[LE13 Amlogic] problem with ir-keytable: -c -w works, but -a reports an 'invalid parameter"

    my file /storage/.config/rc_keymaps/ru880_vcr-code131.toml:

    ir-keytable -c -w /storage/.config/rc_keymaps/ru880_vcr-code131.toml works:

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    Read ru880_vcr-code131 table
Old keytable cleared
Wrote 30 keycode(s) to driver
Protocols changed to nec

    This is the ouput of ir-keytable:

    I am not sure if Default keymap: rc-odroid is right or if there should be reported the just configured custom toml. Anyway, the remote works (tested with evtest using meson-ir on /dev/input/event3)

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    Event: time 1793725093.577050, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 28 (KEY_ENTER), value 1
Event: time 1793725093.577050, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1793725093.858062, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 28 (KEY_ENTER), value 2
Event: time 1793725093.858062, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1793725093.866751, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 28 (KEY_ENTER), value 0

    But after starting eventlircd and kodi nothing happens in kodi when I press any key. There is nothing in the kodi debug log.

    When I try to make the keymap permanently with ir-keytable -a /storage/.config/rc_keymaps/ru880_vcr-code131.toml -s rc0 I get an error:

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    Invalid parameter on line 1 of /storage/.config/rc_keymaps/ru880_vcr-code131.toml
ir-keytable: Failed to read config file /storage/.config/rc_keymaps/ru880_vcr-code131.toml

    I don't see anything wrong in my toml and if so, I assume that this would have been reported by ir-keytable earlier when using -c -w  instead of -a.

    According to this: https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/…iguration-basic the "-a" switch is to load the rc_maps.cfg not to load the toml file. So you should make a copy of /etc/rc_maps.cfg or create a empty one, add a line with a reference to your toml file and load afterwards the /storage/.config/rc_maps.cfg via ir-keytable -a /storage/.config/rc_maps.cfg.

    The line in the file `/storage/.config/rc_maps.cfg` might look something like this configuration

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    meson-ir * ru880_vcr-code131.toml

    or

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    em28xx * ru880_vcr-code131.toml

    depending on which IR receiver you wish to associate the configuration with.

    Edited 2 times, last by HarryH: Configuration examples added (November 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM).

    thank you, I looked for hours on the screen but did not see it :cry:

    Do you have an idea why Kodi does not react to the remote? I have already vdr (from https://github.com/Zabrimus/VDRSternELEC) running (while kodi is stopped). The vdr OSD reacts now fine to remote key presses. Kodi should be able to react to /dev/input devices with or without eventlircd, but no success. Even the Kodi debug log shows no remote key presses. Keyboard works fine.

    Do you have prepared the required rc_maps.cfg file now? I'm not familiar with the Amlogic devices and their culprits. Is it a recent LE13 version that do you have installed? Do you have already seen this: Important change in LE13 remote handling ?

    Keyboard events were different handled than remote keys. Do you have some customization in place from the past?