lhommemagique
March 12th, 2008, 05:04 AM
I would like to add to the documentation another remote that requires extra work once mythbuntu is installed, namely the the remote that comes with the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 external tv card.
There are four versions of this device. The first two versions do have a remote but do not have an IR-Blaster, the third is the so called Media Center Kit and also does not have an IR-Blaster, also it does not have a Hauppauge IR remote an instead is shipped with a Windows Media Center remote control and a separate IR pod. The fourth version has both an IR-Blaster and a Hauppauge IR remote.
The remotes to the first two versions should work out of box by selecting the Hauppauge Tv Card option, similarly the third version should work if Windows Media Center Remotes (new version Philips et al.) is selected. It is the fourth version that requires extra work once mythbuntu is installed.
When using the fourth version one will need to select the Hauppauge Tv Card option but two IR devices will present themselves to LIRC and it will defult to the first one /dev/lirc0 (or /dev/lirc/0) but this one is either bogus or perhaps for the IR-Blaster the real one is /dev/lirc1 (or /dev/lirc/1). So you will need to tell LIRC to use that one instead. You can do this by disabling the first one, or by passing "-d /dev/lirc1" when you start LIRC.
The easiest way I have found to do this is to edit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
$ sudo nano /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
and add the line
LIRCD_ARGS="--device=/dev/lirc1"
save and exit then restart LIRC and run irw to test
$ sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart
$ irw
you should see output that is the same as Hauppauge PVR-350 remotes.
From here everything should work fine.
There are four versions of this device. The first two versions do have a remote but do not have an IR-Blaster, the third is the so called Media Center Kit and also does not have an IR-Blaster, also it does not have a Hauppauge IR remote an instead is shipped with a Windows Media Center remote control and a separate IR pod. The fourth version has both an IR-Blaster and a Hauppauge IR remote.
The remotes to the first two versions should work out of box by selecting the Hauppauge Tv Card option, similarly the third version should work if Windows Media Center Remotes (new version Philips et al.) is selected. It is the fourth version that requires extra work once mythbuntu is installed.
When using the fourth version one will need to select the Hauppauge Tv Card option but two IR devices will present themselves to LIRC and it will defult to the first one /dev/lirc0 (or /dev/lirc/0) but this one is either bogus or perhaps for the IR-Blaster the real one is /dev/lirc1 (or /dev/lirc/1). So you will need to tell LIRC to use that one instead. You can do this by disabling the first one, or by passing "-d /dev/lirc1" when you start LIRC.
The easiest way I have found to do this is to edit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
$ sudo nano /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
and add the line
LIRCD_ARGS="--device=/dev/lirc1"
save and exit then restart LIRC and run irw to test
$ sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart
$ irw
you should see output that is the same as Hauppauge PVR-350 remotes.
From here everything should work fine.