LIRC guide for FreeBSD

[Joe Auty]

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Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

>> Well, I have no idea about the FreeBSD end of things, but I do have a
>> good lircd.conf for my satellite box. Others have gotten it to work,
>> I've confirmed this. The only thing I'm not sure of is the extent of the
>> FreeBSD support and how FBSD factors into this mix?
> 
> As I said, relatively few remote controls are supported.  That
> probably won't change until individuals adapt the code for their
> specific remote control, like Daniel did for his and like I did for my
> remote control.  The code is really ugly, but not too difficult to
> understand.
> 

Ahhh... so getting a remote to work involves remote-specific OS support
beyond just grabbing a good lirc.conf? I thought that lirc was simply a
protocol, and would speak to any IR receiver using the frequencies and
configuration included within its config file?



>>> Are you sure you need a /dev/lirc0?  I'm running lircd with a DVICO
>>> USB remote control on one of my machines, and there's no /dev/lirc0
>>> there.  If you do need it, you'll probably have to port the kernel
>>> modules.  What kind of interface does it have?
>> I tried using /dev/ttyd0 since it just plugs into a serial port (I
>> bought one of of http://irblaster.info). I can do a:
>>
>> # lircd -n --device=/dev/ttyd0 /usr/local/etc/lircd.conf
>> lircd: lircd(dvico) ready
>>
>> Does this confirm anything of value?
> 
> I'm a little confused about the (dvico) there.  The DVICO driver
> integration is my work, and it's a USB-connected device.  Are you sure
> that your lircd.conf is correct?
> 

Would you like to see my lircd.conf? I'm fairly certain it is correct,
but I'd be more than happy to pass it on for your inspection.

Unfortunately, I guess I can't really change the remote I'm trying to
emulate, right?


> Yes, please.  Remember, though, that it's currently very flaky, and
> I'll fix a lot the next time I have time to look at it.  What I'd
> really like to know is where other people ran into trouble, and how
> they fixed it.
> 

I'll add my commentary once I've completed my setup here. I think I'm
going to kill off my MediaMVP deal and sell it on eBay, and just use the
OS X frontend for scheduling recordings. The only missing piece is being
able to change channels so that I don't have to remember to preset my
satellite to the correct channel prior to a recording.



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Joe Auty
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