Re: af9005, remote with lircd

[Andrew Leech <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Luca Olivetti wrote:

Hi,

I looked at the other usb drivers and all of them get a decoded key from the adapter, so they just map the code to a keypress and put it in the input device.
OTOH the af9005 doesn't decode the ir data, it just gives the length of the spaces/pulses. I decode them in software (with the codes of the remote that came with the stick) to do the same that the other drivers are doing (i.e. emulate a keyboard).
Now I wrote another rather simple module that just passes on the raw data as a lirc device for lircd to decode, so in theory it should work with any remote.
It seems to work fairly well (I tried with a lircd.conf that I'm using with lirc_serial and recording the "stock" remote with irrecord).
The problem is that it needs lirc, which isn't included in the stock kernel, so I don't know if it can be integrated in the linux-dvb driver.
Comments, opinions?

Bye

Hi Luca,
I _love_ the sound of that. Hopefully the AF9015 I've got does the same thing, because that would be ideal for me.
The remote that came with my dongle is  a pathetic little thing, which renders the remote functionality of the dongle useless, unless it can be used as a generic lirc device which would mean I no longer need a separate serial lirc receiver.
I personally feel that letting lirc do what it's good at is a much better way to set up drivers/system if at all possible, especially as it gives flexibility to use whatever remote you like.
It really isn't a problem that you need lirc, as most of the time you use it anyway for remotes. Even when the remote gives a /dev/input keyboard like functionality it's common to use lirc to then set up the keys how you want.

Andrew Leech

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