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Author:  lhassell [ Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:15 pm ]
Post subject:  IMon LCD IR receiver and MCE remote
I have the LCD display working (Yay!) and it is cool. I want to get my remote working with the receiver in the case, but have thus far not succeeded. I have 2 remotes to choose from:

1. The MCE remote that came with my Hauppage 150 PVR.

2. A Harmony 550 remote. (Preferred)

I've tried irrecord, but the codes I get back don't look right (far too short), and they don't work when I load the resulting lircd.conf file. I've tried various lircd.conf files from others, but have yet to find one that responds. Has anyone gotten this receiver to work with their remote? Can you provide the files? If so, I can probably program the harmony to emulate whatever remote I need to.

Anybody got an idea?

Thanks
Leif
Author:  TVBox [ Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:48 am ]
Post subject: 
Harmony 550 dos not have it's own IR protocol it only mimics some other hardware that dos have a IR protocol. If you actually have a MCE USB receiver plug it in and run
Code:
cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

and post your information about your receiver device.
Mine looks like this below, yours can differ depending on hardware.
Code:
T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=16 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0471 ProdID=0815 Rev= 0.00
S:  Manufacturer=Philips
S:  Product=eHome Infrared Transceiver
S:  SerialNumber=PH00FhAN
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=lirc_mod_mce
E:  Ad=01(O) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  16 Ivl=1ms
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  16 Ivl=1ms

don't post all of it, just this section that talks about the remote.

Run
Code:
lsmod

don't post all of it, just this section that talks about "lirc_dev"
mine looks like
Code:
lirc_dev               16388  1 lirc_mod_mce
Author:  lhassell [ Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:07 pm ]
Post subject: 
Sorry if I was unclear before. I have gotten the remote to work in the past with the usb receiver that it came with (SMK eHome), but since this case has a built-in ir receiver, I was trying to get it working. I have got the interface running enough to use "mode2 -d /dev/lirc0", which does show the remote button activity, but I can't find a lircd.conf that will work, and when I used irrecord to try to create one, the file it produced did not function.

However, for the record, here is the info I have:

cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
Code:
T:  Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  4 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=15c2 ProdID=ffdc Rev= 0.00
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=lirc_imon
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms


lsmod

Code:
lirc_imon              19332  2
lirc_dev               16644  1 lirc_imon
Author:  jigawho [ Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:17 pm ]
Post subject: 
I could be completely wrong on this, but I seem to remember that imon uses a non-standard protocol for their remotes that generally isn't compatible with universal remotes. I believe it was because they needed less latency in order to implement their mouse pad feature (and who uses that anyway?). This is all based on research I did about two years ago and could be seriously outdated. And of course please post if you find a way to make it work.
Author:  TVBox [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:48 pm ]
Post subject: 
Thanks jigawho for the info. I hate it when these companies go all proprietary.

lhassell
I am going to assume that you will be using the MCE remote.
PM me with your email address and I will send you three updated files.

1. Update MCE Files: Install all three of these in " /usr/local/share/knoppmyth/remotes/MCEUSB-new " if it asks overwrite the existing files, over write.

2. Disable Imon Remote: Rename /lib/modules/2.6.18-chw-13/misc/lirc_imon.ko to /lib/modules/2.6.18-chw-13/misc/lirc_imon.ko.disable and run
Code:
update-modules

3. Unplug the MCE receiver

4. Setup MCE remote: Open a xterm window "Alt-x" and run
Code:
/usr/local/bin/lirc-reconfig.sh

Choose remote MCEUSB-new

5. Plugin the MCE receiver and reboot if the remote dos not work.

6. Run and post back the same information you did in your previous post.

As for the Harmony 550 remote run your Online Wizard and install the Media Center 2005 Remote. Post back when you have this working. I would like you to run IRW to see if has any other commands that are not mapped for MCEUSB2 remote so I can update the files. I also want your opinion on this remote.

Post back if it is working or not.
TVBox
Author:  lhassell [ Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:26 pm ]
Post subject: 
OK... I'll PM you.

BTW, I'd like to keep the LCD functionality and the Volume Knob, which are both tied to the lirc_imon module. Is there a way to do this in knoppmyth? I found a description of how to do it here:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Vo ... tec_Fusion

but the files are set up differently on knoppmyth, and I have yet to figure out how to replicate this setup with my system. Any ideas?
Author:  TVBox [ Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:42 pm ]
Post subject: 
Ok
Quote:
PM me with your email address and I will send you three updated files.

I didn't see any email address

TVBox
Author:  larrybpsu [ Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:35 pm ]
Post subject: 
As for the volume knob....

My frontend system is using a GMC AVC-S7 case, and it has an embedded cursor pad on the system connected to the iMON receiver.

What I did was stop lircd on the system by opening a shell (alt-x), su to root, then /etc/init.d/lircd stop.

After that, issue 'mode2 -d /dev/lircd0' and then use the volume knob to see what codes it uses for up and down.

Take those codes and add them to your /etc/lircd/lircd.conf file.

You'll need to add keyboard linkages to the /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc file, too.

After you edit all the files...just reboot to reactivate the new codes.

Hopefully this all makes sense! ;)
Author:  lhassell [ Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:35 pm ]
Post subject: 
TVBox

Yeah, it works. I'd still like to find a way to enable the LCD, if you have any ideas.

BTW, irw didn't seem to give any other codes than what you had.

Thanks for your help.
Author:  TVBox [ Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:47 pm ]
Post subject: 
You run IRW with the Harmony remote right?

Do you have a remote for the Imon hardware? if you do have a remote why are you using the MCE remote?
Dos the Imon hardware quit functioning when the lirc_imon id disabled? what part still works / what dos not work.
Is the VFD lite ,or darkened

What Manufacturer / model computer case do you have.
have you checked the web site for the Harmony 550 remote to see if it supports the imon remotes

TVBox
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