hi,

I've been trying to get irman working for the last two days, but I can't seem to get it going. I've seached the board, and followed following tips:

first apt-get libirman-dev, then recompile the sources found in /usr/src/
tried with ./configure --with-driver=irman and by selecting irman from the setup.sh script, both compile fine, but when testing with irrecord the irman driver is not available.

then I tried installing the libirman from sources found on http://lirc.sourceforge.net/software/snapshots/, and recompiling lirc again, but irrecord still won't see irman as driver..

I'm sure it could work, It works fine on my other debian and works on with movix too. the problem is just that I can't get lirc to build it with irman driver.

here's the topics I've been looking at:
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5039
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3662
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6673
http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=LIRCHowTo

I'm stuck here, why won't it compile with libirman? surely I forgot something right?

any help appreciated,
bonarez

well, what can I say, just thought I'd try some more and what do know, now it works...

maybe I should have asked for help faster

can't even say what it was that did it...

I really hope the irman driver could get supported in the future, might save some time for someone else..

now on with the fun bits..

Hi I could use some help. I have a ira-3oem which is basically a irman for internal cases. Its connected to the only serial port I have. I followed the instructions at the end of the knoppmythwiki.

I am still 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.