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Chris230291 · 2014-03-14, 17:41

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.

FishOil · 2014-03-15, 00:51

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.

nickr · 2014-03-15, 00:59

That's a bit harsh. Try http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/Guide_...own_remote

trsqr · (This post was last modified: 2014-03-15, 12:36 by trsqr.)

I wrote small article about mapping of the buttons: http://intelnuc.blogspot.fi/2014/01/mapp...ntrol.html

You did not specify what kind of problems you have with the remote, but maybe that will help you a bit.

Chris230291 · (This post was last modified: 2014-03-15, 14:33 by Chris230291.)

(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 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.

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_...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/mapp...ntrol.html

You did not specify what kind of problems you have with the remote, but maybe that will help you a bit.

Ok thanks I will take a look.
When I tried to run "Chris-HTPC:~ # irw", it said "-sh: connect:: not found"

Cheers,
Chris.

**DaVu** · 2014-03-17, 15:56

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 Wink

**negge** · 2014-03-17, 18:53

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).

**DaVu** · 2014-03-17, 19:50

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 Wink

Chris230291 · 2014-03-18, 23:20

(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.

So, I would give it a try

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.

@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).

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.

**negge** · 2014-03-19, 00:22

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.

FishOil · (This post was last modified: 2014-03-19, 05:32 by FishOil.)

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

Chris230291 · 2014-03-20, 15:22

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

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=189618

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=189617

Thanks. But when I run "ir-keytable -p lirc" I get...

Code:
Chris-HTPC:/ # ir-keytable -p lirc

/sys/class/rc/: No such file or directory

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.

FishOil · (This post was last modified: 2014-03-21, 01:05 by FishOil.)

(2014-03-20, 15:22)Chris230291 Wrote: 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

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=189618

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=189617

Thanks. But when I run "ir-keytable -p lirc" I get...

Code:
Chris-HTPC:/ # ir-keytable -p lirc /sys/class/rc/: No such file or directory

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.

What happens if you

Code:
killall lircd

first and then and try ir-keytable again?

Do you see lirc0 when you do

Code:
ls /dev

Chris230291 · 2014-03-23, 14:49

If I run those I see...

Code:
OpenELEC (official) Version: 3.2.4

Chris-HTPC:~ # killall lircd

killall: lircd: no process killed

Chris-HTPC:~ # ls /dev

SYSTEM              nbd8                tty0                tty46

ati                 nbd9                tty1                tty47

autofs              net                 tty10               tty48

block               network_latency     tty11               tty49

bsg                 network_throughput  tty12               tty5

btrfs-control       null                tty13               tty50

bus                 port                tty14               tty51

char                ppp                 tty15               tty52

console             ptmx                tty16               tty53

core                pts                 tty17               tty54

cpu                 ram0                tty18               tty55

cpu_dma_latency     ram1                tty19               tty56

disk                ram10               tty2                tty57

fb0                 ram11               tty20               tty58

fd                  ram12               tty21               tty59

full                ram13               tty22               tty6

fuse                ram14               tty23               tty60

fw0                 ram15               tty24               tty61

hidraw0             ram2                tty25               tty62

i2c-0               ram3                tty26               tty63

i2c-1               ram4                tty27               tty7

input               ram5                tty28               tty8

kmsg                ram6                tty29               tty9

log                 ram7                tty3                ttyS0

loop-control        ram8                tty30               ttyS1

loop0               ram9                tty31               ttyS2

mem                 random              tty32               ttyS3

nbd0                rfkill              tty33               uinput

nbd1                rtc                 tty34               urandom

nbd10               rtc0                tty35               vcs

nbd11               rules.d             tty36               vcs1

nbd12               sda                 tty37               vcsa

nbd13               sda1                tty38               vcsa1

nbd14               sda2                tty39               vga_arbiter

nbd15               sg0                 tty4                watchdog

nbd2                shm                 tty40               watchdog0

nbd3                snd                 tty41               zero

nbd4                stderr              tty42               zram0

nbd5                stdin               tty43

nbd6                stdout              tty44

nbd7                tty                 tty45

Chris-HTPC:~ #

It appears It is undetected?

Cheers,
Chris.

FishOil · (This post was last modified: 2014-03-25, 01:15 by FishOil.)

(2014-03-23, 14:49)Chris230291 Wrote: If I run those I see...

Code:
OpenELEC (official) Version: 3.2.4 Chris-HTPC:~ # killall lircd killall: lircd: no process killed Chris-HTPC:~ # ls /dev SYSTEM nbd8 tty0 tty46 ati nbd9 tty1 tty47 autofs net tty10 tty48 block network_latency tty11 tty49 bsg network_throughput tty12 tty5 btrfs-control null tty13 tty50 bus port tty14 tty51 char ppp tty15 tty52 console ptmx tty16 tty53 core pts tty17 tty54 cpu ram0 tty18 tty55 cpu_dma_latency ram1 tty19 tty56 disk ram10 tty2 tty57 fb0 ram11 tty20 tty58 fd ram12 tty21 tty59 full ram13 tty22 tty6 fuse ram14 tty23 tty60 fw0 ram15 tty24 tty61 hidraw0 ram2 tty25 tty62 i2c-0 ram3 tty26 tty63 i2c-1 ram4 tty27 tty7 input ram5 tty28 tty8 kmsg ram6 tty29 tty9 log ram7 tty3 ttyS0 loop-control ram8 tty30 ttyS1 loop0 ram9 tty31 ttyS2 mem random tty32 ttyS3 nbd0 rfkill tty33 uinput nbd1 rtc tty34 urandom nbd10 rtc0 tty35 vcs nbd11 rules.d tty36 vcs1 nbd12 sda tty37 vcsa nbd13 sda1 tty38 vcsa1 nbd14 sda2 tty39 vga_arbiter nbd15 sg0 tty4 watchdog nbd2 shm tty40 watchdog0 nbd3 snd tty41 zero nbd4 stderr tty42 zram0 nbd5 stdin tty43 nbd6 stdout tty44 nbd7 tty tty45 Chris-HTPC:~ #

It appears It is undetected?

Cheers,
Chris.

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