[mythtvnz] WinTV Nova-S Plus Remote...

[Robert Connolly]

On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 20:00 +1300, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> Are you using Mythbuntu 9.10?  If so, then there was probably a lircd
> running already.  Did you shut it down first?  I think it would be
> better to use the Mythbuntu Backend Setup to configure lirc and
> restart the daemon rather than running it manually.  If there is not
> the correct setup option for a Nova-S Plus remote, then pick something
> as close as you can get (eg another Hauppauge Nova) and manually
> adjust the /etc/lirc files after that.
> 
> Once you get the hardware responding, there is another little
> complication.  I have a Hauppauge Nova TD-500 PCI card, and I had to
> add a udev rule so that the device event number did not change each
> boot.  This is my /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules file (turn off word
> wrap):
> 
> ======================================================================
> KERNEL=="event*", ATTRS{name}=="IR-receiver inside an USB DVB
> receiver", SYMLINK+="input/TD-500-ir"
> ======================================================================
> 
> You will probably need something similar.

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for that. It turned out this was a hardware issue. After testing
the remote with a digital camera to make sure it was working I turned my
attention to the IR receiver.

I noticed that the chassis around the PCI slot where the card is located
was partially blocking the port for the IR receiver causing it to feel
like it was properly in place when in fact it wasn't!

A bit of a wiggle (technical term) of the PCI card did the trick. I
can't believe it took me so long to work that out!

Anyway, now it works, as you said the NOVA-T setup seems about the
closest but it's not perfect I'll have to fiddle with it.

I don't seem to be getting the udev issue, but thanks for the advice,
I'll bear it in mind if I need it.

Cheers,

Rob