LIRC guide for FreeBSD

[Joe Auty]

Useful info!

My Hauppauge remote is working fine, it is being picked up by my MVPMC
setup. From there, I need to go from my IR Blaster (the kind you can get
on http://irblaster.info) to my Satellite receiver, which is a Dish
network style box.

I'm not certain whether the remote I'm using is relevant in my case?


Anton Stamenov wrote:
> This is how I start lircd serever
>
> lircd -H pinsys -d /dev/cuad0 -p 644
>
> I compile it with pinsys support (this is my remote), not with irman
> (as in ports).
>
> When started it will create the sockets. lirc need the same stuff as
> in linux, except that not all drivers that are supported under linux
> are ported in freebsd. 
>
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Joe Auty wrote:
>   
>> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tuesday, 13 March 2007 at 23:56:23 -0400, Joe Auty wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Does anybody know of a good resource for setting up my IR Blaster
>>>> within FreeBSD?
>>>>         
>>> Not I.  Are you sure it's supported?  Currently very few remote
>>> controls are.
>>>
>>>       
>> Well, I have no idea about the FreeBSD end of things, but I do have a
>> good lircd.conf for my satellite box. Others have gotten it to work,
>> I've confirmed this. The only thing I'm not sure of is the extent of the
>> FreeBSD support and how FBSD factors into this mix?
>>
>>
>>     
>>>> I think I have a good lircd.conf with information about my remote,
>>>> but I'm sure I'm missing some information about how to get the
>>>> kernel modules I'll need to generate my /dev/lirc0.
>>>>         
>>> Are you sure you need a /dev/lirc0?  I'm running lircd with a DVICO
>>> USB remote control on one of my machines, and there's no /dev/lirc0
>>> there.  If you do need it, you'll probably have to port the kernel
>>> modules.  What kind of interface does it have?
>>>
>>>       
>> I tried using /dev/ttyd0 since it just plugs into a serial port (I
>> bought one of of http://irblaster.info). I can do a:
>>
>> # lircd -n --device=/dev/ttyd0 /usr/local/etc/lircd.conf
>> lircd: lircd(dvico) ready
>>
>> Does this confirm anything of value?
>>
>>
>>     
>>>> Perhaps this might be a better question for a different FreeBSD
>>>> list?  Just thinking about you guys since many seem to know the
>>>> score in getting MythTV setups to work...
>>>>         
>>> The list is probably right.  And I'm making progress with my
>>> "installing MythTV on FreeBSD" documentation at
>>> http://www.lemis.com/grog/HOWTO/mythtv-on-FreeBSD-setup.html This is
>>> still pretty rough about the edges; I'll work on it when I'm sure I
>>> know what I'm doing.
>>>
>>>       
>> Cool! Would you like some suggestions for your guide?
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Greg
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>>>       
>
>   


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