iMon Pad remote & Mythbuntu 8.94

[eti.que]

Hello board !

I've got a Silverstone ML02 case, which comes with a iMon Pad + LCD set. I smoothly installed Mythbuntu 8.04 (+ latest 8.04.1 updates), which recognised pretty much everything (MoBo, 780G) except maybe the LCD display.

Concerning the remote, it works ok. Well, sort of actually. Mouse movements, clicks, enter & escape actions work fine, out of the box.

Though, as soon as I press another button, like volume control, DVD, etc. (basically everything that is not around the Pad), I just lose the remote and I have to reboot to get it back.

Also, when running the frontend from Mythtv... Well, I cannot figure out how to use the remote with it. I enabled the mouse pointer, and ended up clicking on menu items, but I don't think this is the way it is intended to be used, right ?

I tried the installation procedure from codeka.com, I managed to follow it to the end, but it didn't help much: the remote was just undetected, and I'm not exactly fit with Linux...

To put it in a nutshell:
1. How can I get all the button to work without crashing the remote?
2. How can I set up mythtv &/or the remote to work together?

I'd gladly take any hint... Thanks in advance !
Etienne

[Trollslayer]

Using the Mythbuntu control centre, select the IR remote (again if needed) and check "Generate dynamic button mappings" then click 'Apply'.
That should generate the basic mappings.

[Aisknab]

I have the exact same problem. I have tried to install lirc 0.8.3 final as per http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=814294&highlight=imon but the problem still exists.

I have found that lirc dies when I try to connect to it via irw. I am pretty sure thats because I don't have a /dev/lirc or /dev/lirc0 (I do have a /dev/lircd).

I have also found that if I cat /dev/usb/hiddev0 the pad can control the mouse again, and when I press buttons stuff comes up on the screen. Also everything doesn't die when I press the other buttons such as the volume buttons.

I have seen a few posts now with similar probems, has anyone found a solution?

[rstuart]

I have a similar problem, although I seem to have progressed a little further. I followed the instructions at http://mythtvblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/getting-imon-0038-lcd-working-with-lirc.html (some comentary on what I had to do at http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2008-August/231659.html) and got a successfully working remote. By that I mean when I start up irw I can see all the key presses. However, I can't get the remote to do anything in Mythbuntu 8.04. Some background information:

To start lirc I first need to execute
sudo /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc1.pid --output=/dev/lircd --connect=localhost 8765
sudo /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc0.pid --listen=8765

followed by

sudo /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc1.pid --output=/dev/lircd --connect=localhost 8765

When I do, I get the following output from irw when I press the pad buttons (snipet of course):

0100800000000000 00 Up imon_pad
0100007f00000000 00 Right imon_pad
0100007f00000000 01 Right imon_pad
0100007f00000000 02 Right imon_pad
01007f0000000000 00 Down imon_pad
01007f0000000000 01 Down imon_pad
0100008000000000 00 Left imon_pad
0100008000000000 01 Left imon_pad
0100008000000000 02 Left imon_pad

which is all good. My problem is getting these button presses into mythtv. To generate my ~.lirc/mythtv, i told mythubuntu I had a iMon/LCD. I then went and changed each occurance of

remote = iMON-PAD

to

remote = imon_pad

to arrive at the following file.....


# LIRCRC Auto Generated by Mythbuntu Lirc Generator
# Author(s): Mario Limonciello, Nick Fox
# Created for use with Mythbuntu
begin
remote = imon_pad
prog = mythtv
button = 7
config = 7
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

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

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

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

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

begin
remote = imon_pad
prog = mythtv
button = 0
config = 0
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

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

begin
remote = imon_pad
prog = mythtv
button = Menu
config = M
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

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

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

begin
remote = imon_pad
prog = mythtv
button = Ch-
config = Down
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

begin
remote = imon_pad
prog = mythtv
button = Ch+
config = Up
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

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

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

begin
remote = imon_pad
prog = mythtv
button = Vol-
config = [
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

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

begin
remote = imon_pad
prog = mythtv
button = Vol+
config = ]
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


I then disable the remote in the mythbuntu control center and start it up with the two commands above. Despite irw seeing the button presses, mythtv doesn't respond to the button presses.

Does anyone know how I might proceed from here?

[dsouth]

I have a similar problem, although I seem to have progressed a little further.

...

I then disable the remote in the mythbuntu control center and start it up with the two commands above. Despite irw seeing the button presses, mythtv doesn't respond to the button presses.

Does anyone know how I might proceed from here?

I've ended up at the same spot, though through a different route. I just used lirc 0.8.4 and with that irw reports button presses, but mythtv doesn't know about the button presses. I'm not happy that I've had to remove mythbuntu-control-centre in order to remove lirc so that I could then install by hand lirc 0.8.4. And mainly unhappy because the remote doesn't work and I can't get anywhere with the lcd as well...

[fastie81]

hi guys

Ok I am where you guys are with this remote and lcd.
I can say that I got the remote working in mythbuntu and I am now on the brink to get the lcd work to.
I am planing to get a wiki up at some point to say what I did.
I have a Silverstone case with the imon_pad remote and lcd.
Can you guys let me know what version of mythbuntu you are running?
Chris

[rstuart]

I ended up getting the remote working but haven't tried the LCD just yet. I am currently running 8.04 but plan to update to 8.10 in the near future.

You should create your wiki page at the MythTV wiki.

[Freddan101]

hi guys

Ok I am where you guys are with this remote and lcd.
I can say that I got the remote working in mythbuntu and I am now on the brink to get the lcd work to.
I am planing to get a wiki up at some point to say what I did.
I have a Silverstone case with the imon_pad remote and lcd.
Can you guys let me know what version of mythbuntu you are running?
Chris
I would appreciate a lot if you could describe what you had to do to get remote and lcd working. After a long fight on 7.10 I gave up and used the keyboard instead. Now on 8.10 I still have the same problem, hoped it would magically work by itself this time... :(

[fatmonk]

hi guys

Ok I am where you guys are with this remote and lcd.
I can say that I got the remote working in mythbuntu and I am now on the brink to get the lcd work to.
I am planing to get a wiki up at some point to say what I did.
I have a Silverstone case with the imon_pad remote and lcd.
Can you guys let me know what version of mythbuntu you are running?
Chris

Now running 8.10 Intrepid.

After a long night on IRC and getting nowhere (looks like it got you further than me, fastie) I went for a clean install of 8.10 rather than persevere with 8.04.

That's brought its own problems, but am tryting to work through those.

For info...

#lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 15c2:0038 SoundGraph Inc.

# /etc/init.d/lirc restart
* Stopping remote control daemon(s): LIRC [ OK ]
* Loading LIRC modules [ OK ]
* Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC [ OK ]

# ls -l /dev/lirc*
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2008-11-08 22:47 /dev/lircd

Looking forward to seeing a wiki entry that works!

-FM

[pwy]

To get the LCD display on the Silverstone case to work do the following:

Install lcdproc
sudo apt-get install lcdproc

Edit the file /etc/LCDd.conf and change the driver to imon
(Search for "Driver=curses" and change to "Driver=imon")

Restart the LCDd with
sudo /etc/init.d/LCDd restart

Now the display works and if you enable it in mythtv you will get some info displayed when you start mythfrontend.

Hope that helps....
Peter

[Eldis]

Anyone got the kind navigation keys to work. My remote that came with the silverstone box (very old maybe LC02 or LC01) has the kind of mouse/keyboard emulation thing going on. I got some of the buttons working but can't use the center up down left right navigation thing to work. Any tips ?

EDIT: I might have found my problem, I think I installed the wrong imon remote and keymappings. I'll try them all out and maybe the imon pad will be the right one.