[mythtvnz] Serial IR reciever Skystar 2 - lirc compatable

[Phil Bertram]

On Wednesday 27 June 2007 10:46 am, Phil Bertram wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 June 2007 9:25 am, Steven Ellis wrote:
> > 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?
>
> Debian (Etch)
>
> > I've played with this and not had an issue getting them going. I'll see
> > if I can dig out a config.
>
> OK. The serial reciever that came with my Skystar2 card is purple in
> colour. I'll assume it's the same one that you have played with and had
> success. I'll have another go, starting at the beginning.

Well............. what do you know.
After uninstalling lirc and rebuilding. It works - well at least as far as irw 
reading key presses.


>
> > Steve
>
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