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General => Users => Topic started by: ebolam on December 06, 2008, 06:51:13 pm
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I've been working on trying to get linuxmce to control my receiver (Onkyo HT-RC506) with little luck. I could not find pronto style codes to send. I used lirc's irrecord function to get the raw codes for the remote to control the receiver, however I have not had any luck in finding a way to convert these codes into the pronto format. Does anyone have any experience with this? If not, is there a way to get linuxmce to take the lirc commands?
Example single button config file from irrecord:
begin remote
name ONKYO_RC-707M
flags RAW_CODES|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100
ptrail 0
repeat 0 0
gap 107325
begin raw_codes
name POWER
9000 4450 600 500 650 1600
600 500 650 450 650 1600
650 450 650 1600 650 1600
600 500 650 450 650 1600
650 1600 600 500 650 1600
600 1650 600 500 600 1650
600 1600 650 500 600 1600
650 500 600 500 600 1650
600 1650 600 500 600 500
600 1650 600 500 600 1650
600 1650 600 500 600 500
600
end raw_codes
end remote
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I was able to get the non-raw versions of the above code. Here it is if that helps anyone:
begin remote
name Onkyo_RC-707M_Reg
bits 24
flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100
header 8966 4445
one 601 1635
zero 601 513
ptrail 598
repeat 8957 2234
pre_data_bits 8
pre_data 0x4B
gap 107326
toggle_bit_mask 0x0
begin codes
POWER 0x36D32C
DVD 0x3631CE
VCR_DVR 0xB6F00F
CBL_SAT 0xB6708F
CD 0xB6906F
MULTI_CH 0x3620DF
AUX 0xB6F906
TAPE 0xB610EF
TUNER 0xB6D02F
DOCK 0x40728D
MUTE 0xB6A05F
VOL+ 0xB640BF
VOL- 0xB6C03F
MOVIE_TV 0x350BF4
MUSIC 0x358B74
GAME 0x354BB4
STEREO 0x3632CD
DIMMER 0xB6A956
SLEEP 0xB6BA45
end codes
end remote
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ebolam,
lirc support in linuxMCE is limited to receiving only.
For transmitting, you will currently need a USB-UIRT or something similar.
I have looked into adding the functionality for transmitting but it is certainly non-trivial and has not been done.
Regards
Darren
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Not to argue, but at least from a command line it is very trivial to send commands to a device. All you have to do is type irsend send_once [remote name from the config file, in this case Onkyo_RC-707M_Reg] [Command like POWER or DVD]
Seams like this would be an easy add, plus it would have the benefit of hundreds of lirc formatted remotes that could be brought in from the lirc library.
Luckily I found some pronto format code for this device.
Thanks for your reply!
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Agree, but that assumes that a config file is setup and does not send raw codes. It relies on lirc to map the string that you pass to the appropriate code.
Unfortunately, it is not as easy to get lirc to just send the code (without changing the lirc code).
An option is to have a dynamic config file that linuxMCE manipulates when it records new codes and for manually entered codes only accept config file strings.
Then like you said, you could just use the equivalant of the lirc irsend. This would not support the same codes (which are PRONTO format) that the other IR devices support though and we would then lose the ability to record from say a USB_UIRT and playback on a lirc. This would also mean that existing device templates that people build for IR controlled devices would not work with the LIRC device - which sort of makes it a bit of a waste.
Ideally, if there was code to allow the receiving (and sending) of PRONTO formatted strings through the lirc drivers then the addition would be trivial. This code does not exist to my knowledge in the standard lirc code branch and there is no code written that makes use of the lirc libraries either.
That is all what i found out when I looked into it last. If things have changed or you are willing to write the missing code then I am all for it :)
regards
Darren