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[xbmcbuntu] [SOLVED] some buttons not working PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver-Spinel plus - bennyp - 2012-06-03

Hi,

I've just installed XBMCBuntu onto a new Zotac ZBOX nano AD10 and everything is good, apart from a couple of buttons don't seem to work.

The box comes with a built-in IR port (identifies as: ITE8704 CIR transceiver), an MCE remote and a USB IR extender (identifies as: PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus)
(It seems that the remote only works when using the extender, which is fine as the box is mounted on the back of the TV.)

I've been monitoring the debug log when pressing all the buttons and it seems that I need to use lirc to get more of the buttons to work.
Using Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all) doesnt seem to do anything, but Linux input layer (/dev/input/eventX) does.

Using the remote without making any changes, the following buttons do not work:
Sleep
Wake
Teletext
Program
Windows button
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow

If I reconfigure lirc setting to Linux input layer (/dev/input/eventX) using the device 'usb-PHILIPS_MCE_USB_IR_Receiver-_Spinel_plus-event-ir', the following do not work:
Teletext
Windows button
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow

But for Sleep/Wake/Progam I get:

Code:
54:21 T:3491584   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 57848:000000008001008e 00 KEY_SLEEP devinput (KEY_SLEEP)

54:22 T:3491584   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 58737:000000008001008f 00 KEY_WAKEUP devinput (KEY_WAKEUP)

54:24 T:3491584   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 61438:000000008001016a 00 KEY_PROGRAM devinput (KEY_PROGRAM)

I then installed evtest, selected event2 (The phillips USB) and pressed the Windows button/Teletext/Coloured buttons, nothing happens at all.

If I then change to use event3 with evtest (The internal IR receiever), pressing the buttons above produces:

Code:
Windows button:

Event: time 1338720362.553380, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 8034045d

Teletext

Event: time 1338720546.638290, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 8034042f

Red:

Event: time 1338720572.415481, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 8034046d

Green:

Event: time 1338720574.816499, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 8034046e

Yellow:

Event: time 1338720577.741352, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 8034046f

Blue:

Event: time 1338720578.930124, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value 80340470

So it seems that the internal IR receiver can understand the remote, but the USB extender cannot?
Is there a way to somehow use the driver from the internal with the USB so that I can map the keys?

Or even any way to get those buttons to work so they can be mapped to xbmc?

I've seen this (from this post), but that relates to openELEC. Would it be a case of doing something similar, but for XBMCbuntu?

Some relevant bits and pieces:

xbmc@xbmc-lounge:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices

Code:
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0471 Product=20cc Version=0100

N: Name="PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus"

P: Phys=usb-0000:00:12.0-2/input0

S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/input/input2

U: Uniq=

H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event2 

B: PROP=0

B: EV=120013

B: KEY=c0000 400 0 0 0 0 58000 8001f8 4000c004 e0beffdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe

B: MSC=10

B: LED=1f

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=1283 Product=0000 Version=0000

N: Name="ITE8704 CIR transceiver"

P: Phys=

S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/rc/rc0/input3

U: Uniq=

H: Handlers=kbd event3 

B: PROP=0

B: EV=100013

B: KEY=fff 0 0 200 108fc32e 2376051 0 0 0 7 158000 4192 4001 8e9680 0 0 10000000

B: MSC=10

Code:
xbmc@xbmc-lounge:~$ cat /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

# hardware.conf for eb1501 

# 

REMOTE="Linux input layer (/dev/input/eventX)"

REMOTE_MODULES=""

REMOTE_DRIVER="devinput"

REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/input/by-id/usb-PHILIPS_MCE_USB_IR_Receiver-_Spinel_plus-event-ir"

REMOTE_SOCKET="" 

REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="devinput/lircd.conf.devinput"

REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="" 

TRANSMITTER="None"

TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""

TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""

TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""

TRANSMITTER_SOCKET="" 

TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""

TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS="" 

START_LIRCD="true"

LOAD_MODULES="true" 

LIRCMD_CONF=""

FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"

START_LIRCMD="" 

REMOTE_MODULES=""

REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="devinput/lircd.conf.devinput"

Code:
xbmc@xbmc-lounge:~$ cat /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

#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 Linux input layer (/dev/input/eventX) remote:

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

[/code]

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - FernetMenta - 2012-06-03

You would need to compile the kernel to get the oe patches. I have created a hid driver for lirc and added a config for this remote control: https://github.com/FernetMenta/lirc
This makes all buttons work. The remote would still be recognized as a keyboard by X11. Make X11 ignore it:

Code:
Section "InputClass"

  Identifier "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus"

  MatchProduct "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus"

  MatchIsKeyboard "true"

  Option "Ignore" "true"

EndSection

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - bennyp - 2012-06-03

Hi FernetMenta,

Are you saying I just need to use the config file, or do I need to remove lirc and compile from the one in your repo?

If I try and run ./setup.sh && make install from a clone of yours, I get "Can't open ./setup-driver.sh" ?

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - FernetMenta - 2012-06-03

Yes, you need to compile lirc from my repo.

./autogen.sh
./setup.sh (requires package dialog, select driver zotac, save & configure)
make
sudo make install

I use this udev rule which crates a symlink for the receiver and fires an event to upstart. In this case the device lirc connects to will be
/dev/remote

Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb" , ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471", ATTRS{idProduct}=="20cc", SYMLINK+="remote", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/sbin/initctl --quiet emit --no-wait ir-ready"

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - bennyp - 2012-06-03

Ah, I missed the ./autogen.sh previously, but I still get an error:

Code:
xbmc@xbmc-lounge:~/tmp/FernetMenta-lirc-c336b00$ ./autogen.sh 

./autogen.sh: 4: autoreconf: not found

./autogen.sh: 7: automake: not found

cat: configure: No such file or directory

Creating setup-driver.sh ...

Code:
./setup.sh

[[ Choose Zotac in dialog ]]

Configuration: .setup.config, executable shell script: configure.sh

Starting the generated shell script which will call configure with the right

parameters...

Code:
xbmc@xbmc-lounge:~/tmp/FernetMenta-lirc-c336b00$ make

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

Thanks for the help!

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - FernetMenta - 2012-06-03

Don't continue if one of the steps fails.
Check the output, it tells you what's missing. Install required packages for build. In this case automake

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - bennyp - 2012-06-03

Thanks FernetMenta,

I installed automake, and libtool and now it compiles just fine, although the buttons still don't work Sad

I also edited /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf so that it contains:

Code:
Section "InputClass"

  Identifier "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus"

  MatchProduct "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus"

  MatchIsKeyboard "true"

  Option "Ignore" "true"

EndSection

and added to /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules:

Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb" , ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471", ATTRS{idProduct}=="20cc", SYMLINK+="remote", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/sbin/initctl --quiet emit --no-wait ir-ready"

xbmc@xbmc-lounge:~$ cat /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

Code:

# Please make this file available to others

# by sending it to <[email protected]>

#

# this config file was automatically generated

# using lirc-0.9.1-git(zotac) on Mon Apr  2 14:10:29 2012

#

# contributed by 

#

# brand:                       zotac.conf

# model no. of remote control: 

# devices being controlled by this remote:

#



begin remote



  name  zotac.conf

  bits           32

  eps            30

  aeps          100



  one             0     0

  zero            0     0

  gap          100123

  min_repeat      9

#  suppress_repeat 9

#  uncomment to suppress unwanted repeats

#  toggle_bit_mask 0x7004F



      begin codes

          KEY_SLEEP                0x00010082

          KEY_WAKEUP               0x00010083

          KEY_RECORD               0x000C00B2

          KEY_PAUSE                0x000C00B1

          KEY_STOP                 0x000C00B7

          KEY_REWIND               0x000C00B4

          KEY_PLAY                 0x000C00B0

          KEY_FORWARD              0x000C00B3

          KEY_LEFTSHIFT            0x000C00B6

          KEY_RIGHTSHIFT           0x000C00B5

          KEY_BACK                 0x000C0224

          KEY_INFO                 0x000C0209

          KEY_MENU                 0xFFBC000D

          KEY_UP                   0x00070052

          KEY_LEFT                 0x00070050

          KEY_RIGHT                0x0007004F

          KEY_DOWN                 0x00070051

          KEY_OK                   0x00070028

          KEY_VOLUMEUP             0x000C00E9

          KEY_VOLUMEDOWN           0x000C00EA

          KEY_MUTE                 0x000C00E2

          KEY_CHANNELUP            0x000C009C

          KEY_CHANNELDOWN          0x000C009D

          KEY_1                    0x0007001E

          KEY_2                    0x0007001F

          KEY_3                    0x00070020

          KEY_4                    0x00070021

          KEY_5                    0x00070022

          KEY_6                    0x00070023

          KEY_7                    0x00070024

          KEY_8                    0x00070025

          KEY_9                    0x00070026

          KEY_0                    0x00070027

          KEY_NUMERIC_STAR         0x10070025

          KEY_NUMERIC_POUND        0x10070020

          KEY_CLEAR                0x00070029

          KEY_TEXT                 0xFFBC005A

          KEY_TITLE                0x000C008D

          KEY_ENTER                0x00070028

          KEY_RED                  0xFFBC005B

          KEY_GREEN                0xFFBC005C

          KEY_YELLOW               0xFFBC005D

          KEY_BLUE                 0xFFBC005E

      end codes



end remote

xbmc@xbmc-lounge:~$ cat /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

Code:
# hardware.conf for eb1501

#

REMOTE="Zortac MCE Remote"

REMOTE_MODULES=""

REMOTE_DRIVER="zortac"

REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/remote"

REMOTE_SOCKET=""

REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="zortac/lircd.conf.zortac"

REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""

TRANSMITTER="None"

TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""

TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""

TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""

TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""

TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""

TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""

START_LIRCD="true"

LOAD_MODULES="true" 

LIRCMD_CONF=""

FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"

START_LIRCMD=""

There are some errors in /var/lib/lircd as well:

Code:
Jun  3 20:26:18 xbmc-lounge lircd: lircd(zotac) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd

Jun  3 20:26:45 xbmc-lounge lircd: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd

Jun  3 20:26:45 xbmc-lounge lircd: zotac initializing '/dev/input/event2'

Jun  3 20:26:45 xbmc-lounge lircd: WARNING: Failed to initialize hardware

Jun  3 20:26:52 xbmc-lounge lircd: caught signal

Jun  3 20:26:52 xbmc-lounge lircd: closing '/dev/input/event2'

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - FernetMenta - 2012-06-03

looks like lirc does not work at all and you still get keyboard events. Make X11 ignore the ir receiver. Test lirc with irw

zortac -> zotac

REMOTE="Zortac MCE Remote"
REMOTE_DRIVER="zortac"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="zortac/lircd.conf.zortac"

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - bennyp - 2012-06-03

Ah, good spot! Smile

I totally didn't see that! Thanks!

Ok, so if I run sudo /usr/local/sbin/lircd -H zotac -d /dev/remote -n in one console and then sudo irw in another, I can see all the buttons working, result!

As an aside, it seems that whenever I run the above the first time I get this, so I just make the folder and it works fine.

Code:
lircd: can't open or create /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid

lircd: No such file or directory

So now, how do I make this load on start and I guess work with xbmc?

Thanks for your help so far, you've got me much further than I was! Smile

Edit:
Ok, so the init.d script was failing because /usr/sbin/lircd was missing so after doing the below, it starts putting things in the log file.

Code:
xbmc@xbmc-lounge:/usr/sbin# sudo ln -s ../local/sbin/lircd lircd

xbmc@xbmc-lounge:/usr/sbin# sudo ln -s ../local/sbin/lircmd lircmd

Now if I run irw, in /var/log/lirc I get

Code:
Jun  3 21:48:30 xbmc-lounge lircd: lircd(zotac) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd

Jun  3 21:48:57 xbmc-lounge lircd: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd

Jun  3 21:48:57 xbmc-lounge lircd: zotac initializing '/dev/remote'

Jun  3 21:48:57 xbmc-lounge lircd: unable to open '/dev/remote'

Jun  3 21:48:57 xbmc-lounge lircd: WARNING: Failed to initialize hardware

Jun  3 21:49:00 xbmc-lounge lircd: removed client

Looking in /dev it seems that /dev/remote has changed the location of where it was pointing now that lirc is loading up on startup

Code:
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          19 2012-06-03 21:48 remote -> /var/run/lirc/lircd=

Edit 2:
That was my mistake, I was playing about with the init.d script, put it back and it now loads up properly, and I can see the commands in the xmbc log! Big Grin

Code:
18:16 T:6522624   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 193993:00000000ffbc005b 00 KEY_RED zotac.conf (KEY_RED)

18:17 T:6522624   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 194618:00000000ffbc005c 00 KEY_GREEN zotac.conf (KEY_GREEN)

18:17 T:6522624   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 195080:00000000ffbc005d 00 KEY_YELLOW zotac.conf (KEY_YELLOW)

18:18 T:6522624   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 195622:00000000ffbc005e 00 KEY_BLUE zotac.conf (KEY_BLUE)

18:26 T:6522624   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 204040:00000000000c008d 00 KEY_TITLE zotac.conf (KEY_TITLE)

18:27 T:6522624   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 204907:00000000ffbc005a 00 KEY_TEXT zotac.conf (KEY_TEXT)

18:30 T:6522624   DEBUG: LIRC: Update - NEW at 207341:00000000ffbc000d 00 KEY_MENU zotac.conf (KEY_MENU)

Big thanks, FernetMenta!

Now to figure out why the remote isnt actually moving anything on the screen...

Edit 3:
Its because I was missing a Lircmap.xml file

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - bennyp - 2012-06-04

BIG thanks to FernetMenta!

I ended up playing around a bit with various bits, but basically I did the following to get all the buttons working.

1. Remove lirc

Code:
> sudo apt-get remove lirc

2. Install some extra packages

Code:
> sudo apt-get install automake dialog libtool

3. Download the version from FernetMenta (In case it ever moves, I've forked it over at my account)

Code:
> wget https://github.com/FernetMenta/lirc/tarball/master -O lirc.tar.gz

> tar -xf lirc.tar.gz

4a. Configure and install the new lirc, when running setup.sh, select driver zotac under usb, save & configure

Code:
> ./autogen.sh

> ./setup.sh

> make

> sudo make install

4b. If missing, create links in /usr/sbin

Code:
> cd /usr/sbin

> sudo ln -s ../local/sbin/lircd lircd

> sudo ln -s ../local/sbin/lircmd lircmd

5. Stop X11 from registering device as keyboard by putting the following at the bottom of /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf

Code:
Section "InputClass"

  Identifier "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus"

  MatchProduct "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus"

  MatchIsKeyboard "true"

  Option "Ignore" "true"

EndSection

6. Add a alias in udev to /dev/remote by creating a new file at /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules with the following:

Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb" , ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471", ATTRS{idProduct}=="20cc", SYMLINK+="remote", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/sbin/initctl --quiet emit --no-wait ir-ready"

6. Create config files - see below

7. Reboot and hopefully it should all work

/etc/lirc/hardware.conf

Code:
# hardware.conf for Zotac

# 

REMOTE="Zotac MCE Remote" 

REMOTE_MODULES="" 

REMOTE_DRIVER="zotac" 

REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/remote" 

REMOTE_SOCKET="" 

REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="zotac/lircd.conf.zotac" 

REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="" 

TRANSMITTER="None" 

TRANSMITTER_MODULES="" 

TRANSMITTER_DRIVER="" 

TRANSMITTER_DEVICE="" 

TRANSMITTER_SOCKET="" 

TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="" 

TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS="" 

START_LIRCD="true" 

LOAD_MODULES="true" 

LIRCMD_CONF="" 

FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false" 

START_LIRCMD=""

/etc/lirc/lircd.conf

Code:

# Please make this file available to others

# by sending it to <[email protected]>

#

# this config file was automatically generated

# using lirc-0.9.1-git(zotac) on Mon Apr  2 14:10:29 2012

#

# contributed by 

#

# brand:                       zotac.conf

# model no. of remote control: 

# devices being controlled by this remote:

#



begin remote



  name  zotac.conf

  bits           32

  eps            30

  aeps          100



  one             0     0

  zero            0     0

  gap          100123

  min_repeat      9

#  suppress_repeat 9

#  uncomment to suppress unwanted repeats

#  toggle_bit_mask 0x7004F



      begin codes

          KEY_SLEEP                0x00010082

          KEY_WAKEUP               0x00010083

          KEY_RECORD               0x000C00B2

          KEY_PAUSE                0x000C00B1

          KEY_STOP                 0x000C00B7

          KEY_REWIND               0x000C00B4

          KEY_PLAY                 0x000C00B0

          KEY_FORWARD              0x000C00B3

          KEY_LEFTSHIFT            0x000C00B6

          KEY_RIGHTSHIFT           0x000C00B5

          KEY_BACK                 0x000C0224

          KEY_INFO                 0x000C0209

          KEY_MENU                 0xFFBC000D

          KEY_UP                   0x00070052

          KEY_LEFT                 0x00070050

          KEY_RIGHT                0x0007004F

          KEY_DOWN                 0x00070051

          KEY_OK                   0x00070028

          KEY_VOLUMEUP             0x000C00E9

          KEY_VOLUMEDOWN           0x000C00EA

          KEY_MUTE                 0x000C00E2

          KEY_CHANNELUP            0x000C009C

          KEY_CHANNELDOWN          0x000C009D

          KEY_1                    0x0007001E

          KEY_2                    0x0007001F

          KEY_3                    0x00070020

          KEY_4                    0x00070021

          KEY_5                    0x00070022

          KEY_6                    0x00070023

          KEY_7                    0x00070024

          KEY_8                    0x00070025

          KEY_9                    0x00070026

          KEY_0                    0x00070027

          KEY_NUMERIC_STAR         0x10070025

          KEY_NUMERIC_POUND        0x10070020

          KEY_CLEAR                0x00070029

          KEY_TEXT                 0xFFBC005A

          KEY_TITLE                0x000C008D

          KEY_ENTER                0x00070028

          KEY_RED                  0xFFBC005B

          KEY_GREEN                0xFFBC005C

          KEY_YELLOW               0xFFBC005D

          KEY_BLUE                 0xFFBC005E

      end codes



end remote

~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml

Code:
<lircmap>

    <remote device="zotac.conf">

        <power>KEY_SLEEP</power>

        <wake>KEY_WAKEUP</wake>

        <record>KEY_RECORD</record>

        <pause>KEY_PAUSE</pause>

        <stop>KEY_STOP</stop>

        <reverse>KEY_REWIND</reverse>

        <play>KEY_PLAY</play>

        <forward>KEY_FORWARD</forward>

        <skipminus>KEY_LEFTSHIFT</skipminus>

        <skipplus>KEY_RIGHTSHIFT</skipplus>

        <back>KEY_BACK</back>

        <info>KEY_INFO</info>

        <display>KEY_MENU</display>

        <up>KEY_UP</up>

        <left>KEY_LEFT</left>

        <right>KEY_RIGHT</right>

        <down>KEY_DOWN</down>

        <select>KEY_OK</select>

        <volumeplus>KEY_VOLUMEUP</volumeplus>

        <volumeminus>KEY_VOLUMEDOWN</volumeminus>

        <mute>KEY_MUTE</mute>

        <up>KEY_CHANNELUP</up>

        <down>KEY_CHANNELDOWN</down>

        <zero>KEY_0</zero>

        <one>KEY_1</one>

        <two>KEY_2</two>

        <three>KEY_3</three>

        <four>KEY_4</four>

        <five>KEY_5</five>

        <six>KEY_6</six>

        <seven>KEY_7</seven>

        <eight>KEY_8</eight>

        <nine>KEY_9</nine>

        <red>KEY_RED</red>

            <green>KEY_GREEN</green>

            <yellow>KEY_YELLOW</yellow>

            <blue>KEY_BLUE</blue>

        <star>KEY_NUMERIC_STAR</star>

        <hash>KEY_NUMERIC_POUND</hash>

        <subtitle>KEY_TEXT</subtitle>

        <title>KEY_TITLE</title>

        <clear>KEY_CLEAR</clear>

    </remote>

</lircmap>

RE: [xbmcbuntu] [SOLVED] some buttons not working PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver-Spinel plus - spocky184 - 2012-06-06

Hi,
that is great ! I`ve investigated many hours to get the Zotac Remote running, without any success. Now your descriptions seems to be the way to get it running.
But i have a problem compiling lirc. After running make i get the following error:

Quote:Making all in tools
make[2]: Betrete Verzeichnis '/home/xbmc/zotac/FernetMenta-lirc-c336b00/tools'
/bin/bash ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I.. -O2 -g -Wall -MT lirc_client.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/lirc_client.Tpo -c -o lirc_client.lo lirc_client.c
mv -f .deps/lirc_client.Tpo .deps/lirc_client.Plo
mv: Aufruf von stat fÃ¼r Â».deps/lirc_client.Tpoâ nicht mÃ¶glich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
make[2]: *** [lirc_client.lo] Fehler 1
make[2]: Verlasse Verzeichnis '/home/xbmc/zotac/FernetMenta-lirc-c336b00/tools'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis '/home/xbmc/zotac/FernetMenta-lirc-c336b00'
make: *** [all] Fehler 2

sorry, error message is in german. after the command 'mv -f .deps/lirc_client.Tpo .deps/lirc_client.Plo' the mv stats that .deps/lirc_client.Tpo can not be found
and then make ends.

Any ideas ?

Thank you very much for your help.

spocky184

PS: I would love to get that to run ;-)

RE: [xbmcbuntu] [SOLVED] some buttons not working PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver-Spinel plus - bennyp - 2012-06-06

I didn't have to install anything else to get it to compile on mine.

Although, I've just realised I installed autoconf, not automake - might make a difference?

RE: xbmcbuntu some buttons not working with PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus - schmick - 2012-06-10

(2012-06-03, 16:59)FernetMenta Wrote: You would need to compile the kernel to get the oe patches. I have created a hid driver for lirc and added a config for this remote control: https://github.com/FernetMenta/lirc
This makes all buttons work. The remote would still be recognized as a keyboard by X11. Make X11 ignore it:

Code:
Section "InputClass" Identifier "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus" MatchProduct "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus" MatchIsKeyboard "true" Option "Ignore" "true" EndSection

Fernet! great job on the zotac remote! Compiled like a charm.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 32bit on a zotac zboxnano a10 with the internal IR disabled and the external USB IR receiver.

I followed bennyp's minihow-to post.
Just some issues.
- I have to sudo mkdir /var/run/lirc every time I boot.
- sudo make install didn't create a startup (init.d) script. (any example on how to make one?)
- Running sudo lircd -H zotac --device=/dev/remote -n, irw shows connecting and all buttons work. But running XBMC, I see no connections being made to lirc. BTW, I can't seem to see /dev/lircd or lirc0. Should it exist?

I'll go back and reinstall your fork from the begining to see if I missed something, but I'd like to know if I'm expecting somethin your pakage does not do (init script or so).
THX!

RE: [xbmcbuntu] [SOLVED] some buttons not working PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver-Spinel plus - FernetMenta - 2012-06-11

I forked the lirc source project but did not create a package. You can use udev and upstart for starting lirc.

/etc/udev/rules.d/85-xbmc.rules

Code:
#Remote Control

SUBSYSTEM=="usb" , ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471", ATTRS{idProduct}=="20cc", SYMLINK+="remote", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/sbin/initctl --quiet emit --no-wait ir-ready"

/etc/init/lirc.conf

Code:
description "lirc"

emits "lirc-ready"

expect fork

start on (remote-filesystems

          and local-filesystems

      and started rsyslog

      and ir-ready)

stop on runlevel [!2345]

pre-start script

  while [ ! -e /dev/remote ]

  do

    sleep 1

  done

  mkdir /var/run/lirc

end script

exec /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=zotac --device=/dev/remote

post-start script

  ln -s /var/run/lirc/lircd /dev/lircd

end script

post-stop script

  rm /dev/lircd

  rm -rf /var/run/lirc

end script

lirc will automatically start at system boot. Use sudo start/stop lirc for manually start/stop lirc

RE: [xbmcbuntu] [SOLVED] some buttons not working PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver-Spinel plus - guilmxm - 2012-08-04

Hi,

I have somes troubles with the zotac remote control using Fermenta's lirc built, the remote control works but i always have some latency or key repeating, i would say it works more or less...

I tested it on fresh install on Ubuntu minimal and desktop versions, i'm sure the install is very clean, and also X11 does not register the device as a keyboard, X11 message logs:

[ 12.164] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus (/dev/input/event2)
[ 12.164] (**) PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus: Ignoring device from InputClass "PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plus"

I can even see using irw (with X11 stopped) that latency or key repeat, i also tried to uncomment suppress key in lircd.conf
min_repeat 9
suppress_repeat 9

With this setting i have less repeating key but always latency, as far an example one key sometimes works, sometimes you have to re-press the key wich will proceed in 2 keys pressed...

A little bit frustrating :-(

Thanks for your help!!!

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