Hi Matthias, On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 03:44:00PM +0100, Matthias Reichl wrote: > Hi Sean! > > According to the ir-ctl manpage it should be possible to send a file > containing multiple scancodes, but when trying to do this I get > a warning and an error message. > > I initially noticed that on version 1.12.3 but 1.12.5 and master > (rev 85f8e5a99) give the same error. > > Sending a file with a single scancode or using the -S option > to specify the scancode on the command line both work fine. > > I've tested with the following file: > > scancode sony12:0x100015 > space 25000 > scancode sony12:0x100015 > > Trying to send it gives this: > $ ./utils/ir-ctl/ir-ctl -s ../sony-test.irctl > warning: ../sony-test.irctl:2: trailing space ignored > /dev/lirc0: failed to send: Invalid argument > > Checking with the -v option gives some interesting output - it > looks like the the second half of the buffer hadn't been filled in: > > $ ./utils/ir-ctl/ir-ctl -v -s ../sony-test.irctl > warning: ../sony-test.irctl:2: trailing space ignored > Sending: > pulse 2400 > space 600 > pulse 1200 > space 600 > pulse 600 > space 600 > pulse 1200 > space 600 > pulse 600 > space 600 > pulse 1200 > space 600 > pulse 600 > space 600 > pulse 600 > space 600 > pulse 600 > space 600 > pulse 600 > space 600 > pulse 600 > space 600 > pulse 600 > space 600 > pulse 1200 > space 600 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > space 0 > pulse 0 > /dev/lirc0: failed to send: Invalid argument Oh dear, that looks very broken! Looks like I did not test multiple scancodes in one file. > The goal I'm trying to achieve is to send a repeated signal with ir-ctl > (a user reported his sony receiver needs this to actually power up). That's interesting. > Using the -S option multiple times comes rather close, but the 125ms > delay between signals is a bit long for the sony protocol - would be > nice if that would be adjustable :) Yes, that would be a useful feature. I've got some patches for this, I'll send them as a reply to this. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Sean
