[mythtvnz] Infrared Receivers

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM, David Kirk <davidrkirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I need some help getting a remote working with MythTV.  I've got a Logitech
> Harmony 515 programmable remote.  I've got it working with my TV and home
> theatre system.  It's great.  I can just press the button to watch TV and it
> will turn on the TV and the home theatre systems and set them both to the
> right inputs.  Now all I need to do is set it up to work my MythTV box.
>
> I got a remote ages ago that came with a usb infrared receiver, but I can't
> seem to get it to see any commands from the remote.  It has a little red LED
> that flashes when it sees an infrared signal, but it doesn't trigger
> anything on MythTV.  This is what lsusb says about the infrared receiver.
>
>   Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical
> Wheel Mouse
>   Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0419:0001 Samsung Info. Systems America, Inc. IrDA
> Remote Controller
> In MythTV I have configured it to use 'Samsung USB IR Receiver'.
>
> Does anyone know how I can get this infrared receiver to work with this
> remote?  If not, can someone please recommend an infrared receiver that will
> work for me?

I assume you are using mythbuntu?

Trouble is it doesn't seem to distinguish between receivers and remotes.