[solved] No driver for ir receiver is loaded.

tuxiano · January 21, 2018 at 10:50 AM

Hi I have issues with my ir remote control.

libreelec: 8.2.2

hardware: rpi3

ir receiver: 05a4:9881 Ortek Technology, Inc. IR receiver [VRC-1100 Vista MCE Remote Control]

When I try to run ir-keytable I get: /sys/class/rc/: No such file or directory

According to the wiki that means no driver is loaded.

Dmesg output when I connect the ir receiver to the rpi:

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[  194.564486] usb 1-1.2: new low-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
[  194.725422] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=05a4, idProduct=9881
[  194.725431] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[  194.761382] input: HID 05a4:9881 as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/0003:05A4:9881.0007/input/input6
[  194.821758] hid-generic 0003:05A4:9881.0007: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [HID 05a4:9881] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.2/input0
[  194.937072] input: HID 05a4:9881 as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.1/0003:05A4:9881.0008/input/input7
[  194.991734] hid-generic 0003:05A4:9881.0008: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 05a4:9881] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.2/input1
[  195.169842] input: eventlircd as /devices/virtual/input/input9

And the output of cat /proc/bus/input/devices

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cat /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=05a4 Product=9881 Version=0110
N: Name="HID 05a4:9881"
P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.2/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/0003:05A4:9881.0001/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=sysrq kbd leds event0
B: PROP=0
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=e080ffdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=7

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=05a4 Product=9881 Version=0110
N: Name="HID 05a4:9881"
P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.2/input1
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.1/0003:05A4:9881.0002/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd mouse0 event1
B: PROP=0
B: EV=17
B: KEY=1f0000 10000 2020000 3878 d801d001 1e0000 0 0 0
B: REL=103
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=05a4 Product=9881 Version=0110
N: Name="eventlircd"
P: Phys=/dev/input/event1
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input4
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse2 event3
B: PROP=0
B: EV=7
B: KEY=10000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3

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Any ideas,

tuxiano

**HiassofT** · January 21, 2018 at 11:06 AM

This is normal. This particular IR receiver dongle registers as a keyboard/mouse with the system, you can't use ir-keytable to configure it.

so long,

Hias

tuxiano · January 21, 2018 at 11:17 AM

Ok, so what are the next steps? Do I need change something in kodi, because nothing is happing when I press a key on the remote.

**HiassofT** · January 21, 2018 at 11:31 AM

There's nothing you need to configure, this remote is supported out of the box in LE. Just tested that on RPi3 running LE 8.2.2.

Keep in mind though that the IR receiver only works with the remote it came with. When you press a button on the remote both the LEDs on the remote and on the IR receiver dongle should flash.

so long,

Hias

tuxiano · January 21, 2018 at 12:00 PM

Thank you Hias. You save me a lot of work. Apparently I have the wrong remote control, fecause only the LEDs of my remote control are flashing but not of the receiver.

Kind regards

tuxiano

**HiassofT** · January 21, 2018 at 12:33 PM

FYI: here's a picture of what the VRC-1100 remote looks like: List of MCE remote controls - Official Kodi Wiki

so long,

Hias

[solved] No driver for ir receiver is loaded.

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