My new IR-Toy arrived yesterday, setup on my Gentoo-HTPC was pretty straightforward :
First update the firmware to v22. I did that using my Win7 box, by connecting to the COM-port device with Putty (You get "no" reaction when opening the serial-port-device in the putty-window, but just type "$" and you will see the LED light up that tells you bootloader is active. Then, simply use the provided batch-script to upgrade to v22. (edit says : just realised that the batch was able to put my IR-Toy in bootloader-mode too on my Win7-Box, so the warning on the update page seems to be unnecessary in my case =) )
Afterwards, make sure the kernel you are using supplies USB Modem (CDC ACM) support. When you plug in the IR-Toy, it will show up as /dev/ttyACMxxx. Now everything is ready to download and install lirc.
I didnt have the time to configure all of my rcs and stuff, but during the first tests, everything works as expected. I am able to record remote-signals and send them using irsend afterwards.
I know this aint something new, just wanted to sum it up here, so people can find it more easily/directly in the main IR-Toy-Forum
Just my 5 cents : Since I dont use Windows but Gentoo Linux, this may or may not apply to your problem, but in my case, I simply put the IR-Toy to bootloader mode automatically when going into standby (dunno whether this can be automated in windows too) and reset the device on resume. Works just fine as far as I can tell now.
Thx a bunch Ian for the exact size =)). BTW, I get your point and you are fully right about it ... As soon as my Toy arrives (should be during next week, mail-tracking tells me it should be on the plane/ in germany already ;) ) I will simply build my own case. If I had the necessary tools, I would have built my own v2.5, but since I dont have any, and I am more into Software - "Hacking", I rather ordered v2. Jftr : There is absolutely NO comparable USB-IR-Receiver/Transmitter that`s compatible to LIRC on the market. Devices with less functionality are much more expensive even. Thats probably why there are more "users" interested in this device than it will be the case with other devices from dangerous-prototypes. Especially if you think of MediaCenters based on Linux with CI/Softcam- support are getting more and more popular with growing support for UPnP and streaming devices (Android is on the run ya know ;D). But thats pretty offtopic already. Thanks again for your great efforts, this IR-toy is a really really nice toy !
*Push* Same Problem : there is absolutely no information about the exact dimensions of the premanufactured version. I just dont get this, because it should be pretty obvious that there will be many people that would like to use this with their htpc (because its just such an awesome tool =)) thanks a lot to all the devs!), and especially for the premanufactured version (that all those USERS (yes, there are indeed people that want to USE this, not only play around in their labors) will order) there should be a little info on how to get this into a nice case.
I noticed the v. 2,5 version pcb though thats compatible with sick of beige cases, but this version is not (yet?) available. And I am absolutely NOT willing to build it myself since I have no tools and stuff for that, and I would love to use my freetime with my little son rather than fiddling together an IR-Toy myself, when all I want is to have a good lirc-dupported ir-receiver&-transmitter.
So PLEASE, could someone tell me the exact dimensions of the premanufactured IR-Toy-V2 ? Or even give a hint which case to use ?
Since I live in germany, I`d like to order a case together with the toy itself, `cause air-parcel to germany will take a while already, so ordering the IR-Toy and measure its size myself is a rather ****** option for me.
Edit says, after reading my text myself, it sounds quite a bit impolit and unthankful .. sorry absolutely not intended, the "PLEASE" is truly honest, I am spending my 2nd day`s freetime right now, because of being unable to choose a nice case xD
