Got SoundGraph IMon LCD/IR working on Mythbuntu 10.10

[wdu010]

Thank you for the fast reply. The problem is that Channel up/down, Volume up/down, and the arrow keys do not respond in IRW. All other keys do respond. This is the strange part... How can I get these keys to respond in IRW?

[macid]

Sorry, i've got no time now. Superb weather outside. Will answer later, at the afternoon.

[wdu010]

Sorry, i've got no time now. Superb weather outside. Will answer later, at the afternoon.

Ok! No problem. I am very glad that you will help would be great to finally get it working.

[macid]

So, back again. Please post your configuration files here, and the output of:

lshal

and

lsusb

and of corse

irw

don't be afraid, lshal put much contet out, look for the entry like this:

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_15c2_38_noserial_if0_logicaldev_input'
  info.addons.singleton = {'hald-addon-input'} (string list)
  info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.keys', 'input.mouse', 'button'} (string list)
  info.category = 'input'  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_15c2_38_noserial_if0'  (string)
  info.product = 'iMON Remote (15c2:0038)'  (string)
  info.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_15c2_38_noserial_if0_logicaldev_input'  (string)
  input.device = '/dev/input/event4'  (string)
  input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_15c2_38_noserial_if0'  (string)
  input.product = 'iMON Remote (15c2:0038)'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event4'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb5/5-3/5-3:1.0/rc/rc0/input4/event4'  (string)

[wdu010]

Hi macid,

I was just doing irw again, and now it seems everything is working... I really do not understand why, because I followed your tutorial this morning, and it workd for 80%. Now (after reboot maybe?) it works 100%. Thank you for your time and help. This topic will go into the favorites for my next reinstall!!

[macid]

Yes, the magic of reboot ;o) Yes, we in germany often say: AEG
This means "Ausschalten, Einschalten, Gut" (Turn off, Turn on, good).

I am glad, that anyone can use my information about lirc and imon, because i spendet much time in investigation.

God night from germany.

[redtop99]

Hi,

you can configure lirc with dpkg-reconfigure lirc.

But dont select the Soundgraph Driver. You must select
" Linux input layer (/dev/input/eventX) "

and at the next step select the event.


My Light system works well with 9.04 but after upgrade to 10.10 and the new imon driver
i got allways no output with irw to my second remote control.

irrecord isnt working to. The Problem i find out it the new driver it uses the imon in an other way than before.

In the old 9.04 it was used as Infrared device and now it, like you wrote, an complet peace of Hardware what give the Keycode to the Kernel.

You can only switch between soundgraph and MCE mode in the moment.

Blacklist the imon driver and use the lirc driver isnt working too.

Stefan

[macid]

Hi,

you can configure lirc with dpkg-reconfigure lirc.

But dont select the Soundgraph Driver. You must select
" Linux input layer (/dev/input/eventX) "

and at the next step select the event.


My Light system works well with 9.04 but after upgrade to 10.10 and the new imon driver
i got allways no output with irw to my second remote control.

irrecord isnt working to. The Problem i find out it the new driver it uses the imon in an other way than before.

In the old 9.04 it was used as Infrared device and now it, like you wrote, an complet peace of Hardware what give the Keycode to the Kernel.

You can only switch between soundgraph and MCE mode in the moment.

Blacklist the imon driver and use the lirc driver isnt working too.

Stefan

Hello Stefan,

i will try this, with dpkg-reconfigure. I always searched for "devinput", not for Linux-Input-Layer.
Your Problem: Blacklisting from HAL, to stop loading the IMON-Kernel-Driver would be my next suggestion. Bad luck.

Sorry, I have absolutley no ideas for now. Play arround, drink some beer, and have some luck ;o)

[macid]

UPDATE:
Yesterday I just set up my whole system completly new. I so I tested the hint from "redtop99".
And yes, it works.

apt-get install lirc

and the only select the "Linux Input Layer" from the Driver List! How easy it could be, damn.

ok, you have to select the right Input-Device, but you can get it, with the following command:

ls -l /dev/input/by-path/

select the one, that is linked to your given input-device. Mine is the event4, because the "event-mouse" also linked to the event4.

the only thing, that is not ok, is, that my remote sended double-signals.
I added following to /etc/lirc/hardware.conf:

REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev"

and used the /home/<username>/.mythtv/lircrc, as I posted in my first post.

It works fine.

[turkosbon]

Hello, i have ubuntu 10.10 with xbmc, configure my soundgraph imon with "Linux Input Layer". My imon work, but the poweroff doesn't work and i try "irw" but don't show code of keys press into imon.