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Hello, i have one major problem with my new rpi2. I cant get the lirc_rpi-module loaded to hook up my tsop to the gpio-pins and use it with lircd.
Didt anything change? Is there a hint what i could do to get it working?
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But the whole Openelec-System is readonly. so it wouldnt be possible to add those file without recompiling or re-squashing the Systempartition right?
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Put the SD card in your PC, and look for the overlays folder in the root of the FAT partition. If it is there and contains lirc-rpi-overlay.dtb then you are good to go. Just add:
dtoverlay=lirc-rpi
to your config.txt.
You can add parameters after the overlay name, like this:
dtoverlay=lirc-rpi,gpio_out_pin=17,gpio_in_pin=18,gpio_in_pull=down
Those are the default parameter values, so change them as necessary.
You can find more details in the README file in the overlays folder.
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2015-02-05, 11:36
(This post was last modified: 2015-02-05, 11:42 by PeaceMkr.)
Very big thanks. Adding dtoverlay=lirc-rpi to config.txt did the trick with ALL releases. The Openelec-Stable for the Pi has the overlays too so only adding the line to config.txt works.
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arm247
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2015-02-10, 16:06
Hi
I've been using Ir remote with tsop via gpio by adding Lircd.con to the sys config folder openelec 5.01 Rpi B+
Now I have Rpi 2 with clean install of openelec 5.02 I can no longer get the remote to work.
struggling with this for past few days now with no success.
overlays folder has lirc-rpi-overlay.dtb
I have added dtoverlay=lirc-rpi to config.txt
Just added dtoverlay=lirc without hash to an empty line using note pad,
is this correct ? as not too familiar with editing config.txt.
Do I need to add any parameters ?
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Milhouse
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Shouldn't need any extra parameters.
On the Pi2, run "vcdbg log msg 2>&1 | pastebinit" followed by "dmesg | pastebinit" and then paste the urls to this thread.
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arm247
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2015-02-11, 12:34
Ok so after OE update to 5.03 last night Its now working again !
worth a mention :
My
OE 5.01 had empty Overlays folder, adding lirc-rpi-overlay.dtb and dtoverlay=lirc-rpi to config.txt didn't work.
OE 5.02 had Overlays folder with lirc-rpi-overlay.dtb adding dtoverlay=lirc-rpi to config.txt didn't work.
OE 5.03 had Overlays folder with lirc-rpi-overlay.dtb adding dtoverlay=lirc-rpi to config.txt did work !
Its good to know it wasn't me doing something wrong.
Thanks guys for sharing & Thanks Openelec for Update !
