The error shows in the line "removed client" after starting the mythfronted
in /var/log/syslog
Jan 30 19:25:40 v4fe1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[2729]: removed client
Jan 30 19:26:46 v4fe1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[2729]: caught signal
Jan 30 19:26:51 v4fe1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[2747]: lircd(all) ready
Jan 30 19:32:15 v4fe1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[2747]: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Jan 30 19:32:15 v4fe1 lircd-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150[2747]: removed client

The irw and irrecord running fine - but the frontend cannot use the ir-port.

The main point for use the knoppmyth R5E50 with the homebrew-ir on com1-port in a frontend-only
installation, is
1) to select the option 34)rca-6n1 in the lirc-reconfig.sh
2) copy your lircd.conf for you hardware modell to /etc/lirc/
3) make sure, that the key names in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf and
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircr are the same (Case Sensitive)
4) NO kernel compilation need, the lirc_serial is in R5E50 already included
Author:  lsteingr [ Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:12 pm ]
Post subject:  software bug? in /usr/local/share/knoppmyth/remotes/rca-6n1/
Hi,

I found that the file lircrc in the directory of R5E50
/usr/local/share/knoppmyth/remotes/rca-6n1/etc

have a DOS format, thats why the frontend CANNOT USE this file!

If i open the file in nano editor i get a message
Read 440 lines (Converted from DOS format).

Thats why the /usr/local/bin# lirc-reconfig.sh for a homebrew ir on com1 NOT work.
The fix is to use a different file and edit this file for you ir-hardware.
Author:  kfrancek [ Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:27 am ]
Post subject: 
I used irrecord to make the lircd.conf file. so there was not any dos problems. believe me I wish it was. I cannot figure this out. Oh and i tried to install a fresh copy and it did not work either, so this rules out if i picked the 6-in-1 in the begining. Well i have web remote for now.
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