[mythtvnz] SkyStar 2 remote with serial dongle...

Noel & Di noel at igrin.co.nz
Wed Dec 5 19:31:39 GMT 2007


Here is a print of my /etc/lirc/lircd.conf for a  an R6 remote... you 
shuoul be able to follow the format...
Just set up a clean install of Mythbuntu 7.10, but I use the MCE remote 
because I like it..  I use a Techniasat 2 as my only input.

#
# RC-6 config file
#
# source: http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/projects__remote_control.htm
#         http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/pronto.pdf
#
# used by: Philips
#
#########
#
# Philips Media Center Edition remote control
# For use with the USB MCE ir receiver
#
# Dan Conti  dconti|acm.wwu.edu
#
# Updated with codes for MCE 2005 Remote additional buttons
# *, #, Teletext, Red, Green, Yellow & Blue Buttons
# Note: TV power button transmits no code until programmed.
# Updated 12th September 2005
# Graham Auld - mce|graham.auld.me.uk
#
# Radio, Print, RecTV are only available on the HP Media Center remote 
control
#

begin remote

  name mceusb
  bits           16
  flags RC6|CONST_LENGTH
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  header       2667   889
  one           444   444
  zero          444   444
  pre_data_bits 21
  pre_data      0x37FF0
  gap          105000
  toggle_bit     22
  rc6_mask     0x100000000


      begin codes

    Blue    0x00007ba1
    Yellow    0x00007ba2
    Green    0x00007ba3
    Red    0x00007ba4
    Teletext    0x00007ba5

# starts at af
        Radio    0x00007baf
        Print    0x00007bb1
        Videos   0x00007bb5
        Pictures 0x00007bb6
        RecTV    0x00007bb7
        Music    0x00007bb8
        TV       0x00007bb9
# no ba - d8

        Guide    0x00007bd9
        LiveTV   0x00007bda
        DVD      0x00007bdb
        Back     0x00007bdc
        OK       0x00007bdd
        Right    0x00007bde
        Left     0x00007bdf
        Down     0x00007be0
        Up       0x00007be1

        Star       0x00007be2
        Hash       0x00007be3

        Replay   0x00007be4
        Skip     0x00007be5
        Stop     0x00007be6
        Pause    0x00007be7
        Record   0x00007be8
        Play     0x00007be9
        Rewind   0x00007bea
        Forward  0x00007beb
        ChanDown 0x00007bec
        ChanUp   0x00007bed
        VolDown  0x00007bee
        VolUp    0x00007bef
        More     0x00007bf0
        Mute     0x00007bf1
        Home     0x00007bf2
        Power    0x00007bf3
        Enter    0x00007bf4
        Clear    0x00007bf5
        Nine     0x00007bf6
        Eight    0x00007bf7
        Seven    0x00007bf8
        Six      0x00007bf9
        Five     0x00007bfa
        Four     0x00007bfb
        Three    0x00007bfc
        Two      0x00007bfd
        One      0x00007bfe
        Zero     0x00007bff
      end codes

end remote



And my Hardware.conf....

 /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Remotes (old version MicroSoft USB ID)"

# Arguments which will be used when launching lircd
LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD=false

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES=true

# Run "lircd --driver=help" for a list of supported drivers.
DRIVER=""
# If DEVICE is set to /dev/lirc and devfs is in use /dev/lirc/0 will be
# automatically used instead
DEVICE=""
MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb"

# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"
LIRCMD_CONF=""

hope that helps.

Steve Holdoway wrote:

>I've just purchase a SkyStar 2 card with serial dongle, which I want to connect up to freeview-powered mythbuntu box - running both a front and back end. This is my first try...
>
>Can anyone point me at where I'm going wrong? I'm getting output from mode2 -d/dev/lirc0 - not paying too much notice to the content as it seems to be pretty random ( and supposed to be from my reading of the docs! ).
>
>This is what I've done so far, after a clean install of mythbuntu 7.10, apt-get updated to now...
>
>I've downloaded a lircd.conf frm sourceforge and stuck it in /etc/lirc
>
>( starts...
>
>#
># this config file was automatically generated
># using lirc-0.6.6(any) on Wed May 19 00:28:01 2004
>#
># contributed by Nicolas Huillard
>#
># brand:                       TechniSat
># model no. of remote control: 100TS035
># devices being controlled by this remote: SkyStar 2 TV (DVB PCI card)
>#
>
>begin remote
>
>  name  100TS035
>
>)
>
>I've also installed it in /usr/share/lirc/remotes/technisat/100TS035
>
>and modified /etc/lirc/hardware.conf to
>
>#
>#Chosen Remote Control
>REMOTE="Technisat 100TS035"
>
># Arguments which will be used when launching lircd
>LIRCD_ARGS=""
>
>#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
>#START_LIRCMD=false
>
>#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
>LOAD_MODULES=true
>
># Run "lircd --driver=help" for a list of supported drivers.
>DRIVER=""
># If DEVICE is set to /dev/lirc and devfs is in use /dev/lirc/0 will be
># automatically used instead
>DEVICE="/dev/ttyS0"
>MODULES="lirc_serial"
>
># Default configuration files for your hardware if any
>LIRCD_CONF="technisat/100TS035"
>LIRCMD_CONF=""
>
>( do I need a driver in there??? There doesn't seem to be one on the list that's remotely (ha!) relevant )
>
>To ensure that the uart stuff doesn't get in the way, I've modified /etc/init.d/lirc, adding a new function
>
>unload_modules ()
>{
>        for mod in $*
>        do
>                /sbin/rmmod $mod 2> /dev/null || MODULES_MISSING=true
>        done
>}
>
>and extending the load_modules function
>
>        unload_modules $*
>        /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none
>
>before modprobe -k to guarantee that the serial port is initialised properly. I like overkill!
>
>At this point, mode2 shows output when buttons are pressed on the remote.
>
>Next, I need to integrate it into mythtv to get some use out of it. I've run  
>
>  mythbuntu-lircrc-generator
>
>both as root and as my login user ( steve ). I've looked arounf through the system for any other occurrences of .lircrc / lircrc and replaced with the generated ones ( /home/mythtv/.lircrc being the only one I could find ).
>
>Still nothing is actually controlled by the remote. The resources mentioned by google are pretty messy - they seem to be referencing all different versions of mythbuntu ( I'm using the latest one based on gutsy ), and it's pretty confugsing to say the least!
>
>Can anyone out there point me to the next step? I'm pretty linux savvy so don't hold back (:
>
>TIA,  Steve.
>
>
>  
>



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