Sound blaster live! external - Remote control

[sonicste]

(ubuntu 6.06)
I bought a sound blaster live! external USB; it cames with a remote control that does not work.
I would like to control a LIRC-compatile program.

Please help!!!
Thanks!

[Spin Doctor]

Is the IR receiver a USB stick?

[sonicste]

No, the receiver is embedded into the sound card.

Here is the link to the product:
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=206&product=10702

The soundcard basically works out of the box at least in a stereo configuration.
It is recognized as a SB Live! 24-bit external.
The most annoying thing is that the remote control does not work.

Please help!
Thanks!

[sonicste]

Some news:

According to this document:
http://www.alsa-project.org/changes/v1-0-11--v1-0-12.txt

The ALSA versione 1.0.12 willa add the support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, now how can I install ALSA 1.0.12?
Any Howto?

Thanks!

[Spin Doctor]

I am running Edgy. And this is the WIKI I used to get my remote to work.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Install_Lirc_Edg

General page about Linux Infrared Remote Control: www.lirc.org

[sonicste]

sorry for my late answer.

I upgraded to Edgy.
Now I'm following the howto.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Install_Lirc_Edgy
During the configuration of lirc-modules-source it ask me to select a driver (cmdir. gpio etc...)

Wich Driver should I select to use the receiver of the Sound Blaster Live! external USB?

Thanks!

[Squee22]

http://www.develia.org/documents.php?l=2&f=1&p=lirclivedrive

this worked great for me. but mine isn't the USB variant. try this out but replace "Live_midi" with the creative usb driver

[sonicste]

Eureka! now the remote control works!

How-to use the Creative Rm-1500 remote control with sound blaster live! external USB on ubuntu 6.10 Edgy.

1. Install Lirc:
sudo apt-get install lirc

2. Modify /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
LIRCD_ARGS="-d hw:External"
DRIVER="alsa_usb"

4. Edit /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
copied from a section of this file:
http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/creative/lircd.conf.alsa_usb

5. Edit the file ~/.lircrc

6. reboot

7. sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start

8. Test with irw

9. sudo irexec (can be started at boot as a daemon with the --daemon option)

Thanks!

[Spin Doctor]

Cool you got it to work!!

[dummy_drop]

Eureka! now the remote control works!

How-to use the Creative Rm-1500 remote control with sound blaster live! external USB on ubuntu 6.10 Edgy.

1. Install Lirc:
sudo apt-get install lirc

2. Modify /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
LIRCD_ARGS="-d hw:External"
DRIVER="alsa_usb"

4. Edit /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
copied from a section of this file:
http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/creative/lircd.conf.alsa_usb

5. Edit the file ~/.lircrc

6. reboot

7. sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start

8. Test with irw

9. sudo irexec (can be started at boot as a daemon with the --daemon option)

Thanks!

I'm trying to get the remote control to work with my sound blaster live external and feisty.
Is there a more detailed set of instructions?

This is what I have for hardware.conf
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
# Arguments which will be used when launching lircd
LIRCD_ARGS="-d hw:External"

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD=false

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES=true

# Run "lircd --driver=help" for a list of supported drivers.
DRIVER="alsa_usb"
# If DEVICE is set to /dev/lirc and devfs is in use /dev/lirc/0 will be
# automatically used instead
DEVICE=""
MODULES=""

# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCD_CONF=""
LIRCMD_CONF=""


lircd.conf is as follows
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.0(userspace) on Sun Aug 13 19:42:12 2006
#
# contributed by
#
# brand: Creative
# model no. of remote control:
# devices being controlled by this remote: Sound Blaster Live! External USB
#

begin remote

name Creative_SBL
bits 8
eps 30
aeps 100

one 0 0
zero 0 0
gap 315937
toggle_bit 0


begin codes
touche1 0x74
touche2 0x70
touche3 0x6F
touche4 0x75
touche5 0x7B
touche6 0x87
touche7 0x76
touche8 0x7C
touche9 0x88
touche0 0x7F
CMSS 0x8E
EAX 0x73
vol- 0x9C
vol+ 0x9D
up 0x84
down 0x72
left 0x78
right 0x8A
ok 0x7E
return 0x71
start 0x77
cancel 0x83
record 0x8C
options 0x7D
display 0x89
previous 0x80
playpause 0x86
next 0x85
slow 0x82
stop 0x7A
step 0x81
end codes

end remote

I wasn't sure what to put into the .lircrc file so I left it blank.

When I try /etc/init.d/lirc start, I get

##################################################
## LIRC IS NOT CONFIGURED ##
## ##
## read /usr/share/doc/lirc/html/configure.html ##
##################################################

Any ideas?