[tlinux-users:07472] Re: Infrarred and remote control
Bradley Whittington <[email protected]>
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You should try getting irda going, it is a bit more flexible, and gave me some clues. unfortunately lirc is completely broken in ubuntu:breezy, so i only got as far as reading the raw signals from the tty with ircapture (or something like that) a wide range of support On Wed 2005-11-23 (14:49), Manuel Lpez-Ibez wrote: > Thanks for your mail. Actually I don't need to see the signals from the > remote. I can test the remote with the tv and it works. Moreover, some > nice people have made a database of almost all existing remotes [1] and > the one I have is there with all the info about which signal is > generated by each button. > > My problem is that the laptop IR port (the receiver) doesn't show any > activity. As I explained in the first mail, I've tried several kernel > modules without noticeable success. Perhaps the modules are ok but there > is something else to be done. I simply don't know. > > Anyway, thanks for your mail. And please tell me if you have any other > suggestion or comment. > > Cheers, > > Manuel. > > > [1] http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/ > > > Johnson, Ken (TCMC) wrote: > >Although I don't have any experience or advice to offer I do believe what > >you are asking about is possible. After all people have made their Palm > >Pilot into a universal remote and the laptop is made to send and receive IR > >signals. I don't think there is any "magic" to this, you're just looking > >for what needs to be configured for the applications to connect to the IR > >or > >serial ports. > > > >I can offer this - some video cameras pick up the IR spectrum and when > >hooked to a TV it will let you SEE the IR signals (flashes) from the > >remote. > >This may help you determine the signals you are trying to associate with > >xmms commands and such. > > > >Please keep us informed of any progress you make with this. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Manuel López-Ibáñez [mailto:[email protected]] > >Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:13 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [tlinux-users:07469] Re: Infrarred and remote control > > > >You got it! > > > >I noticed that some Linux applications (xmms, mplayer, amarok) have > >plugins for infrared remote control. And there is a infrared port in my > >Toshiba laptop. So, can the signal from a remote control of a tv (of > >Toshiba, by the way) be received by the laptop and used by those > >applications? I have no idea. It may even be impossible (for example, > >signals are incompatible for some reason). However, if this is possible > >it will be really cool for presentations, watch videos, listen music... > > > >If you buy a tv card with remote control or construct a custom serial IR > >port, you can already do those things in Linux (or so the LIRC webpage > >says). My question is, can I use the IR port of the laptop to receive > >the signal from a remote control? > > > >if I find more I will tell you. > > > > > >Cesar Santamaria V. wrote: > > > >>I wasnt even able to get scared, because most of the things I didnt > >>understood them LOL. > >>So the main point is to make the IR port of the laptop been able to > >>receive the signal of the remote. Are you willing to switch channels on > >>digital tv or something like that? Or the multimedia settings(volume, > >>play, stop)? Im almost sure I can't help you; but Im really curious > >>about your ideas. > >> > >>Regards, > >> Cesar. > >> > >>On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 21:31 +0000, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Did I scare you with my email? Come on, say something! > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>> Manuel. > >>> > >>> > >>>Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi, > >>>> > >>>>I was just wondering. Is it possible to use the infra-red port of a > >>>>Toshiba Satellite Pro (M10) to receive the signal of a television > >>>>remote control. Do I need a special remote control? Do I need a special > >>>>infra-red receiver? Wouldn't be cool to control music/video with the > >>>>remote control? > >>>> > >>>>So far, I obtained the info for the IR port of the laptop[1]. I also > >>>>have the information for the remote control[2]. First I tried > > > >lirc_sir[4]. > > > >>>>$ modprobe lirc_sir irq=3 io=0x2f8 > >>>>lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 > >>>>lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0 > >>>>lirc_sir: I/O port 0x02f8, IRQ 3. > >>>>lirc_sir: Installed. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>It creates a new device /dev/lirc/0. However, I don't get anything from > >>>>"mode2 -d /dev/lirc/0" when I press buttons on the remote control. So > >>>>maybe I needed to initialise the chip using smcinit[1]. > >>>> > >>>>[root@localhost ~]# smcinit -v > >>>>smcinit 0.4 > >>>> > >>>>Default-Values for Satellite Pro M10: > >>>>SIR ioport: 0x2f8 > >>>>FIR ioport: 0x130 > >>>>FIR interupt: 3 > >>>>FIR DMA: 1 > >>>> > >>>>Detected IO hub vendor id: 0x8086 > >>>>Detected IO hub device id: 0x24cc > >>>>Detected Chip id: 0x5a > >>>> > >>>>SIR ioport register write: 0xbe read: 0xbe > >>>>FIR interrupt register write: 0x3 read: 0x3 > >>>>FIR ioport register write: 0x26 read: 0x26 > >>>>FIR dma register write: 0x1 read: 0x1 > >>>> > >>>>Initialisation of the SMC 47Nxxx succeded > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>That looks fine. However, when I load lirc_sir still I can't get > >>>>anything from /dev/lirc/0. > >>>> > >>>>Then, I tried with: > >>>> > >>>>$ modprobe smsc-ircc2 ircc_cfg=0x5a ircc_dma=1 ircc_fir=0x130 > >>>>ircc_irq=3 ircc_sir=0x2f8 > >>>> > >>>>in /var/log/messages I get: > >>>> > >>>>Nov 20 01:53:05 localhost kernel: Overriding FIR address 0x0130 > >>>>Nov 20 01:53:05 localhost kernel: Overriding SIR address 0x02f8 > >>>>Nov 20 01:53:05 localhost kernel: SMsC IrDA Controller found > >>>>Nov 20 01:53:05 localhost kernel: IrCC version 2.0, firport 0x130, > >>>>sirport 0x2f8 dma=1, irq=3 > >>>>Nov 20 01:53:05 localhost kernel: No transceiver found. Defaulting to > >>>>Fast pin select > >>>>Nov 20 01:53:05 localhost kernel: IrDA: Registered device irda0 > >>>>Nov 20 01:53:06 localhost hal.dev[10944]: DEVNAME is not set > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>(The hal.dev error is strange). > >>>> > >>>>I was not able to find any additional device to look. Also, I cannot > >>>>load both lirc_sir and smsc-ircc2: > >>>> > >>>>FATAL: Error inserting lirc_sir > >>>>(/lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk-i686-up-4GB/kernel/3rdparty/lirc/drivers/lirc_ > > > >sir/lirc_sir.ko.gz): > > > >>>>Device or resource busy > >>>>FATAL: Error running install command for lirc_sir > >>>>[root@localhost]# dmesg | tail > >>>>IrCC version 2.0, firport 0x130, sirport 0x2f8 dma=1, irq=3 > >>>>No transceiver found. Defaulting to Fast pin select > >>>>IrDA: Registered device irda0 > >>>>lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0 > >>>>lirc_sir: i/o port 0x02f8 already in use. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>So this is all I have been able to get so far. This subject seems to be > >>>>quite complex in Linux, what is a shame because it seems to have a lot > >>>>of potential benefits. In general, I am confused between IrDA and LIRC > >>>>and the Linux-InfraRed-HOWTO[3] just adds more confusion to the subject. > >>>> > >>>>There are some people that seem to have more luck than me [3][5][6]. > >>>>Although they don't talk about using a normal television remote > >>>>control. I don't even know if this is possible at all. Maybe I am just > >>>>trying something that doesn't make sense. > >>>> > >>>>Any comments/suggestions/feedback? > >>>> > >>>>The Toshiba people are also allowed to provide help and information; > >>>>after all I will have to buy a new laptop soon and I have heard that > >>>>Dell[7] and HP[8] laptops are very compatible with Linux... > >>>> > >>>>Thanks in advance, > >>>> > >>>> Manuel. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>[1] http://irda.sourceforge.net/smcinit/ > >>>>[2] http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/ > >>>>[3] http://tuxmobil.org/howto_linux_infrared.html > >>>>[4] http://gauss.dartmouth.edu/~genovese/satellite_1410-801.html#LIRC > >>>>[5] http://valis.rpg.pl/~young/projekciki/toshiba-2450.shtml#irda > >>>>[6] http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/lirc.html > >>>> > >>>>[7] > > > >http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/05/09/17/1539212.shtml?tid=147&tid=184 > > > >>>>[8] http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/58780 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo > >>>>Yahoo! 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