Linux Support Anyone?

[myconid]

I have had this fancy USB-UIRT on my desk for 5 months now collecting dust. I can't seem to get it to work in Linux. I cant even find LIRC-0.7pre7, let alone get the patch to work.

Does anyone have a decently step-by-step howto to get this thing working under Linux (2.6.0+)? Preferably with a modern version of Lirc.

[Guest]

I am wondering the same thing. I have a usb-uirt, but dont even want to begin fighting mythtv if, in the end, it wont even work with my usb-uirt

[mwtb]

I have my USB-UIRT working with MythTV via LIRC on an FC4 install (sending IR to control my STB, not recieving IR, but I've no reason to believe that doesn't work). It required finding the old release of LIRC and applying the patch as discussed in this thread and in particular from this page.

If you get stuck then I'll try and recall the details of the process, but it wasn't straight-forward and if you aren't keen on spending a few hours getting it working then you might be better off waiting for the "official" Linux implementation.

[myconid]

There is no news of any 'Official' support anywhere, what are you refering to? I have been waiting 6 months for this to work. Linux itself seems to have enough support to 'read' from the device.. Whats so hard about implementing some send procedures.

If you get stuck then I'll try and recall the details of the process, but it wasn't straight-forward and if you aren't keen on spending a few hours getting it working then you might be better off waiting for the "official" Linux implementation.

[jrhees]

There *are* Linux efforts being made -- mostly because the Lirc patches have become dated and for some reason never were integrated properly into Lirc sourceforge.

If you want more details on this, contact support@usbuirt.com

-Jon

[Guest]

I've just received a usb-uirt in the mail, and have had some luck getting it going for reception under gentoo gnu/linux. Here's what I did:

- download lirc 0.7.1 lirc-0.7.1.tar.bz2 from lirc.org
- download the lirc-0.7.1-usb_uirt patch from neveld's page
- follow the patch instructions

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tar xvfj lirc-0.7.1.tar.bz2
cd lirc-0.7.1
bzcat ../lirc-0.7.1-usb_uirt.patch.bz2 | patch -p1
./setup.sh


choose Driver Configuration->USB Devices->USB-UIRT2 (receive and transmit)
choose Save & Exit
- edit configure.sh as follows:

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#!/bin/bash

./configure \
--with-moduledir=/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/misc \
--with-tty=/dev/tts/USB0 \
--with-x \
--with-syslog \
--with-driver=usb-uirt2_raw \
--with-major=61 \
--with-port=none \
--with-irq=none \
--prefix=/usr \
"$@"


Note the changed --with-tty line (for devfs) and --prefix line (to install to /usr, instead of /usr/local) and the --with-syslog for logging to syslog
- run

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sh ./configure.sh && make && sudo make install

make install needs to be run as root. use sudo. su and make install or do the whole thing as root.
- if under gentoo: create/edit /etc/modules.d/lirc to contain

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alias char-major-61  lirc_usb-uirt2_raw


and run update-modules
- otherwise: edit /etc/modules.conf, add the above alias and run depmod -a
- background watching the logs:

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metalog: tail -f /var/log/everything/current&
syslog: tail -f /var/log/messages

- run lircd which should show:

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[lircd-0.7.1] accepted new client on /dev/lircd
[lircd-0.7.1] uirt2usb_raw: UIRT version 0509 ok


if you see

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[lircd-0.7.1] readlink() failed for "ttyUSB0"


then it's still trying to use /dev/ttyUSB0, so create a the link manually

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cd /dev
ln -s tts/USB0 ttyUSB0


and restart lirc
- run irrecord

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irrecord test.conf

and record remote keypresses. Remote has to be held within inches of front center of usb-uirt. Continue thru irrecord process.
- move test.conf to default

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mv test.conf /etc/lircd.conf

and restart lircd.
- run irw and hit recorded buttons... button id should show as you press it.

I've not managed transmission yet, as I'm in need of a usb hub.

Does anyone know where

[benow]

That Guest be me.

Moved to dedicated topic.