Remote

[uncle hammy]

I am thinking I am going ot have to get a new remote, but wanted to ask first.

I purchased an "MCE Remote" on ebay, and when it arrived, I realized it was a cheap knockoff. I can't even tell you who makes it, but the model number is apparently SRC-0149.

I set up the remote control via the Myth Control Center, and selected Media Center New remote. However, the only keys that seem to work are the arrow keys and the number keys.

When going to Edit Keys setup, and trying to enter bindings, it seems that almost all the buttons are recognized as ctrl+alt+"square" or alt+"square". "square" is actually that, it's just a symbol that pops up. Saving the bindings and viewing them reveals that is saved as ctrl+alt+? or alt+?.

Is there a way to try to work with this, or should I just pick up a new remote?

[uncle hammy]

I take part of that back....

here's the exact remote i was shipped....

http://www.win-star.com/product/productshow.php?RootCAT=R07&CatID=116&ID=382

[stdPikachu]

Hmm, squares and question marks typically mean that the font the app/terminal is using doesn't have a symbol for that character.

What happens when you run `irw` in a terminal and mash the keys a bit?

[uncle hammy]

What happens when you run `irw` in a terminal and mash the keys a bit?
I get a "connection refused" error when trying to run irw. I purchased an actual Microsoft 1039 remote, so I think this may end up being moot. From what I read at mythtv.org, these remotes seem to be fully supported?

[stdPikachu]

I got a connection refused when I first tried LIRC, which was why I reconfigured my LIRC to use the dev/input drivers (see sig), although I have no idea if the MCE remotes work with it. COnnection refused usually means LIRC isn't running, or that there's a misconfiguration somewhere that stops it from working.

Can you post your /etc/lirc/lircd.conf and hardware.conf?

You can check it LIRC is running by doing `ps aux | grep lirc | grep -v grep` - if any lines are returned then LIRC is running OK.

[uncle hammy]

The new remote should be in tomorrow. I have read people having a lot of issues with the knock off I have, even with Media Center....and it's supposed to be a Media Center remote.

If I have any problems with the new remote, I will post them in this thread.

Could you tell me, what exactly does the "Create Dynamic Button Mappings" option in the remote page of the Myth Control Center do?

[uncle hammy]

OK, the new remote arrived, and it is working MUCH better than the other. Overall, it is acceptable, but I have about 7 buttons (Back, LiveTV, RecordedTV, DVDMenu, Clear, Star, Hash) not functioning.

If I go to the "Edit Keys" menu, and try to bind a command to any of these keys, nothing registers at the "awaiting key input" prompt.

irw is now working, and if I go there, all these keys register just fine when I mash them, displaying the proper button title, and input frequency. Here's my /etc/lirc/lircd.conf file. All the frequencies in here, seem to match up correctly to what was displayed in irw, though displayed differently. For example, in irw, Back was 000000037ff07bdc as opposed to 0x00007bdc in lircd.conf. All buttons in irw started with 000000037ff07 and only the last three characters differed.

Here's my lircd.conf file

########
#
# RC-6 config file
#
# source: http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/projects__remote_control.htm
# http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/pronto.pdf
#
# used by: Philips
#
#########
#
# Philips Media Center Edition remote control
# For use with the USB MCE ir receiver
#
# Dan Conti dconti|acm.wwu.edu
#
# Radio, Print are only available on the HP Media Center remote control
#
#########
#
# Edited 24th May 2006 by pepsi_max2k (inaudible.co.uk)
#
# Updated button names & formatting
# for use with Hauppauge 1300 MCE Kit remote (RC 6 ir).
#
#########


begin remote

name mceusb
bits 16
flags RC6|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100

header 2667 889
one 444 444
zero 444 444
pre_data_bits 21
pre_data 0x37FF0
gap 105000
toggle_bit 22
rc6_mask 0x100000000


begin codes

Power 0x00007bf3 # no e2,e3
MyTV 0x00007bb9 # starts at af
MyMusic 0x00007bb8 # starts at af
MyPictures 0x00007bb6 # starts at af
MyVideos 0x00007bb5 # starts at af
Record 0x00007be8 # no e2,e3
Stop 0x00007be6 # no e2,e3
Pause 0x00007be7 # no e2,e3
Play 0x00007be9 # no e2,e3
Rewind 0x00007bea # no e2,e3
Forward 0x00007beb # no e2,e3
Replay 0x00007be4 # no e2,e3
Skip 0x00007be5 # no e2,e3
More 0x00007bf0 # no e2,e3
Back 0x00007bdc # no ba - d8
Left 0x00007bdf # no ba - d8
Right 0x00007bde # no ba - d8
Up 0x00007be1 # no ba - d8
Down 0x00007be0 # no ba - d8
OK 0x00007bdd # no ba - d8
VolUp 0x00007bef # no e2,e3
VolDown 0x00007bee # no e2,e3
ChanUp 0x00007bed # no e2,e3
ChanDown 0x00007bec # no e2,e3
Home 0x00007bf2 # no e2,e3
Mute 0x00007bf1 # no e2,e3
RecordedTV 0x00007bb7 # starts at af
Guide 0x00007bd9 # no ba - d8
LiveTV 0x00007bda # no ba - d8
DVDMenu 0x00007bdb # no ba - d8
One 0x00007bfe # no e2,e3
Two 0x00007bfd # no e2,e3
Three 0x00007bfc # no e2,e3
Four 0x00007bfb # no e2,e3
Five 0x00007bfa # no e2,e3
Six 0x00007bf9 # no e2,e3
Seven 0x00007bf8 # no e2,e3
Eight 0x00007bf7 # no e2,e3
Nine 0x00007bf6 # no e2,e3
Zero 0x00007bff # no e2,e3
Star 0x00007be2 # no e2,e3
Hash 0x00007be3 # no e2,e3
Clear 0x00007bf5 # no e2,e3
Enter 0x00007bf4 # no e2,e3
Red 0x00007ba4 # no e2,e3
Green 0x00007ba3 # no e2,e3
Yellow 0x00007ba2 # no e2,e3
Blue 0x00007ba1 # no e2,e3
Teletext 0x00007ba5 # no e2,e3

#Following are unused with Hauppauge MCE remote.

Radio 0x00007baf # starts at af
Print 0x00007bb1 # starts at af

end codes

end remote

I noticed in /home/myuser/.lircrc and noticed that there were no entries for any of these buttons. So I tried adding the following line to test ( I also added to /home/mythtv/.lircrc, just to be sure)...


begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Back
config = Escape
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end


Based on the rest of the file, as far as I can tell, this should have worked, but no luck. All the other button mappings in the file worked exactly as described. Here's my .lircrc file



begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Seven
config = 7
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Right
config = Right
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Mute
config = |
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Skip
config = Z
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = One
config = 1
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Down
config = Down
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Zero
config = 0
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Replay
config = Q
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Home
config = M
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Pause
config = P
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Six
config = 6
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Two
config = 2
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = ChanDown
config = Down
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = ChanUp
config = Up
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Rewind
config = <
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Forward
config = >
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Play
config = P
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = VolDown
config = [
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Stop
config = Escape
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = VolUp
config = ]
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Five
config = 5
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = More
config = I
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Four
config = 4
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = OK
config = Return
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Up
config = Up
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Record
config = R
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Nine
config = 9
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Three
config = 3
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Enter
config = Enter
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Eight
config = 8
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Guide
config = S
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = mceusb
prog = mythtv
button = Left
config = Left
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end


Any suggestions?

[uncle hammy]

OK, one last thing to add to this. I have 2 .lircrc files...

one is ~/myuser/.lircrc
one is ~/mythtv/.lircrc (no . everywhere online I search for remote helo, I see people mentioning ~/.mythtv)

which on of these is the actual one that is used? In the myth control center, I have set up to auto log into mythtv using "myuser". I downloaded the .lircrc file from the mce remote wiki page, but I put it in ~/myuser, not ~/mythtv, perhaps that'smy issue?

[newlinux]

OK, one last thing to add to this. I have 2 .lircrc files...

one is ~/myuser/.lircrc
one is ~/mythtv/.lircrc (no . everywhere online I search for remote helo, I see people mentioning ~/.mythtv)

which on of these is the actual one that is used? In the myth control center, I have set up to auto log into mythtv using "myuser". I downloaded the .lircrc file from the mce remote wiki page, but I put it in ~/myuser, not ~/mythtv, perhaps that'smy issue?

MythTV's lircrc file needs to be in .mythtv directory of the user that you run mythfrontend as. If you run mythtv as "myuser" you need to have a file:

/home/myuser/.mythtv/lircrc Most other programs (mplayer, vlc, etc.) will look for an lircrc configuration file at /home/myuser/.lircrc So what some people do is link the two.

If I am reading your post correctly, you should put the file in /home/myuser/.mythtv/lircrc (ie ~myuser/.mythtv/lircrc). If I am reading it incorrectly and you run mythfrontend as the mythtv user replace myuser with mythtv.

[uncle hammy]

Seriously, I could kiss you :)