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General => Installation issues => Topic started by: Lexje on December 30, 2008, 08:16:16 pm

Title: Guidance to properly pipe Media/Director SPDIF Audio to input on AV/Receiver
Post by: Lexje on December 30, 2008, 08:16:16 pm

Hi forum,

This is a though one (at least for me...) so please bear with me... :-)

Where am I:

I have core/hybrid with SPDIF from audio outlet connected to my AV/Receiver on VCR-1 input.
Up to now, I'v just been controlling sound directly on the receiver.

Next step is to control the receiver via IR. (Onkyo Integra TX-DS939 old but good :-) )

What I have:
Core/Hybrid

• on board (DIGN 5 case) IrTrans IRT-USB Transm/Receive (also with VFD but no light from LED's up to now..)
  I guess this device also has a transmitter, but as it came undocumented, nothing is connected to it yet. (I have an idea, but prefer to solve other stuff before...)
  This device pick's up commands allright from universal M$ XP MCE IR remote...
  
• usb connected IR recognized as mce usb2 with child LIRC Embedded Transmit
  This one has a IR transmitter connected via mini-jack and the transmitting LED sticks on to the Onkyo receiver's IR eye
  This LIRC device receives the same commands from the M$ XP MCE IR remote
  

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There is also a Gyration GYR3101 - This one works partly - It can be used as pointer/mouse and some buttons work, but not all
I have been working with Xmodmap to add some more buttons - allthough I think this should not be done with Xmodmap - Please your advice on this theme?
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What do I have working with the Onkyo receiver:

• I have somehow succeeded to connect the Onkyo with the LIRC unit (at first it auto connected to IRTrans but this could not transmit further..
  I have managed to enter and test some IR codes via Pluto admin - it seems that Pronto 0162 works for a lot.
  I also found a website where I found these hex codes - I did the test and pasted them in - and some of them do work - so I feel I'm on the right track.
  During testing via Pluto I can control the receiver - so I can check input naming etc.
  
• The receiver is hierarchically connected as a child to the LIRC unit - Is this correct? Please comment?
  But how do I make LMCE switch to the VCR-1 input when it plays TV or DVD or ...?
  I have been trying to work with the pipes on the OnScreen Orbiter Device Info page.
  I also noticed that all sources such as Phone, Xine Player, MythTV Player and MPlayer are connected as child to the OnScreen Orbiter -
  I've tried to adjust their Device Pipes Used but...
  

Looking forward to your help!!

PS. I have been browsing the wiki but have not found much helpful - so I'm trying to write some instructions to make this stuff more easy...

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Title: Guidance to properly pipe Media/Director SPDIF Audio to pro input on AV/Receiver
Post by: Lexje on December 30, 2008, 09:00:26 pm

One more thought:

I have read in the wiki on how to 'listen' for codes sent by e.g. IR devices or Motion devices (Gyration).
As far as I have understood this is how I try to do this:
- first determine the Device # e.g. #41 (GO Cordless GC1005M)
- next I go via console to /var/log/pluto/ and look for a log file starting with the same device#
- then I do tail -f 'name of device#.log'

Unfortunately I have not yet succeeded in seeing the codes pass by...

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your suggestions!

Erwin