PVR-150 with IR-Blaster

This is for the *NEW* PVR-150 with the built in IR-Blaster.

Most of this page was taken from Mark’s Braindump website.

rpm -qa | grep lirc | xargs rpm -e cd /tmp/svn rm -rf lirc* wget http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/lmilk/lirc-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150.tar.bz2 tar xfj lirc-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150.tar.bz2 cd lirc-0.8.1-CVS-pvr150 ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash --with-driver=hauppauge_pvr150 make sudo make install wget http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/lmilk/haup-ir-blaster.bin sudo mv haup-ir-blaster.bin /lib/firmware/ wget http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/lmilk/lircd.conf sudo cp lircd.conf /etc/lircd.conf sudo cp contrib/lirc.redhat /etc/rc.d/init.d/lirc sudo chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/lirc sudo /sbin/service lirc start
 * If you have installed lirc via yum or rpm remove the old copy
 * Now Download and untar the new version.
 * After you have installed the lirc software you need to download the IR Blaster firmware from here, and move it to /lib/firmware
 * Next you will wont to download the lirc.conf file for use with the IR-Blaster.
 * To Start the lirc demon run.
 * To Check to see if everything is working try running...

Run as root modprobe lirc_dev debug=1 && modprobe lirc_pvr150 debug=1 grep lirc /var/log/messages |tail -50 Feb 23 11:14:16 desktop kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 Feb 23 11:14:26 desktop kernel: lirc_pvr150: chip found with RX and TX Feb 23 11:14:26 desktop kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0 Feb 23 11:14:27 desktop kernel: lirc_pvr150: firmware of size 248009 loaded Feb 23 11:14:27 desktop kernel: lirc_pvr150: 637 codesets loaded
 * My Output from /var/log/messages.
 * If you get a similar entry in your messages file then you should be good to go.

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 * Next lets test to confirm that lirc can receive remote key strokes
 * You should now see your remote key strokes on the screen. If you do, you can move on, if not, you can start crying.

Resources

 * Using an IR Blaster with MythTV
 * Connecting Tuner Card To Cable Sat
 * MythTV not controlling volume
 * Using an IR Blaster with MythTV
 * Mark’s Braindump: LIRC PVR-150 IR blaster support