[mythtvnz] Serial IR reciever Skystar 2 - lirc compatable

[Steven Ellis]

Phil Bertram wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have  just purchased a Skystar 2 DVB-S card.
> The card comes with a remote and serial IR reciever.
>
> The remote has a valid lircd.conf but I can not seem to get lirc working. I'm 
> sure I have set all the permissions correctly. Following the instructions in 
> the docs carefully.
> I have also compiled and tried many the other drivers that talk directly 
> to /dev/ttyS0 with no luck.
>
> $ irw
> Jun 15 11:32:28 pb lircd: lircd(serial) ready
> Jun 15 11:32:32 pb lircd: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
> Jun 15 11:32:32 pb lircd: could not open /dev/lirc
> Jun 15 11:32:32 pb lircd: default_init(): No such device
> Jun 15 11:32:32 pb lircd: caught signal
>
>
> Has anyone on the list got this reciever working with lirc ?
> Or, are my problems related to simple lack of support for this device in lirc.
>   

What distro are you using?

I've played with this and not had an issue getting them going. I'll see
if I can dig out a config.

Steve

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