execute shell scripts with LIRC using custom key names

    Hi everybody,


    I'm trying to get LIRC working in LibreELEC. Actually the standard thing works (controlling Kodi with my universal remote control).


    What I additionally want to do with LIRC (I do the same stuff with LIRC on a x86 PC with Ubuntu) is to call shell-scripts on specific key-events.


    It seems that the LIRC version which comes with LibreELEC is limited to a fix set of keys like KEY_LEFT, KEY_PLAY, ... which are mapped on the corresponding Kodi commands. I'd like to use custom key-names in my .lircrc like KEY_SWITCH_LIGHT. I was able to introduce such key-names and

    irw /run/lirc/lircd-lirc0

    prints

    000000037ff00b99 00 KEY_SWITCH_LIGHT Xbox

    000000037ff00b99 00 KEY_SWITCH_LIGHT_LIRCUP Xbox

    when I press the corresponding button on my remote control. But in the system logs I can see the entry

    Jul 9 20:55:41 OpenELEC lircd_helper: lircd-0.9.4c[495]: Info: Dropping non-standard symbol KEY_SWITCH_LIGHT

    And irexec doesn't execute the command. Does anyone have an idea how I can execute a script with LIRC without triggering a Kodi command (this is done when I use one of the predefined LIRC keys)?

    Many thanks in advance!

    Got it working finally. Here is a short description what I did (maybe this helps other people who want to execute shell commands with Lirc - even if my approach is a little bit hacky ;-)):

    • enable Lirc in Kodi
    • add to /storage/.config/autostart.sh:

    /usr/bin/irexec -d /storage/.config/lircrc &

    • create /storage/.config/lircrc and add your commands - e.g.:
    Code
    begin
  prog = irexec
  button = KEY_HOME
  config = /storage/bin/doSomething.sh
end

    Be careful: If you are used to define your own Lirc-keys here - this won't work. Use one of the predefined Lirc-key names which you do not need otherwise. See for example xbmc/Lircmap.xml at master · xbmc/xbmc · GitHub for a (maybe not complete) list of possible Lirc-keys.

    • make sure Kodi doesn't react on (for example) the KEY_HOME key - create /storage/.kodi/userdata/Lircmap.xml:
    Code
    <lircmap>
       <remote device="devinput">
               <dummy>KEY_HOME</dummy>
       </remote>
</lircmap>