[pakojones]

Hi,

This is my first post, but I read often the forum.

I have found a way to make the PS3 BD Remote to work with LIRC and any application that uses it, including of course XBMC :-)

I'll try to explain how I did it.

I use Ubuntu Jaunty, maybe it works with other Linux distros.

NOTE: The language I use on the desktop is Spanish, so maybe the translations to English I make are not so accurate, and sorry for my poor English

1.- Install blueman

For that, you must include the PPA for blueman

Include the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

After that execute:

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install blueman

2.- Pair the PS3 BD Remote

Normally after installing blueman, will appear the bluetooth icon on the top bar of the gnome desktop, if not, you must execute the applet:

Code:

blueman-applet

Once we have the blueman applet running, we click with the secondary mouse button on the bluetooth icon and select "Configure new device".
While the remote is in discovery mode (pressing enter + start for 5 secconds) we will see our remote on the device list, click on it and click "next", the wizard will offer 3 options "random key", "my own key", and "not pairing", we select "not pairing" and click next. On the next screen will see 2 options "input service" and "don't connect", we select "input service and click next.
Now we have the remote paired permanently with the PC, to check it, open "devices" right clicking on the bluetooth icon, and will see the "BD Remote Control" paired, on the right it will show the signal strength. On the devices list there is a button to trust on a device, we must trust on "BD Remote Control", it will show a little yellow star on the icon.
This has created a input device, to see it execute:

Code:

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

this will show the actual input devices on your system and will have something like this

Code:

I: Bus=0005 Vendor=054c Product=0306 Version=0000
N: Name="PS3 Remote Controller"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input8
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event6
B: EV=3
B: KEY=80000000 0 700000 1083c100 8c00ea 0 6bc00000 1 0 8000 1102 c0000801 801680 0 0 10000ffe

We are looking for the info on the line

Code:

H: Handlers=kbd event6

In my case the the remote is "event6"


3.- Configure LIRC

To configure LIRC we must edit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf and include the following lines:

Code:

REMOTE="ps3"
REMOTE_DRIVER="devinput"
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/input/event6"

The last line include the name of the input device that was created on the previous step, in my case "/dev/input/event6"

Then restart LIRC

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart

4.- Learn the remote codes of the PS3 BD Remote

You may record your own codes with the command:

Code:

sudo irrecord --device=/dev/input/event6 --driver=devinput PS3.rem

Where "/dev/input/event6" is your input device. And follow the instructions.

NOTE: The PS3 remote send one event when you press a key, and another event when you release it, so when irrecord needs a key pressed we must press many times different keys.

Or use the one I created

Code:

# Please make this file available to others
# by sending it to <[email protected]>
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.4a(devinput) on Sun May  3 19:43:29 2009
#
# contributed by
#
# brand:                       PS3
# model no. of remote control:
# devices being controlled by this remote:
#

begin remote

  name  ps3
  bits           32
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  one             0     0
  zero            0     0
  gap          102974
  toggle_bit_mask 0x8001019C

      begin codes
          1                        0x80010002
          2                        0x80010003
          3                        0x80010004
          4                        0x80010005
          5                        0x80010006
          6                        0x80010007
          7                        0x00010008
          8                        0x80010009
          9                        0x8001000A
          0                        0x8001000B
          eject                    0x800100A1
          audio                    0x80010188
          angle                    0x80010173
          subtitle                 0x80010172
          clear                    0x80010163
          time                     0x80010167
          red                      0x0001018E
          green                    0x8001018F
          yellow                   0x80010190
          blue                     0x80010191
          display                  0x80010166
          top_menu                 0x8001008B
          popup                    0x800101B6
          return                   0x80010001
          options                  0x80010165
          back                     0x8001009E
          view                     0x80010177
          x                        0x80010100
          enter                    0x8001001C
          up                       0x80010067
          down                     0x8001006C
          left                     0x00010069
          right                    0x8001006A
          l1                       0x80010136
          l2                       0x80010138
          l3                       0x8001013D
          r1                       0x80010137
          r2                       0x80010139
          r3                       0x8001013E
          select                   0x80010161
          start                    0x8001013B
          ps                       0x800100AC
          rew                      0x800100A8
          play                     0x800100CF
          ffw                      0x8001009F
          prev                     0x0001019C
          stop                     0x80010080
          next                     0x80010197
          slow_rew                 0x800101B4
          pause                    0x80010077
          slow_ffw                 0x800101B5
      end codes

end remote

5.- Test it

The last step is test it, so we execute irw and pressing keys on the remote will see something like this:
000000008001001c 00 enter ps3
0000000080010067 00 up ps3


6.- Configure XBMC (Lircmap.xml and Keymap.xml)

Actually I am on this step

I hope you find this guide useful.

J.