[mythtvnz] Lirc remote for Pace DSR2000 sky decoder

[Steven Ellis]

On Thu, May 31, 2007 12:47 pm, David Shepherd wrote:
> 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 an=
d
>>>>> 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 fres=
h
>>>>> 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 yo=
u
>>>>> 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 th=
e
>>>> Pace DSR2000 STB.  Then I tried unsticking the IR blaster from the S=
TB
>>>> 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 sudden=
ly
>>>> dawned on me that I didn't actually know where the IR receiver on th=
e
>>>> STB was (I had assumed it was part of the Remote Command LED indicat=
or
>>>> (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 outsi=
de
>>>> 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
>>
> Pics attached (assuming the list will allow this).  There's one showing
> the position of my IR blaster on the faceplate and one showing the
> faceplate removed.  Apologies for the poor quality.
> Dave
>

Think one of your pictures is a little wrong.. That is a serious stack of
monitors.

Steve

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