Hi there,

I am running R6, (Myth version 21) the standard R6 install with updates (sudo pacman -Syuf).

Issue: remote receives fine (I can move about in Myth just fine), but the blaster does not work,

Hardware:
Streamzap remote
IguanaIR USB (I am using it for receiving IR singles and as a blaster to a Motorola VIP 1200).

Processes followed
In trouble shooting I did the following:

chmod 777 /dev/ttyS0
gpasswd -a mythtv uucp

Then I checked irsend with the following commands
irsend LIST Streamzap_PC_Remote ""
irsend LIST "" ""
the results were as expected (the remote was there and working).

I SSHed into the box and and ran the following commands:
irsend send_once Streamzap_PC_Remote POWER
irsend send_once Streamzap_PC_Remote MENU
irsend send_once VIP1200 POWER

/var/log/lircd
Results from the log file are as follows:
Nov 21 19:39:25 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 21 19:40:03 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 19:40:03 mythbe lircd: error processing command: send_once vip1200 POWER
Nov 21 19:40:03 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 21 19:40:03 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 21 19:42:50 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 19:42:50 mythbe lircd: error processing command: send_once vip1200 POWER
Nov 21 19:42:50 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 21 19:42:50 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 21 19:43:09 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 19:43:09 mythbe lircd: error processing command: send_once Streamzap_PC_Remote MENU
Nov 21 19:43:09 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 21 19:43:09 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 21 19:43:17 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 19:43:17 mythbe lircd: error processing command: send_once Streamzap_PC_Remote POWER
Nov 21 19:43:17 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 21 19:43:17 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 21 19:48:30 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 19:48:30 mythbe lircd: error processing command: send_once Streamzap_PC_Remote POWER

If someone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Afterward I will post to flyspray so it can be included in the future.

Thanks,

Paul

_________________
Backend/Frontend
ASUS M4A78-EM w/8400GS 4G RAM pcHDTV 3000 + PVR500 (1045), 1TB, 250 & 320. Iguana IR USB (running R6)
Frontend_1
Asus M2NPV-VM - 1GB RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk - StreamZap
Frontend_2
Dragon 1.0 w/ 2G RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk StreamZap

This is what I did first

chmod 777 /dev/ttyS0
gpasswd -a mythtv uucp

Then I started trouble shooting the iguana IR USB blaster it's self, I was getting the following in the log file:

Nov 21 08:51:35 mythbe lircd: WARNING: Failed to initialize hardware
Nov 21 08:51:37 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 08:52:19 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 08:53:05 mythbe lircd: caught signal
Nov 21 08:53:10 mythbe lircd: lircd(iguanaIR) ready
Nov 21 08:53:17 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 08:53:17 mythbe lircd: couldn't open connection to iguanaIR daemon: No such file or directory
Nov 21 08:53:17 mythbe lircd: WARNING: Failed to initialize hardware
Nov 21 08:53:22 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 21 08:53:27 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 08:53:27 mythbe lircd: couldn't open connection to iguanaIR daemon: No such file or directory
Nov 21 08:53:27 mythbe lircd: WARNING: Failed to initialize hardware
Nov 21 08:54:17 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 21 09:04:13 mythbe lircd: caught signal
Nov 21 09:04:53 mythbe lircd: lircd(iguanaIR) ready
Nov 21 09:04:57 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 09:04:59 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 21 09:08:05 mythbe lircd: trigger
Nov 21 09:08:06 mythbe lircd: trigger


More Trouble shooting on the iguana IR USB
igclient --get-version
get version: success: version=0x0306

igclient --get-features
get features: success: features=0x4

igclient --get-channels
get channels: success: channels=0x00

I then set the channel to 1
igclient --set-channels=1

Tested it with the manual irsend command using the commands from my VIP1200 settopbox and it worked.
irsend send_once VIP1200 POWER

Next I modified the script below to incorperate the igclient set channel (also please note in this script is some extra wait time for my ATT VIP1200 box to "wake up" all the way).

channel_change.sh script below


#!/bin/sh
REMOTE_NAME=VIP1200
cmd="$1"

case $cmd in
[0-9]*)
for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do
irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
sleep 0.5
# If things work OK with sleep 1, try this for faster channel changes:
# sleep 0.3
done
;;

*)
irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $cmd
;;
esac
irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME ENTER

# line below is used to select the channel going to the iguana USB send
# to either channel 1 or channel 3, channel 1 is for first blaster
igclient --set-channels=1

# to either channel 1 or channel 3, channel 3 is for second blaster
#igclient --set-channels=3

# /usr/bin/fix_audio.sh &
# end of channel_change script



I also have ran into some issues where from a vanilla install of R6 (myth 21) that the iguana driver stops working. Normally after midnight (I have not looked into commercial flagging, but I will soon). I then created the script below and setup a cron job to have it restart the damon at like 12:05 AM. Here it is in case anyone needs it.

#!/bin/bash
# Script for fixing lockup issue with iguana. Locking up at midnight every
# night, run script at 5 min after midnight to fix
# Paul Falinski version 1 - 11-25-2009

sudo sv stop igdaemon
sleep 0.3
sudo sv start igdaemon

_________________
Backend/Frontend
ASUS M4A78-EM w/8400GS 4G RAM pcHDTV 3000 + PVR500 (1045), 1TB, 250 & 320. Iguana IR USB (running R6)
Frontend_1
Asus M2NPV-VM - 1GB RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk - StreamZap
Frontend_2
Dragon 1.0 w/ 2G RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk StreamZap

I am still running into issues where the iguana stops working (blasting and receiving). It looks like it may have issues (possibly not running as root)

igdamon.log file
Nov 23 18:53:12 2009 ERROR: Failed to get version.
Nov 23 21:08:08 2009 ERROR: failed to write control packet: Failed to write (in$
Nov 23 21:08:08 2009 ERROR: Failed to disable the receiver.
Nov 23 21:26:51 2009 ERROR: Failed to get version.
Nov 25 08:39:57 2009 ERROR: failed to write control packet: Failed to write (in$
Nov 25 08:39:57 2009 ERROR: Failed to disable the receiver.
Nov 25 08:54:30 2009 ERROR: failed to write control packet: Failed to write (in$
Nov 25 08:54:30 2009 ERROR: Failed to disable the receiver.
Nov 25 09:29:30 2009 ERROR: failed while reaping worker thread.
Nov 25 15:06:23 2009 ERROR: select failed: Interrupted system call
Nov 25 15:06:23 2009 ERROR: failed while reaping worker thread.
Nov 25 19:16:50 2009 ERROR: failed to write control packet: Failed to write (in$
Nov 25 19:16:50 2009 ERROR: Failed to disable the receiver.
Nov 25 20:19:47 2009 ERROR: failed to write control packet: Failed to write (in$
Nov 25 20:19:47 2009 ERROR: Failed to disable the receiver.
Nov 26 20:57:42 2009 ERROR: Failed to get version.
Nov 26 21:04:45 2009 ERROR: failed to write control packet: Failed to write (in$
Nov 26 21:04:45 2009 ERROR: Failed to disable the receiver.
Nov 26 21:04:47 2009 ERROR: trying to claim usb:4:3

lircd logfile

Nov 27 07:30:03 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 27 07:30:03 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 27 07:30:32 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 27 07:30:32 mythbe lircd: error processing command: SEND_ONCE VIP1200 OK
Nov 27 07:30:32 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 27 07:30:32 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 27 07:30:32 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 27 07:30:32 mythbe lircd: error processing command: SEND_ONCE VIP1200 8
Nov 27 07:30:32 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 27 07:30:33 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 27 07:30:33 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 27 07:30:33 mythbe lircd: error processing command: SEND_ONCE VIP1200 0
Nov 27 07:30:33 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 27 07:30:33 mythbe lircd: removed client
Nov 27 07:30:34 mythbe lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
Nov 27 07:30:34 mythbe lircd: error processing command: SEND_ONCE VIP1200 5
Nov 27 07:30:34 mythbe lircd: transmission failed
Nov 27 07:30:34 mythbe lircd: removed client

_________________
Backend/Frontend
ASUS M4A78-EM w/8400GS 4G RAM pcHDTV 3000 + PVR500 (1045), 1TB, 250 & 320. Iguana IR USB (running R6)
Frontend_1
Asus M2NPV-VM - 1GB RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk - StreamZap
Frontend_2
Dragon 1.0 w/ 2G RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk StreamZap

Well after some searching, I noticed that the guy's using the commandIR product (another USB based receiver/blaster) had issues with some newer USB chipsets (in particular Nvidia). I am running a Asus M4A78-EM board with a Nvidia 8400 video card. The chip set is AMD708g / SB700 for this board.

What they did to fix the issue was to put Powered USB hub between the commandIR and the motherboard. Well I gave this a try for the IguanaIR USB and it seems to have made a difference. For whatever reason, I have not had the IguanaIR USB fail to receive or blast for over 24 hours now. Before I could not go even 12 hours without the device (IguanaIR) would stop working.

I am currently running the lirc version: lircd 0.8.5-CVS-pvr150

If I have more success I will post it here.

_________________
Backend/Frontend
ASUS M4A78-EM w/8400GS 4G RAM pcHDTV 3000 + PVR500 (1045), 1TB, 250 & 320. Iguana IR USB (running R6)
Frontend_1
Asus M2NPV-VM - 1GB RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk - StreamZap
Frontend_2
Dragon 1.0 w/ 2G RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk StreamZap

First of all, I am not a newby. I've been a systems programmer and hardware hacker for 30 years. I am very familiar with Linux in general and KM R5.5.

Iguanaworks USB would not work for me on R5 or R5.5. They said they would look into it and get back. They never did get back. After a few encouraging emails, I emailed maybe 5 times over the course of a year, ALL IGNORED.

Maybe a year ago, I helped my brother in law set up an R5.5 system and told him to get a serial Lirc/Blaster and stay away from the Iguanaworks USB device. What did he do? You guessed it. Following all the instructions on the Iguanaworks web site and Googling for help for days did not fix it. There are several ways of setting it up. None of them produced a 100% working system.

I have a couple of their serial devices and they work, but I am not sending any more money to them, ever.

Cliff