[bjs1400]

Great post. I happened to purchase the same hardware and found this post via a quick google search.

Everything above worked great, only to find that the IR receiver, by default, only recognizes remote codes transmitted by the original remote. A simple addition to /etc/modprobe.d/ allows interpretation of MCE remote codes as well. By default it seems that the ir_protocol option is set to 0 which limits the hardware to only interpret the crappy remote that came with the receiver.

Do the following to enable MCE remote codes. Edit /etc/modprobe.d/lirc_imon.conf (create if needed)

Code:

sudo pico -w /etc/modprobe.d/lirc_imon.conf

and add the following.

Code:

options lirc_imon ir_protocol=1

Then reboot.

Code:

sudo reboot

After restarting it should be picking up MCE remote codes. Confirm by running irw.

Code:

irw

Everything else above worked great. Thanks!!