Re: FW: Cannot install GIRS driver

On 03/10/17 11:32, Chris van Hoven wrote:
> Hey Bengt, I knew it: if I keep asking, you come up with some specific stuff :-)
>
> The Python Script sounds VERY interesting, especially because I might be able to rewrite it into PHP in order to integrate it better in my home automation solution.

One of the reasons for writing it was to demonstrate that there is no 
magic in irsend; it is easy to write that, *independently* of the Lirc 
system. Here is a Java version: 
https://github.com/bengtmartensson/JavaLircClient So by all means make 
your PHP version.


> One question though: does the statement "It does not depend on anything but standard Python libraries." not contradict this statement "The name comes from the fact that the program requsts services from a Lirc server (lircd)."?
> This implies that LIRC still needs to be installed and running correctly, right?

No, I am ready to defend that statement. It is a self-contained program, 
that can run on any platform supporting Python3, regardless of Lirc 
support on *that* platform, using TCP networking as the preferred way of 
communicating. It does not need any of the Lirc sources. Of course, it 
is kind of useless unless you have a Lircd somewhere to talk to...

 > It is a mere replacement for IRSEND

yes

> and does not talk directly to your Arduino solution?!

for that, use a terminal program.

Greetz,

Bengt


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