[mythtvnz] Lirc remote for Pace DSR2000 sky decoder

[David Shepherd]

David Shepherd wrote:
> Steven Ellis wrote:
>> David Shepherd wrote:
>>  
>>> Steven Ellis wrote:
>>>    
>>>> On Tue, May 29, 2007 3:42 pm, Simon Eatough wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>      
>>>>> Hi Guys
>>>>> I've got a DSR2000 and a RC18 remote setup with mythtv.
>>>>>  I used irrecord to generate a irblasterd.conf & comparing that 
>>>>> with a
>>>>> RC30
>>>>> config they are different. Here is my RC-18 irblasterd.conf
>>>>>             
>>>> I've just done a visual comparison of this against the RC30 file and
>>>> there
>>>> really isn't a lot that differs.
>>>>
>>>> All of the core keycodes are identical. Some of the header 
>>>> specification
>>>> differs slightly but that isn't unusual. I tried to generate a fresh
>>>> RC30
>>>> file this morning and my header values differed slightly from the
>>>> standard
>>>> RC30 config file.
>>>>
>>>> Simon - Has you have an IR Receiver, can you add the standard RC30
>>>> config
>>>> onto your /etc/lirc/lircd.conf and run irw. I think you will see you
>>>> remote is sending RC30 compatible codes.
>>>>
>>>> David - I'd be very very interested if this produced better results 
>>>> than
>>>> the RC-30 file as it might help some of my customers.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>         
>>> Success! But I'm not sure exactly what the cure was yet (couldn't do
>>> much testing due to Dancing with the bloody Stars).
>>>
>>> I loaded the RC-18 config file and got the same nil response from the
>>> Pace DSR2000 STB.  Then I tried unsticking the IR blaster from the STB
>>> and holding it at various distances from the STB, without success. (as
>>> suggested on the list by Wade a few months ago)
>>> This made me realise even though the LED in the blaster was flashing
>>> the 'Remote Command' LED on the STB wasn't flashing.  Then it suddenly
>>> dawned on me that I didn't actually know where the IR receiver on the
>>> STB was (I had assumed it was part of the Remote Command LED indicator
>>> (like it was on my Motorola STB).
>>> So I pulled the black face plate off the STB and found it.  Then I
>>> stuck the blaster over it and tried again and it worked!  The STB is
>>> designed so that the face plate (black opaque plastic) covers the IR
>>> reciever.  I replaced the face plate, stuck the blaster on the outside
>>> of the face plate at the right place and it still worked.  So I now
>>> have a working system.
>>> I still want to test whether the RC-30 config also works.  Will test
>>> this tonight and report back.
>>>
>>>     
>> Great news. I'd be impressed to hear if the original RC_30 file also 
>> works.
>>
>> Any chance of a photo of the position you needed to use to keep on file.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>   
> Yes will test the RC_30 file and send a couple of pics.
> Dave
>
>
OK the RC-30 config works fine.  That confirms that the placement of the 
IR blaster was the problem.  I've taken a couple of pics but can't get 
them off my phone until tomorrow.
Cheers
Dave