Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:50:17 +0200 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A better remote for pctv452e/s2-3600, dib0700/nova-td (dvb-s2/t) Message-ID: <20110828185016.GA73747@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20110820170249.GA96844@triton8.kn-bremen.de> References: <20110820170249.GA96844@triton8.kn-bremen.de>
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Sorry for following up to myself but... On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 07:02:49PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote: > Hi! > > I just tried this so I wanted to share... Both my dvb-s2 (TechnoTrend > S2-3600 and most likely also the original PCTV 452e) and my new > dual dvb-t tuner Hauppauge Nova-TD (see > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat > > ) work with an universal remote configured as an rc5 remote Hauppauge > PVR-350 (I used a Logitech Harmony but other universal remotes > should also work as long as they can use the PVR-350 config), if I > set the /usr/local/etc/rc_keymaps/haupp keymap using ir-keymap(1) > installed by the multimedia/v4l-utils port: > > ir-keymap -d /dev/input/event0 -w /usr/local/etc/rc_keymaps/haupp > Actually it's ir-keytable not ir-keymap, sorry. > (you can ignore the error about setting protocol which doesn't work > since webcamd doesn't emulate Linux' /sys nodes), and then configure > lirc for devinput as described in the lirc port's pkg-message, quote: > > webcamd 3.0.0.1 now supports /dev/input/eventX (X there can be for > example 0, 8, 16 etc) and uses it exclusively for almost all tuners, > only mceusb IR-only devices now support both interfaces. So if you > don't get a /dev/lircX device node anymore and want to make lirc > use a remote with such a tuner you now need the lirc devinput driver, > if you start lircd via the rc.d script set lircd_flags and lircd_device > in rc.conf(5), like: > > lircd_flags="-H devinput" > lircd_device="/dev/input/event0" > > The example lircd.conf includes the devinput config file too so if > all goes well irw(1) should still work with such tuners and show > buttons pressed [...] > > (and yes, irw(1) works with the PVR350 config.) > > Btw I used this particular remote since a) it's rc5 (which both > these tuners' shipped remotes use) and b) it was one with one of > the most buttons out of the available rc5 keymaps in > /usr/local/etc/rc_keymaps so I can assign extra buttons to custom > functions using lirc too (which I still need to do, I want to define > at least buttons to start either of vdr-sxfe or xbmc...) > > Enjoy, :) > Juergen
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