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USB Infrared Toy / Re: Trying to make the IR Toy 2 work on Linux
I have not tried making ver 2 work in Linux, due ver 1 is still working fine.

I would have to say that you need to double and triple check all your config for LIRC.

The output from my machine when I press "Ok" button using GtkTerm monitoring /dev/ttyUSB0 is gibberish. and it is configured just as the how-to states running Mythbuntu 10.04

I think that I am getting the same stuff, this is why I feel you have a LIRC config issue.

I am now thinking to build me a version 2 unit....:)
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USB Infrared Toy / Re: IR Toy and lirc on Linux
anbello;

That fault means that no input or bad input was received.  Which trying to use /dev/ttyACM0 will not work due I have tried it also, but this is what will make it work :)

I have Ian's first version working http://hackaday.com/2008/10/30/how-to-usb-remote-control-receiver/ with Mythbuntu 10.04 right now and these are the steps that I did to get it working so other distro's would be similar.

1: Stop the current driver
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sudo modprobe -r cdc_acm

2: Stop the default driver from loading on plug in / boot up.
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gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
and add this line to the bottom of the file.
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blacklist cdc_acm
Save and close the file.

3:Find out the name of you unit by running
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lsusb

This is my output
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lank23@MythServer:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04d8:000a Microchip Technology, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Hi-Speed 21-in-1 Flash Card Reader/Writer (Internal/External)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

So from that I see that "04d8:000a Microchip Technology, Inc." is my device I need.

4: Next edit the "/etc/modules" using the number we got from step 3.
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gksu gedit /etc/modules
at the bottom of the file add this line
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usbserial vendor=0x04d8 product=0x000a

NOTE:
Match your numbers as needed so that the "usbserial"driver will load for your device.

save and close file.


5: Next edit  lirc configuration files to use this new device

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 gksu gedit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

Edit the file to match below

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REMOTE=”Custom”
REMOTE_MODULES=”"
REMOTE_DRIVER=”irman”
REMOTE_DEVICE=”"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF=”/etc/lirc/lircd.conf”
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=”–device=/dev/ttyUSB0″

START_LIRCD=”true”

LOAD_MODULES=”true”

6:  Unplug the device, wait a little bit "2 seconds" then plug it back in.

7: Stop LIRC so we can edit configuration files for the remote.
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sudo service lirc stop


8: Record your remote.conf file Open a terminal and run
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irrecord -H irman -d /dev/ttyUSB0 RemoteXXX.conf
change the "RemoteXXX" to something you like.
finish all the buttons you want.

9: Copy that file to the /etc/lirc/lircd.conf location
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sudo cp RemoteXXX.conf /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

10: Now start LIRC
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sudo service lirc start

11: Open terminal and run
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irw
and see it you get output..., if so you have got it working.  Next is to map the buttons to you programs.

Good Luck
lank23

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