[pvrusb2] Hvr-1950 + FiOS STB

[fivenote]

my lsmod looking for lirc...

lirc_i2c               17156  0

i2c_core               31892
13s5h1411,tda18271,tda8290,tuner,cx25840,pvrusb2,cx88xx,ivtv,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,tveeprom,lirc_i2c

lirc_dev               20020  1 lirc_i2c


On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Mike Isely <isely at isely.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, fivenote wrote:
>
>> This part (the remote) I actually got working.
>>
>> I'm running ubuntu intrepid and did this...
>>
>> * install lircd with deb package lirc
>>
>> * put an lircrc file in my home dir. This maps remote buttons to
>> actions in different player apps. In ubuntu I installed
>> mythbuntu-lirc-generator. It puts a whole bunch of include files for
>> different apps in a big lircrc.
>>
>> If you're on another distro, the actual may be different, but
>> basically similar.
>>
>
> That should be basically right.  IR reception is handled almost
> completely by the LIRC package; the only tricky part is selecting the
> correctly underlying IR driver.  Unfortunately the correct answer to
> "which driver" depends a lot on the specific hardware you have.  But for
> all HVR-1950's the answer should be the same.  I don't remember the
> exact driver needed, but if you have it working on your system, do an
> lsmod and look for any modules with "lirc" in the same.  There will be
> at least one, and that corresponds to what you need.  Post that here and
> it will help others.  (I'm also pretty sure this is mentioned in the
> list archive from roughly last summer, if anyone cares to check.)
>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:51 PM, greg pryzby <greg at pryzby.org> wrote:
>> > I am able to connect hd stb to the 1950 and get channels over
>> > composite and. SVideo.
>> >
>> > Now I want to use the remote it came with to change the channel on the
>> > STB. I haven't found directions on how to do this.
>> >
>> > Anyone have this working and/or have directions they can share?
>> >
>
> FYI, the pvrusb2 driver in this case is just a conduit for communicating
> with the physical IR receiver.  It's LIRC that actually implements the
> control protocol to the part.
>
>  -Mike
>
>
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