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Hello all,

One more newbie who cannot get his remote working. I also have XBMC running over Linux and everything else except the remote is great.

I got the remote yesterday as they market it as Win7 Media Center compatible http://www.iodata.jp/product/av/tidegi/gv-mc7rckit/

The remote does work on Win7 with XBMC and is registered as Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver. This makes me believe it should be able to work with the mceusb driver in Linux?

I have tried both XBMC Live (10.04.2) and minimal Ubuntu installation with Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat".

However I have gotten nowhere, the transceiver blinks red when using the remote but irw or irrecord do not get any input.

lsusb shows:

Code:
root@XBMCLive:/etc/lirc# Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0609:0353 SMK Manufacturing, Inc.

And as this was not in the lirc database I added it and compiled again which gives me the satisfaction that something is changing as adding the transceiver now pops up the following dmesg:

Code:
[ 5808.496012] usb 3-6: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6

[ 5808.721057] usb 3-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[ 5808.904016] usb 3-6: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6

[ 5809.110889] lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0

[ 5809.116895] lirc_mceusb[6]: SMK CORPORATION WMC RECEIVER Emulator Device 2009 on usb3:6

However the device does work as well as before, in other words not at all.

The config files are as standard.

more /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

Code:
#This configuration has been automatically generated via

#the Ubuntu LIRC package maintainer scripts.

#

#It includes the default configuration for the remote and/or

#transmitter that you have selected during package installation.

#

#Feel free to add any custom remotes to the configuration

#via additional include directives or below the existing

#Ubuntu include directives from your selected remote and/or

#transmitter.

#Configuration for the Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all) remote:

include "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"

more /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

Code:
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

#

#Chosen Remote Control

REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)"

REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_mceusb"

REMOTE_DRIVER=""

REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"

REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb"

REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Chosen IR Transmitter

TRANSMITTER="None"

TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""

TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""

TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""

TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""

TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""

#Enable lircd

START_LIRCD="true"

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file

#START_LIRCMD="false"

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules

LOAD_MODULES="true"

I have my shovel ready to bury this one six feet deep on my garden, but before I do that I wanted to ask if anyone has any advice?

mekkuli