Re: [mythtv-users] MCEUSB transmit not working. Same codes send as receive. Hardware working fine.

On 23/03/17 15:17, Mark wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am really close to getting this.  Just need some help to finish this
> up please.
>
> A short description of what I am trying to do. I just need to change
> channels in MythTV on a new device.
>
> Essentially, I am transmitting, but nothing is working and codes are not
> activating device.

You are cross-posting to both lirc-list and mythtv-devel. Cross-posting 
in on of those things which from time to time creates a mess...

>
> To do this, I have:
>
> I have an IPTV box called a technicolor IPV5050 ( same codes as Cisco
> IPN330HD ) that there are no known codes for.  So I used IRRecord to
> build a config from the remote that came with the IPV5050.
>
> The receive portion of this works perfectly.  As the codes that are
> setup to receive are also the same ones that I want to send, I am
> thinking I should only have one device config.
>
> When I try to irsend, the command ( irsend SEND_ONCE mce KEY_OK ) is
> accepted fine, and I can see the pulse on a camera coming out, but no
> action on the IPTV box, or with another box listening with IRW. ( I have
> two computer with the same config and receivers set up to test this )
>
> Here are the configs and hardware info.  Any thoughts or advice greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Fedora 25 and lirc 0.9.4C
>
> Hardware is an HP MCEUSB IR Receiver with the plug in transmitter cable
> on the back.  I can see pulses when I try to transmit.
>
> --------------------------
>
> DMESG:
>
>
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/rc/rc0/input25
> [ 1072.466061] rc rc0: Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote
> Transceiver (03ee:2501) as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/rc/rc0
> [ 1072.466249] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (mceusb)
> registered at minor = 0
> [ 1072.621897] mceusb 1-7:1.0: Registered Mitsumi eHome Infrared
> Transceiver with mce emulator interface version 1
> [ 1072.621901] mceusb 1-7:1.0: 2 tx ports (0x1 cabled) and 2 rx sensors
> (0x1 active)

'oK, all looks good. The driver seems to be able to send data

> LIRC config:

>   min_repeat 1
>   suppress_repeat 2

It might as simple as the TV requiring the code to be repeated - it 
seems like the remote repeats each code at least twice 
(suppress_repeat). You can raise min_repeat to repeat each code; see 
lircd.conf(5).


> LIRC OPTIONS file:

> permission = 666   <--- testing only, right? Should be 660

If you still are stuck, please post the lircd logs obtained as described 
in [1]


Cheers!

--alec

[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/lirc/mailman/message/35742509/

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