Hello all,
I'm interested in writing an lirc patch for the usb-uirt device, as the current lirc patch is broken (and apparently never did work correctly). Before I begin, however, I would like to make absolutely certain that my device is communicating with my kernel correctly. I had followed the installation instructions found in this thread, and did not quite get the expected results (look towards the end of page 5 for my posts). In general, the kernel recognizes a USB serial device of some sort, but mentions nothing about a USB-UIRT device of any sort (as is demonstrated on page 1).
If I can confirm that the device is communicating correctly with the kernel, I believe it would be worth my while to make a lirc patch that actually works (as from my searching, there are no other USB IR transceivers that even claim to work - I'm stuck with this device as my only option).