Re: lirc - Send doesn't work e.g. ir-ctl -stv.ir

Sean Young <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:22:34 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.lirc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 09:29:35AM +0200, Mariusz Ferdyn wrote:
> So ir-ctl is shipped out of the box? I thought it is LIRC, so in that case
> what section is needed only https://github.com/MariuszFerdyn/AirConditionIoTCentral/blob/main/02-InfraRedReceiver/01-InstallLIRC.sh
> (You can always contribute).

ir-ctl is part of v4l-utils, not lirc. I think Raspberry Pi OS installs that
by default. Installing lirc isn't going to help.

Looks like we have a bug for gpio-ir-tx on RPi 1. I think the problem is that
the current loop for generating the signal is too slow, so that the result
is just garbage. 


Sean