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

On 23/03/17 08:51 AM, Alec Leamas wrote:
>
> 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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Sorry, stupid question.  I have added the debug log level.  Where are 
the logs stored?
They are not in var/log

Fedora 25 lirc 0.9.4c

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