User:Ni1s/Infrared Remote Control

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KERNEL

Device Drivers  --->
	<*> Multimedia support  --->
		<*>   Remote Controller adapters  --->
				--- Remote Controller adapters
				< >   Compile Remote Controller keymap modules
				<M>   Enable IR raw decoder for the NEC protocol
				<M>   Enable IR raw decoder for the RC-5 protocol
				<M>   Enable IR raw decoder for the RC6 protocol
				<M>   Enable IR raw decoder for the JVC protocol
				<M>   Enable IR raw decoder for the Sony protocol
				<M>   Enable IR raw decoder for the RC-5 (streamzap) protocol
				<M>   Enable IR raw decoder for the Sanyo protocol
				<M>   Enable IR raw decoder for the MCE keyboard/mouse protocol
				<M>   Enable IR to LIRC bridge
				<M>   ATI / X10 based USB RF remote controls
				<M>   ENE eHome Receiver/Transceiver (pnp id: ENE0100/ENE02xxx)
				<M>   SoundGraph iMON Receiver and Display
				<M>   Windows Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Transceiver
				<M>   ITE Tech Inc. IT8712/IT8512 Consumer Infrared Transceiver
				<M>   Fintek Consumer Infrared Transceiver
				<M>   Nuvoton w836x7hg Consumer Infrared Transceiver
				<M>   RedRat3 IR Transceiver
				<M>   Streamzap PC Remote IR Receiver
				<M>   Winbond IR remote control

root #emerge --ask media-tv/v4l-utils

root #modprobe -a ir-nec-decoder ir-rc5-decoder ir-rc6-decoder ir-jvc-decoder ir-sony-decoder ir-rc5-sz-decoder ir-sanyo-decoder ir-mce_kbd-decoder ir-lirc-codec

root #ir-keytable

Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event4) with:
        Driver ite-cir, table rc-empty
        Supported protocols: NEC RC-5 RC-6 JVC SONY other 
        Enabled protocols: NEC RC-5 RC-6 JVC SONY other
        Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 50 ms

How the hell do you specify the MCE protocol?

root #ir-keytable -c -p NEC,RC-5,RC-6,JVC,SONY -t

Old keytable cleared
Protocols changed to NEC RC-5 RC-6 JVC SONY 
Testing events. Please, press CTRL-C to abort.
1337901576.083617: event MSC: scancode = 800f0416
1337901576.083620: event sync
1337901576.426442: event MSC: scancode = 800f0416
1337901576.426444: event sync

root #grep -l 800f0416 /etc/rc_keymaps/*

/etc/rc_keymaps/rc6_mce

root #ir-keytable -w /etc/rc_keymaps/rc6_mce

Old keytable cleared
Wrote 63 keycode(s) to driver
Protocols changed to RC-6

root #ir-keytable -t

1337892333.300550: event key down: KEY_PLAY (0x00cf)
1337892333.300552: event sync
1337892333.893378: event key up: KEY_PLAY (0x00cf)
1337892333.893382: event sync

LIRC

When lircd? LIRCD_OPTS="-u" ? What else?

root #modprobe ir-lirc-codec

root #ir-keytable -p LIRC

Protocols changed to LIRC