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OpenELEC IR setup? - Chris230291 - 2014-03-14 Hello. I have a fresh install of OpenELEC on my HTPC and I'm trying to configure a remote, but I cant seem to do it. Does anyone know which guide I need to follow because everyone I've tried so far just throws up errors. Any help is appreciated, Chris. RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - FishOil - 2014-03-15 Thats the price you pay with Openelec. Its a pain in the butt non standard XBMC and the main reason I wont use it. IMO there is no advantage to Openelec other than a fast boot. I boot my machine 5 times a year. I leave it on all day everyday. Sorry I couldn't help, but I felt the need to reply so someone else might not make the same mistake. Re: OpenELEC IR setup? - nickr - 2014-03-15 That's a bit harsh. Try http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/Guide_to_add_your_own_remote RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - trsqr - 2014-03-15 I wrote small article about mapping of the buttons: http://intelnuc.blogspot.fi/2014/01/mapping-buttons-on-remote-control.html You did not specify what kind of problems you have with the remote, but maybe that will help you a bit. RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - Chris230291 - 2014-03-15 (2014-03-15, 00:51)FishOil Wrote: Thats the price you pay with Openelec. Its a pain in the butt non standard XBMC and the main reason I wont use it. IMO there is no advantage to Openelec other than a fast boot. I switched to OpenELEC because XBMCbuntu was giving me problems. The resolution kept switching randomly and I could only see a quarter of the screen at times. I have no idea why but I tried OpenELEC and it works great. (2014-03-15, 00:59)nickr Wrote: That's a bit harsh. Try http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/Guide_to_add_your_own_remote Thanks for the link. I tried to follow it but when I ran "Chris-HTPC:~ # ir-keytable -p NEC,RC-5,RC-6,JVC,SONY,LIRC,OTHER" It said "/sys/class/rc/: No such file or directory". (2014-03-15, 12:34)trsqr Wrote: I wrote small article about mapping of the buttons: http://intelnuc.blogspot.fi/2014/01/mapping-buttons-on-remote-control.html Ok thanks I will take a look. When I tried to run "Chris-HTPC:~ # irw", it said "-sh: connect:: not found" Cheers, Chris. RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - DaVu - 2014-03-17 Or you use: http://flirc.tv/ Which seems pretty easy. I ordered one (and hopefully it will be delivered today) for 24€. Cheap, easy to use and should work out of the box. Give it a try RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - negge - 2014-03-17 If /sys/class/rc doesn't exist it means Openelec doesn't recognize your remote. You haven't even told us what remote it is so it's hard to give any further advice. @FishOil: OpenElec is not that bad. It's less versatile, but what works generally works very well. I always prefer it over XBMCbuntu (I don't recommend the latter to anyone, just like I ignore every topic with XBMCbuntu in the name these days). RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - DaVu - 2014-03-17 My flirc was delivered today. Unboxed it at 5pm. Now it´s 5:48pm here and my remote is working with openelec beta2 out of the box. So, I would give it a try RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - Chris230291 - 2014-03-18 (2014-03-17, 19:50)David1977 Wrote: My flirc was delivered today. Unboxed it at 5pm. Now it´s 5:48pm here and my remote is working with openelec beta2 out of the box. I would but I only just bought this one. (2014-03-17, 18:53)negge Wrote: If /sys/class/rc doesn't exist it means Openelec doesn't recognize your remote. You haven't even told us what remote it is so it's hard to give any further advice. OK. Well the remote I want to use is my surround AMP remote. I bought a cheap USB IR receiver with a remote off ebay hoping to just use the receiver part. I've moved on from a Raspberry Pi. On my Pi I used one of those IR receiver LED's connected by 3 pins (GPIO?) which worked great. I was hoping to do the same thing with the USB IR receiver now I have better hardware. My Pi was running OpenELEC. Any help is appreciated, Chris. RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - negge - 2014-03-19 FishOil has a guide somewhere on the site on how to make any remote work, I just can't find it right now. Perhaps it would solve your issue. RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - FishOil - 2014-03-19 I am posting two new guides that may help. Standby http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=189618 http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=189617 RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - Chris230291 - 2014-03-20 Thanks for the replies guys! (2014-03-19, 00:22)negge Wrote: FishOil has a guide somewhere on the site on how to make any remote work, I just can't find it right now. Perhaps it would solve your issue. Yes I think I have already tried it. The XBMCbuntu one? (2014-03-19, 04:15)FishOil Wrote: I am posting two new guides that may help. Standby Thanks. But when I run "ir-keytable -p lirc" I get... Code: Chris-HTPC:/ # ir-keytable -p lirc So I seem to get stuck at the first real step. The remote.xml file was there and I made a backup. Do you have any idea why I cant get anything to work? I'm not a Linux expert but I do have some experience and I am able to follow instructions. It seems like something is wrong? Cheers, Chris. RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - FishOil - 2014-03-21 (2014-03-20, 15:22)Chris230291 Wrote: Thanks for the replies guys! What happens if you Code: killall lircd Do you see lirc0 when you do Code: ls /dev RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - Chris230291 - 2014-03-23 If I run those I see... Code: OpenELEC (official) Version: 3.2.4 It appears It is undetected? Cheers, Chris. RE: OpenELEC IR setup? - FishOil - 2014-03-25 (2014-03-23, 14:49)Chris230291 Wrote: If I run those I see... Without further investigation it would seem that your USB IR Receiver is not detected. With the correct receiver its pretty easy to get a remote going in OpenELEC. What do you get from Code: cat /proc/bus/input/devices |