Libreelec 8.1.1 and Atric IR-WakeupUSB

    Hello,

    ich had my Libreelec Box (x86 PC) running for some time now. Today I updated to 8.1.1 and my remote stopped working.

    I use an Atric IR-WakeupUSB receiver together with an OriginAE remote control. I can switch in the box with the remote. But when Libeelec is started I can not control it. The LED from the Atric indicates it receives the remote signals.

    This all worked before the 8.1.1 update.

    I also tried a fresh install of Libreelec but noch luck.

    What I did so far after the fresh install:

    I activated Lirc in the Libeelec setup.

    I copied my lircd.conf to /storage/.config/

    I checked that lirc is running. It is.

    'ps -ef | grep lircd' gives me

    Code
    316 root       0:00 /usr/sbin/eventlircd -f --evmap=/etc/eventlircd.d --socket=/run/lirc/lircd
361 root       0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --nodaemon --release /storage/.config/lircd.conf
362 root       0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd-uinput
610 root       0:00 {kodi.sh} /bin/sh /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.sh --standalone -fs --lircdev /run/lirc/lircd
615 root       0:37 /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin --standalone -fs --lircdev /run/lirc/lircd

    This seems to be OK to me.

    irw shows nothing if pressing keys. This is not OK.

    lsusb gives me

    Code
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04d8:f844 Microchip Technology, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046a:0001 Cherry GmbH Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    ID 04d8:f844 is the IR-WakeupUSB. So this seems also to be OK.

    So, I have no idea how to go further here. Any suggestions on that?

    Kind regards

    Schrauber

    OK, it seems I am missing /dev/lirc0 and this is the reason for non working lirc.

    The device from Atric /dev/ttyACM0 is there.

    But why do I miss /dev/lirc0?

    Any ideas?

    My work around for the first time:

    I copied /usr/lib/systemd/system/lircd.service to /storage/.config/system.d/ and added '--device=/dev/ttyACM0 --driver=irman' to the lircd commandline.

    This works and the remote is functional.

    In LE 8.1/8.2 you can configure the lircd device and driver via /storage/.config/lirc_options.conf like in standard linux distributions - just copy over the default file from /etc/lirc/ and edit.

    Better do it this way and remove all other custom systemd and/or autostart changes to make the config future-proof.

    BTW: Initial wiki page on infrared remotes is here: infrared_remotes [LibreELEC]

    so long,

    Hias

    I'm facing a similar problem. Can't get my Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver to work.

    How exactly did you modify your lirc_options.conf to get it working again? I think I should edit the driver = ... line. But I can't figure out what to put there...

    Edit: created a separate post here.

    Edited once, last by tojnk (September 27, 2017 at 2:15 PM).

    Dear Schrauber!

    I changed to LibreELEC 8.2.5 but i am not able to bring the Atric IR-WakeupUSB to run.

    Before i am running kodi orginal (kodiubuntu) an the atric work perfect. But other problems forced me to switch to libreelec.

    What are all steps for a fresh installation to work with the atric IR?

    On the atric homepage is only a very old documentation and that is not working.

    thank you for the help!

    Kind Regards,

    Gregor