Adding a IR receiver on rpi 3

Skag · August 14, 2018 at 8:50 PM

I had a IR receiver attached on my Rpi 1, and used openelec to control it via my Samsung remote (my TV doesn't support CEC).

Now, I moved this to my Libreelec Rpi 3, but lirc stuff are not there.

Does anyone know if there are similar instructions to this but for my current setup?

**HiassofT** · August 14, 2018 at 9:04 PM

The hardware is identical for all RPis, just buy a TSOP34448 and connect it to the GPIO pins.

Then add "dtoverlay=gpio-ir" to config.txt to enable the Linux IR driver.

Read through this wiki page Infrared Remotes [LibreELEC.wiki] for info on how to configure the system for your particular remote.

so long,

Hias

Skag · August 14, 2018 at 9:07 PM

The option to enable / disable Lirc in LibreELEC settings has been removed as well, lircd will now be started automatically if the/storage/.config/lircd.conf file is present.

lircd.conf is not present. Only lircd.conf.rpi is there which is not the same I don't think.

**HiassofT** · August 14, 2018 at 9:33 PM

With LE9 you can just put a lircd.conf file in /storage/.config/ and then reboot. in LE 8.2 you have to enable Lirc in LE settings.

But I recommend following the wiki guide and create an ir-keytable configuration, this is the modern standard in Linux and more flexible and hassle-free. Only use lirc if you have an odd remote that is not supported yet by ir-keytable.

so long,

Hias

Skag · August 14, 2018 at 9:33 PM

Update: I followed your instructions and it worked. Thanks! I had to configure my own remote.

Now my problem is that the remote works for a few seconds when Kodi starts and then stops working.

Here's my log

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Skag · August 14, 2018 at 9:47 PM

Ok I just ran

Code

ir-keytable -c -w /storage/.config/rc_keymaps/my_custom_remote

after kodi has started, and it seems that it reloaded it.... strange.

Skag · August 15, 2018 at 9:57 AM

Basically I'm stuck in the above point.

Could anyone help shed some light?

**HiassofT** · August 15, 2018 at 9:57 AM

Update to LE 8.2.5 and remove your banned addons / repositories. I'd recommend doing a clean LE 8.2.5 installation and check if it works there.

Edit: also make sure Lirc is disabled in LE settings.

so long,

Hias

Skag · August 15, 2018 at 10:01 AM

Thanks, I'll try that. Interesting, I didn't know there are banned addons. Maybe worth doing a search on which these are...

Skag · August 15, 2018 at 7:01 PM

Clean install and reconfigure fixed everything. Thanks!

Adding a IR receiver on rpi 3

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