Re: LIRC on Mac via MacPorts - no /dev/lirc0

Thank you Alec & Bengt. I had discovered through some searching that IrToy
was the right driver to use for IrDroid, but thanks for that info.

How can I identify which device node that the IrDroid is using or assigned
to? I tried finding a solution for this but couldn't, so sorry if that's a
super-basic question. System Info reports the "Location ID" of the device
as 0x14140000 / 11 but I'm not sure if that helps. Would it mean it is
using /dev/tty.usbmodem00000011 and /dev/cu.usbmodem00000011 ??

Does the device node need to be updated into the lirc_options.conf file?  I
know it can be specified at the command line.

Thanks for your help! :)

--Joe

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 1:04 AM Bengt Martensson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 2019-09-23 08:26, Alec Leamas wrote:
> >
> > On 23/09/2019 02:46, Joe Dugandzic wrote:
> >> So I have LIRC 0.9.4d installed on macOS Sierra via MacPorts, and the
> >> install ran w/o any issues or errors.
> >>
> >> My goals are just to record a couple of button presses from a remote
> >> and then send them out (automating the send via my smart home server).
> >>
> >> Anyways, I haven't done anything to the default config, and when I try
> >> to fire up irrecord (with the appropriate params so it won't
> >> complain)...it says that /dev/lirc0 doesn't exist and thus can't run.
> >>
> >> After running through a lot of the forums, I can't seem to find an
> >> answer to this. I tried a reboot, but that didn't help. My Mac does
> >> successfully see the device ( IRDroid USB from
> >> https://www.irdroid.com/irdroid-usb-ir-transceiver/ ) and I can get
> >> the details in System Info, but without /dev/lirc0 being established,
> >> I seem to be stuck.
> >>
> >> While I know my way around "UNIX" relatively ok and I used to be an
> >> app developer, I'm just kind of lost here on what steps to take to
> >> debug this. I have not yet setup LIRC to run at system startup...is
> >> that something I'm missing here? (Doubtful) I've seen other posts
> >> where LIRC has to be stopped so that it will free up the port for
> >> irrecord, etc. Anyways, it just seems like something else has to be
> >> run or config'd to get the port to show up.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help!
> >>
> >>
> >
> > The /dev/lirc0 device is by no means necessary, you could use any device
> > actually connected to your irdroid. However, this also means that you
> > cannot use the default driver, which is just a thin layer on top of the
> > linux kernel.
> >
> > You have the complete docs at
> > http://lirc.org/html/configuration-guide.html, although being on mac is
> > a special situation. Basically, the first steps are to identify the
> > device and driver to use.
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > --alec
> >
> >
>
> Let me add to Alec's answer:
> The IrDroid is a stripped down IrToy for a beefed up price, which I have
> previously explained on this list. You use it with the IrToy driver,
> which is described here: http://lirc.org/html/irtoy.html. It uses (on
> mac) a device node like /dev/tty.usbmodem00000001 and
> /dev/cu.usbmodem00000001. It does not use /dev/lirc.
>
> Let me suggest that you use IrScrutinizer instead of irrecord to capture
> your signals. It supports IrToy/irdroid directly, both for capturing and
> sending, and can generate your lircd.conf directly.
>
> Greetz,
>
> Bengt
>
>