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e: ira-3 oem with knoppmyth [In reply to]
>From: Alex VanDeusen <alex.vandeusen[at]gmail.com>
>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:11:14 -0500
>
>I also have a lircd.conf file in /etc/lirc/ and one in /etc/ not sure if
>this screws anything up. I have the grey remote but I wanted to create
>my own lirc.d file with my rca remote.

I have the ira-3 running with the hauppauge grey remote on Fedora. You
don't mention that you've created a new lircd.conf for the ira-3. It will
not work with the happauge receiver lircd.conf. You need to use irrecord to
create it. So with lircd not running try something like this:

irrecord --device=/dev/ttyS0 --driver=irman <filename>

This creates a new lircd.conf which you put in the normal place.

Also make sure you have the correct permissions on /dev/ttyS0 (use chmod or
chgrp or whatever it takes to give your myth user full permission.)

The only other thing I needed to do was add:

LIRCD_OPTIONS="--driver=irman --device=/dev/ttyS0"

To /etc/sysconfig/lircd (which may be different for Knoppmyth I dunno).

As it turns out I have never (yet) figured out how to get the ira3 working
as well as the hauppauge receiver. It works but sometimes I need to hit
buttons two-three times. If anyone else is successfully using this
configuration please post your lircd.conf... here is mine:

# Please make this file available to others
# by sending it to <lirc[at]bartelmus.de>
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.0(irman) on Sat Dec 9 11:11:17 2006
#
# contributed by
#
# brand: ira3
# model no. of remote control: hauppauge grey
# devices being controlled by this remote:
#
# To record:
# irrecord --device=/dev/ttyS0 --driver=irman <filename>
#

begin remote

name ira
bits 24
eps 30
aeps 100

one 0 0
zero 0 0
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0xFFFF
post_data_bits 24
post_data 0x0
gap 215971
min_repeat 1
# toggle_bit 28
toggle_bit 0

begin codes
Power 0x060600
Go 0x180600
TV 0x840400
Videos 0x900400
Music 0x920400
Radio 0x240400
Pictures 0x270100
Guide 0x980400
UP 0x3C0100
LEFT 0x390100
RIGHT 0xE00400
DOWN 0x3E0100
OK 0xCE0100
Back-Exit 0x001200
Menu 0x260400
Record 0x600600
Stop 0x990100
Rewind 0x930100
Forward 0x9C0100
Play 0x9E0100
Pause 0x400600
Previous 0xCC0100
Next 0x810400
1 0x021000
2 0x030400
3 0x081000
4 0x0C0400
5 0x0E0400
6 0x090400
7 0x201000
8 0x300400
9 0x320400
0 0x001000
Channel-UP 0x000700
Channel-DOWN 0x020700
red 0x380400
green 0xE10100
blue 0xF20100
yellow 0x100600
end codes

end remote

Author:	Tag_Scott [ Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:56 am ]
Post subject:	Broken Irman
Im trying to get my irman reciever to work with knoppmyth instead of my hauppauge one. The hauppauge reciver does not accept my Kenwood recievers remote. I found the wiki instructions for recompiling lirc and followed them but they are written for a generic serial reciever so i installed libirman 4.3, 'make unistall' the old lirc, ran the setup.sh, 'make' & 'make install' It state that i dont need a module for it when i try irrecord it die and reports: could not open /dev/lirc irman_init() connection timed out could not init hardware... both /dev/lirc and /dev/lircd exist are set to root:root and i chmod'ed them to 666 Also i noticed that when I 'dmesg \| grep lirc' it still lists the hauppauge and lirc_i2c driver What am i missing do i need a special libirman or is it something else?

Author:	rbcx [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:56 pm ]
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I'm working on similar issues; first off, you have to rebuild lirc with irman support. I think it'd be nice if this were added to KnoppMyth in the future, but it's not too hard. As root: Code: apt-get install libirman-dev cd /usr/src tar xjvf lirc-0.7.0.tar.bz2 cd lirc-0.7.0 ./configure --with-driver=irman make make install from there, I'm kinda confused where to go. I think last night I linked /dev/lirc to the serial port device where my IRman is connected, and that let me run irrecord, but then lirc wasn't sending commands to mythtv, and it was late, and I think I broke something. Now when I start lircd, it comes up, but as soon as I try to do something with it, I get: Code: Feb 27 12:44:51 freya lircd 0.7.0: lircd(irman) ready Feb 27 12:45:14 freya lircd 0.7.0: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Feb 27 12:45:14 freya lircd 0.7.0: could not open /dev/ttyS0 Feb 27 12:45:14 freya lircd 0.7.0: irman_init(): Input/output error Feb 27 12:45:14 freya lircd 0.7.0: caught signal not sure what to do now. Lemme know if you get any further.

Author:	rbcx [ Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:19 pm ]
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sonofa.... well, looks like a system halt (not a reboot, power off, power on) cleared the I/O error. So, set up your lircd.conf and .lircrc, and you should be good to go. Luck!

Author:	Tag_Scott [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:39 pm ]
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Update! First apt-get install libirman-dev, then follow the LIRC howto in the wiki but change the config for the IRMan reciever. Edit the lircd.conf and .lircrc and your good to go.

Author:	alexvd [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:57 pm ]
Post subject:	Lost
I have a ira3-oem device connected to my serial port. I saw on the knoppmyth wiki instructions but I am running into issues. I followed the IRA -3 setup to the letter on and RC57 frontend and it resulted in the box just continuously rebooting. I kept running into issues with the command to test my remote commands "/test_io /dev/ttyS0" I get a handshake error even though i followed the instructions to change the handshake gap from 500 to 2000. I will need to do this step for creating the commands for a custom remote file for my RCA universal remote. This will be put in Lircd file. That I will need to create. I researched that issue using google and the lirc mailing list said this error is caused by a improper port possible. However when I issue the command the red led comes on and it registers a few remote keypresses before it stops and gives the timeout error. I also read that its meaningless and irrecord works despite. So I rebooted thats when the box just would not boot properly. So I rebuilt with Rd51. However I thought I would be more careful. I was successful with the following steps. 1. apt-get remove lirc 2. wget http://lirc.sourceforge.net/software/sn ... 4.3.tar.gz 3. wget http://lirc.sourceforge.net/software/sn ... e1.tar.bz2 4. tar -xvzpf libirman-0.4.3.tar.gz 5. tar -xvjpf lirc-0.8.0pre1.tar.bz2 6. cd libirman-0.4.3 7. edit irman.h and change the IR_HANDSHAKE_GAP? from 500 to 2000 "#define IR_HANDSHAKE_GAP? (2000 USEC)" 8. ./configure && make && make install 9. cd ../lirc-0.8.0pre1 10. ./setup.sh 11. Driver Configuration -> Other Serial Port Drivers -> IRMan/UIR 12. Save configuration and run configure 13. rm /dev/lirc 14. make && make install It is the 15th step and beyond that I don't understand. "15. edit /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh and comment out the line (near the bottom): setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none " I dont have the setserial entry in Rd51 bootmisc. The next step I am not sure is relevant because I dont have pvr cards in this box it is just a frotend. Do I need to do this? 16. edit /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv (assuming a pvr card ) and comment out the line: alias char-major-61lirc_i2c? The next steps I think are for modifying the original "lirc" and creating a new lirc file called "lirc.default". However this is not clear at all. Also in step 20 I am really confused with "cp reboot lirc". It seems he is saying to copy the reboot lirc file. However was I supposed to create a new lirc startup file called reboot lirc? In that file I am supposed to make changes to the original edited Lirc file? 17. cd /etc/init.d 18. mv lirc lirc.default 19. update-rc.d lirc remove 20. cp reboot lirc 21. edit the new lirc startup script and change the line: Rebooting... to Starting LIRC... and the next line to: /usr/local/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/ttyS0 --driver=irman 22. update-rc.d lirc defaults 20 Any help is appreciated. I believe I have the device connected properly. I also have lirc recompiled with support for libirman. I just need to be able to now go and create the lircd and lircc files and make sure they are loaded at startup.

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Author:	Tag_Scott [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:03 pm ]
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Lets see if I can help clear this up 17. cd /etc/init.d -- Moves you to the directory where the startup liles are 18. mv lirc lirc.default -- renames lirc to lirc.default (as a backup) 19. update-rc.d lirc remove --Removes any reference of the old file so the new one will be used 20. cp reboot lirc -- copies the file reboot to a new file named lirc 21. edit the new lirc startup script and change the line: Rebooting... to Starting LIRC... and the next line to: /usr/local/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/ttyS0 --driver=irman --Make sure to delete the line with the reboot command when you edit the new lirc file or youll continually reboot, which is probably what happened on the last install. 22. update-rc.d lirc defaults 20 --Adds the new lirc file to the startup list

Author:	alexvd [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:12 am ]
Post subject:
Thanks for the reply. One of the other questions I have is that when you compile lirc yourself it actually creates a another lirc file in /usr/local/sbin/. So does it matter that you have one in /etc/init.d/ as well?

Author:	alexvd [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:01 pm ]
Post subject:
So I followed the steps properly and the machine does boot properly now. I also see the led light for the irman saw I think it is working. However I am still struggling with running the test code command 25. To check your ir codes, go into libirman-0.4.3 and run: ./test_io /dev/ttyS0 When I do this I get the handshake timeout error. Just to test i ran the setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none Then I tried to test my ir codes. When I do this I get the input output messages. Just as a note. I also tried to do a modprobe lirc_serial This results in the led staying lit all the time. Trying to run irrecord in the following way irrecord /rcauniversal.conf Results in a message saying lircd is running and fails. So what am I doing wrong?

Author:	alexvd [ Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:20 pm ]
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This is really killing my WAF acceptance factor right now. It is also driving me quite batty. I installed the hardware using the serial plug to the header on the motherboard. It only does com1 or /devttyS0. The port is enabled in the bios. irq4 0x3f8 The box is running as a frontend only with mysql and mythbackend removed as per the frotend only how to on the knoppmythwiki dmesg output shows the following: Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.5[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 One thing that is interesting is that I also get a odd error message. ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! I dont have another com port physically so I am not sure about this one. APIC is disabled and so is plug and play. I am using a ATI IGP motherboard RS480mil. So when the box boots I can see the red led flash so I know lirc is doing something and the hardware seemingly works. However the major issue I have is that when I try and do step 25. First of all I have to be root (not sure if this matters, I did the install as root) I follow the step: 25. To check your ir codes, go into libirman-0.4.3 and run: ./test_io /dev/ttyS0 This is what I get: root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~/libirman-0.4.3# ./test_io /dev/ttyS0 IR error reading handshake (Connection timed out) root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~/libirman-0.4.3# If I press the remote when I do this the red led sees the keypresses because it flashes but then it stops. I looked this up on the lirc mailing list and saw a post that means that the its not receiving a reply and it could be the wrong port. I think its the right port and I tried to set it to the ttyS1 port but that didnt matter. Looking into lircd I see the following: Dec 28 13:43:54 mythtvfamilyfrontend lircd: lircd(irman) ready Dec 28 13:44:12 mythtvfamilyfrontend lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd Dec 28 13:44:14 mythtvfamilyfrontend lircd: could not open /dev/ttyS0 Dec 28 13:44:14 mythtvfamilyfrontend lircd: irman_init(): Connection timed out Dec 28 13:44:14 mythtvfamilyfrontend lircd: caught signal I am stuck at this point. I have some suspicions. The default lircd file is for the happauge grey remote. I tried to use that but nothing happens. Lirc still cant communicate. When you compile lirc yourself it gets created in /usr/local/sbin/lircd. I saw this post: the startup script is different from the one I got here, but something else is different as well.. by compiling it myself lirc has put its executables in /usr/local/sbin instead of the regular /usr/sbin. weird, I specificly used --bindir. oh, I see, should have used --sbindir... recompiling... That file if I try to cat it has lots of garbled characters in it plus text. I also have a lircd.conf file in /etc/lirc/ and one in /etc/ not sure if this screws anything up. I have the grey remote but I wanted to create my own lirc.d file with my rca remote. Also when I try to run the command alexvd@mythtvfamilyfrontend:/etc$ /usr/local/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/ttyS0 --driver=irman lircd: can't open or create /var/run/lircd.pid lircd: Permission denied. Running it from root seems to have no issues. I am open for additional troubleshooting steps. I think it is a serial issue. However I cannot figure out where to troubleshoot.

Author:	alexvd [ Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:39 pm ]
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So I got a reply from the mythtv mailing list from a guy who got it working on Fedora. I posted below his response. I copied his lircd.conf over my existing lircd.conf, this was the default 350 grey remote file. (i have one from my pvr-250) However I need one that is for the .irman. Unfortunately it did not work. I still believe it is a hardware issue with the serial port or permissions. So I ran the following just to be sure. I don't know if these are right? The mythtv user is alexvd. I ran these as root. root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~# ls -l /dev/lirc* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec 17 12:08 /dev/lirc -> ttyS0 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 61, 1 Oct 1 2005 /dev/lirc1 srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 20:51 /dev/lircd prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 30 2004 /dev/lircm root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~# ls -l /dev/ttyS0 crwxrwxrwx 1 root dialout 4, 64 Dec 29 20:51 /dev/ttyS0 R Quote: e: ira-3 oem with knoppmyth [In reply to] >From: Alex VanDeusen <alex.vandeusen[at]gmail.com> >Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:11:14 -0500 > >I also have a lircd.conf file in /etc/lirc/ and one in /etc/ not sure if >this screws anything up. I have the grey remote but I wanted to create >my own lirc.d file with my rca remote. I have the ira-3 running with the hauppauge grey remote on Fedora. You don't mention that you've created a new lircd.conf for the ira-3. It will not work with the happauge receiver lircd.conf. You need to use irrecord to create it. So with lircd not running try something like this: irrecord --device=/dev/ttyS0 --driver=irman <filename> This creates a new lircd.conf which you put in the normal place. Also make sure you have the correct permissions on /dev/ttyS0 (use chmod or chgrp or whatever it takes to give your myth user full permission.) The only other thing I needed to do was add: LIRCD_OPTIONS="--driver=irman --device=/dev/ttyS0" To /etc/sysconfig/lircd (which may be different for Knoppmyth I dunno). As it turns out I have never (yet) figured out how to get the ira3 working as well as the hauppauge receiver. It works but sometimes I need to hit buttons two-three times. If anyone else is successfully using this configuration please post your lircd.conf... here is mine: # Please make this file available to others # by sending it to <lirc[at]bartelmus.de> # # this config file was automatically generated # using lirc-0.8.0(irman) on Sat Dec 9 11:11:17 2006 # # contributed by # # brand: ira3 # model no. of remote control: hauppauge grey # devices being controlled by this remote: # # To record: # irrecord --device=/dev/ttyS0 --driver=irman <filename> # begin remote name ira bits 24 eps 30 aeps 100 one 0 0 zero 0 0 pre_data_bits 16 pre_data 0xFFFF post_data_bits 24 post_data 0x0 gap 215971 min_repeat 1 # toggle_bit 28 toggle_bit 0 begin codes Power 0x060600 Go 0x180600 TV 0x840400 Videos 0x900400 Music 0x920400 Radio 0x240400 Pictures 0x270100 Guide 0x980400 UP 0x3C0100 LEFT 0x390100 RIGHT 0xE00400 DOWN 0x3E0100 OK 0xCE0100 Back-Exit 0x001200 Menu 0x260400 Record 0x600600 Stop 0x990100 Rewind 0x930100 Forward 0x9C0100 Play 0x9E0100 Pause 0x400600 Previous 0xCC0100 Next 0x810400 1 0x021000 2 0x030400 3 0x081000 4 0x0C0400 5 0x0E0400 6 0x090400 7 0x201000 8 0x300400 9 0x320400 0 0x001000 Channel-UP 0x000700 Channel-DOWN 0x020700 red 0x380400 green 0xE10100 blue 0xF20100 yellow 0x100600 end codes end remote

Author:	alexvd [ Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:46 pm ]
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I also have one other question. I can't figure out how to stop lirc I believe the command should be /etc/init.d/lircd stop however if I run this i get: root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~# /etc/init.d/lircd stop -bash: /etc/init.d/lircd: No such file or directory So I also tried stopping just lirc root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~# /etc/init.d/lirc stop to Starting Lirc... root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~# Dont know for sure if lirc is stopped now? I think this is because I changed the lirc file to reboot startup. That is why I get "starting lirc" So is this right? In order to run irrecord or I am pretty sure I have to stop lirc. How do i do this properly now?

Author:	alexvd [ Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:49 pm ]
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So when I try to run irrecord this is what I get. root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~# /etc/init.d/lirc stop to Starting Lirc... root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~# root@mythtvfamilyfrontend:~# irrecord --device=/dev/ttyS0 --driver=irman rca irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with lirc Copyright (C) 1998,1999 Christoph Bartelmus(lirc@bartelmus.de) irrecord: could not open /dev/ttyS0 irrecord: irman_init(): Connection timed out irrecord: could not init hardware (lircd running ? --> close it, check permissions)

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