Re: USB-UIRT

Bengt Martensson <[email protected]> Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:47:58 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.lirc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 4/21/21 2:19 AM, Mary Strimel wrote:
 >
 > ...
 > I wish that would make a difference. But:
 >
 > mary@mythbox:~$ sudo mode2
 > [sudo] password for mary:
 > Using driver uirt2_raw on device ttyUSB0
 > Cannot initiate device ttyUSB0
 >
 > also:
 > mary@mythbox:~$ sudo chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0
 > mary@mythbox:~$ sudo mode2
 > Using driver uirt2_raw on device ttyUSB0
 > Cannot initiate device ttyUSB0
 >
 > It seems I am still doing something wrong?
 >
 >
I works for me (even without root; I have a lot of stuff in 
/etc/udev/rules..) Using Fedora 33 with its Lirc,

$ mode2 --version
mode2  0.10.0

$ mode2 --driver=uirt2_raw --device=/dev/ttyUSB0
Using driver uirt2_raw on device /dev/ttyUSB0
Trying device: /dev/ttyUSB0
Using device: /dev/ttyUSB0
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pulse 1800
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pulse 1800
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pulse 1800
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pulse 1800
readdata() failed

(The last line might be a problem, but it is not the problem that is 
bothering you.)

Right now, I cannot say anything simpler than "debug the sources, 
avaiable at Sourceforge". (You did look for interesting stuff in dmesg, 
didn't you?) Possibly someone else can? Sorry.