[pvrusb2] IR Blaster Support?

[Mike Isely]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Dan Bodoh wrote:

> Does the pvrusb2 module support sending to the IR blaster on the WinTV
> PVR-USB2?  If so, any pointers on how to get it working?

Well first you need to make sure you have a device that includes the IR 
blaster.  Only late-model 24xxx devices have this built in - look for a 
1/8" jack (just looks like a small hole) on the front of the device 
(same side as the RCA jacks for composite input).  I believe all 
HVR-1950 devices have this as well.


> 
> There's very little I can find on the web, some of which is regarding
> the PVR-150.  But nothing seems to work.  The closest I can get is an
> error message from LIRC: "Device does not support sending".

There's nothing the pvrusb2 driver does to help or hinder IR blaster 
support.  However it should work provided you have the right LIRC driver 
in use.  All the pvrusb2 driver does is act as a communication conduit 
to the IR blaster hardware within the device, but it's up to another 
driver (i.e. LIRC) to make use of it.

Unfortunately I personally don't have much experience running the IR 
blaster.  There has been chatter about that here on this list; 
information about it should be in the archives and thus locatable via a 
google search of some sort.  You probably need a fairly recent version 
of LIRC for this to have a chance of working.

  -Mike



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