Posts by mzurhorst

  • .lircrc not working -- are there alternatives?

    Hello,

    I am coming closer to a nice remote control setup, but one thing i missing right now.
    Under OE5, I was used to toggle my boblight-x11 binary on/off with the tiny python script. This one was launched by an entry in the .lircrc file, and the LEDs switched on/off upon a button click on the remote.

    It seems that there is no .lircrc file, and creating it both in ~/ and in ~/.config did not help either.
    Can somebody please tell me how to launch a script upon button click on my remote contol?

    Thank you.

    Kind regards,
    Marcus

  • Issue with Harmony 900 and Atric USB IR Wakeup

    Hello Irusak,

    when I do it as you describe, the remote control is not working at all.
    I rebooted and checked that the lircd-Service is not running. But IR is not running.

    Funnily, I deleted the custom udevd file and rebooted a 2nd time.
    Now the remote is working without any system modification.

    What could be the reason for this surprise?

    Thanks,
    Marcus

  • Issue with Harmony 900 and Atric USB IR Wakeup

    I tested a bit further on the SSH console.
    1) irw /run/lircd/lircd shows the irw output I posted before.
    2) irw /run/lircd/lircd-ttyACM0 shows a different output:
    # irw /run/lircd/lircd-ttyACM0
    ffff005200080400 00 KEY_UP /storage/.config/lircd/lircd.conf
    ffff005000060400 00 KEY_LEFT /storage/.config/lircd/lircd.conf
    ffff004f00090400 00 KEY_RIGHT /storage/.config/lircd/lircd.conf
    ffff005000060400 00 KEY_LEFT /storage/.config/lircd/lircd.conf
    ffff0051000b0400 00 KEY_DOWN /storage/.config/lircd/lircd.conf

    The irw output shows each button once, but of cursor is still skipping entries.

    Afterwards I had a look at the services:
    LibreELEC:~/.config # systemctl |grep lirc
    eventlircd.service loaded active running Eventlirc server daemon
    lircd@ttyACM0:irman:lircd.conf.service loaded active exited Lirc with ttyACM0:irman:lircd.conf
    system-lircd.slice loaded active active system-lircd.slice


    And I switched off eventlircd:
    LibreELEC:~/.config # systemctl stop eventlircd.service

    LibreELEC:~/.config # irw /run/lirc/lircd-ttyACM0
    ffff005200080400 00 KEY_UP /storage/.config/lircd/lircd.conf
    ffff0051000b0400 00 KEY_DOWN /storage/.config/lircd/lircd.conf

    LibreELEC:~/.config # irw /run/lirc/lircd
    Cannot connect to socket /run/lirc/lircd: No such file or directory

    Et voila: the remote is now working properly. It seems that I get a working remote with lirc only instead of routing through rc-core etc. in the kernel.
    Not sure though if I am looking at the totally wrong stuff. Can someone please advise what I could do?

    Thanks.

    Regards,
    Marcus

  • Issue with Harmony 900 and Atric USB IR Wakeup

    Quote from Klojum


    Just a tip, we're at 7.90.007 already. Shouldn't matter much on your topic, but it's good to know.

    Fair enough, I missed to update the signature. I am already at .007 with these issues above.


    In the meanwhile, seahawk1986 provided some further information:
    1) He assumes that LibreELEC facilitates eventlircd with the --release=_UP option.
    LibreELEC.tv/eventlircd.service at 0926869ead90661dfac2d919b40359f589083f72 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

    2) Lircd is started with the --uinput option according to
    LibreELEC.tv/lircd_helper at c5126044200342d06d605e44d8bccff1796cbf12 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

    But regarding to his information, this --uinput option is broken since years, and my observation matches pretty much the well known bug reports.
    Therefore, they have implemented an intermediate layer lircd2uinput (GitHub - seahawk1986/lircd2uinput: a daemon that reads from lircd-compatible sockets and outputs the key presses on an uinput device) between licrd and eventlircd.


    Question is, how does that information help me. What can I do to get this fixed?


    Regards,
    Marcus

  • Issue with Harmony 900 and Atric USB IR Wakeup

    Hello all,
    I have issues with my remote control. After some hints from the VDR Portal, I am a step closer to identify the issues.
    This is where I could need some help now:

    1) Symtoms:
    Sometimes, my remote control jumps over menu entries and leaves every second entry out. Navigation is not possible anymore.
    I have this issue already a bit longer, and I was used to "fix" this with a couple of reboots. My first assumption was a hardware hickup or whatever on the wakeup board.
    I posted recently on VDR Portal and received some hints for further investigation.

    2) irw output:
    seahawk1986 asked me to check the irw output to confirm that double button presses are indeed received by the IR system.
    I went into my LibreELEC via SSH, and started irw. The output is very confusing:

    As you see, I have two different examples:

    • I press a button (here: KEY_MENU), and there is another button event "nested" inside. (here: KEY_EPG within the press and release of KEY_MENU button)
    • doubled events (here: KEY_EXIT)

    3) lircd-service(s):
    According to seahawk1986s suggestion, I wanted to stop/start lircd to see whether the hickup would be gone after reinitialization of the stack.
    And indeed, this seems to help:

    Quote


    LibreELEC:~ # systemctl |grep lirc
    eventlircd.service loaded active running Eventlirc server daemon
    lircd@ttyACM0:irman:lircd.conf.service loaded active exited Lirc with ttyACM0:irman:lircd.conf
    system-lircd.slice loaded active active system-lircd.slice


    I see that three services contain "lirc" in their name.

    In a first attempt, I stopped lircd@ttyACM0:irman:lircd.conf.service. ---> Result: Remote working as expected
    After a reboot, my issue was back.

    I wanted to stop lircd@ttyACM.... once again, but this time I received an error message "service not loaded".
    Why is is loaded at one time, and after the reboot it is not any longer? ---> Result: Remote not working


    Anyways, now I stopped the sxstem-lircd.slice service. ---> Result: Remote working as expected
    Wow. Different service stopped, but remote is now working.


    What would I have to do to get this fixed?
    - Are all the services required, or is there anything started that should not be started at all?


    Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
    Kind regards,
    Marcus

  • Digital Devices Cine S2 v7 support for LE 7.90.0 and LE8.0?

    Thanks to both of you.
    LE 7.90.006 is indeed working, very nice.

    Actually, I am stuck with the configuration of TVH. I did not manage to get TVH42 working at all.
    When I went back to TVH40, I was able to scan like >500 channels on Astra E19.2, but a large bunch of german "standard" channels (RTL, Sat1, VOX) is missing. Tons of other channels (germans, + many others) were found.

    Could this be related to the driver support? --

    Kind regards,
    Marcus

  • Digital Devices Cine S2 v7 support for LE 7.90.0 and LE8.0?

    2017-02-28: Cine S2 v7 is also not recognized in the LE 8 final.


    Hello,

    I am using the current LE alpha version, but my DigitalDevices DVB-S2 card seems unsupported by the included kernel.
    I found a thread about an unofficial LE7 version with alternate DVB drivers, but this is based on version 7.

    Is there any possibility to add the alternate DVB drivers to the LE 8 alphas or do I have to wait?


    Thank you.

    Kind regards,
    Marcus

  • Help needed for Atric IR-Wakeup-USB

    Hello again,

    I have to ask again since I am a bit lost on this topic.
    1) When I first installed OpenELEC 2 years ago, my MCE profile of the harmony remote was working immediately when I actived an "imon MCE" plugin. I did not have to create a lirc.conf file manually.
    2) When I upgraded to early OE6 builds, function of a few nagivation keys was lost, but the majority was still working. And a downgrade brought the missing buttons back.
    3) Afterwards migrating to LibreELEC because I had the hope that this flaw would be fixed with a bit more development momentum.
    4) I did a hard reset of LE v7.90.005 yesterday and again activated this said plugin. And again, a lot of keys are working.

    Long story short:
    Is it worth ivestigating why the remote button broke with the update of the plugin?
    Or was it anyways pure coincidence that the remote worked flawlessly back in the days, and I should not waste time on this topic?


    Could anyone please recommend what I should do?

    Thanks.

    Regards,
    Marcus

  • Help needed for Atric IR-Wakeup-USB

    Hello,

    I'd like to hook in with a question.
    I came from OE5 where I followed the instructions from Atric and installed their files from the zip archive.
    Afterwards I transferred to LE.

    When I am gonna upgrade to the new LE version, will this automatically fix things or do I still have some left-overs from OE in the system that I need to purge manually? --- Right now, my situation is that my remote is only partially working. Some keys (e.g. the BACK button) do not work, which makes navigating basically impossible.

    Kind regards,
    Marcus

  • Getting Harmony 900 remote control working?

    Hello,

    I have migrated from OpenELEC 5.0.8 to LibreELEC 7.0.1 on the weekend.
    Now my Harmony 900 remote control is not working 100% anymore.

    Actually, the proper function was lost between OE5 and OE6 already as far as I remember. I upgraded to this intermediate step because I understood that OE6 would be a good drop-off point to switch over to LibreELEC.

    Regardless of this, I would appreciate a few hints how I can get this fixed in LE.
    I am totally confused about the details.

    1) Hardware:
    a) Harmony 900 Remote Control
    b) Atric IR Wakeup USB Eco Receiver (<-- this is already doing some conversion of buttons inside the hardware ?!?)

    2) Harmony Profile: MCE Keyboard
    Most buttons worked under OE5. The only annoying thing is that startup and shutdown are not mapped to different keys. But I tried other profiles, and I came back at the end.
    Also, long presses for e.g. scrolling through the lists was not working perfectly.

    3) Kodi:
    In OE5, I onnly had the MCE plugin enabled and almost everything worked fine.
    After the upgrade, some buttons for the navigation in the menus are not working anymore. I cannot leave a window anymore to go back to the upper menu level. (I guess this would be either KEY_ESC or KEY_BACK broken).
    I switched the addon off/on, but this did not help.
    I do not recall that I created config files manually. Thus, having suddenly something broken seems to be related to a change of the system itself.
    (also, when I went back to OE5 some days ago, the proper function was restored immediately)

    I do not stick to the MCE profile when there is another profile more suitable. (only unsure whether I can feed everything through my wakeup board, but I guess so)

    Questions:
    1) what is the correct order of steps to debug the sudden missbehavior?
    2) which infos do I have to provide to receive some assistance?


    Thanks a lot in advance. Regards,
    Marcus