[pvrusb2] pvrusb2 Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3

Michael mike.ingardia at gmail.com
Tue Oct 6 15:43:18 CDT 2009


Sorry long day, 2.6.28-15 is the kernel version.

Did some digging.  It appears that there have been several changes to
the pvrusb2 driver related to the 1950 as of late, so now I am on the
road to trying to build the latest snapshot.  Would not build can't find
the tda18271.h.  In ubuntu that file is located
at /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-15-generic/include/config/media/tuner/tda18271.h
but the build is not finding it.  Have to keep looking I guess into how
it finds includes.

Make sure that lirc_dev is loaded first before lirc_i2c.  To do this I
manually unloaded and reloaded the modules.  In some other doc I see
that you might be able to do this with the hardware config file of lirc

Mike...



Hit a snag in that I was unable to 

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> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:01:07 -0400
> From: Mike Ingardia <mike.ingardia at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pvrusb2] 1950 Remote and Transmitter
> To: nickrobbins at yahoo.com
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> You have to load the lirc_i2c module.
> 
> I have the following modules loaded:
> lirc_dev
> lirc_i2c
> lirc_pvr150
> 
> Kernel version is 2.5.28.15-generic
> 
> Not sure how to tell what version of pvrusb2 I am using but I am pretty sure
> its just the one that comes with Ubuntu.
> 
> Mike.
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:05:20 -0400
> From: Mike Ingardia <mike.ingardia at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pvrusb2] pvrusb2 Digest, Vol 50, Issue 2
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> No s5h1411 errors in the logs.
> 
> 
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> >   3. Re: 1950 Remote and Transmitter (Roger)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:12:26 -0400
> > From: Mike Ingardia <mike.ingardia at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [pvrusb2] 1950 Remote and Transmitter
> > To: pvrusb2 at isely.net
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> >
> > Hey Mike,
> > I got my remote working by doing the following in UBUNTU 9.04:
> >
> > 1. Use the ir-kbd-i2c.ko module and load it.
> > 2. Load the remove any lirc module that you may have installed in ubuntu.
> > 3. Download and build the lirc-0.8.6 module and configure it to use
> > the Hauppauge Driver ( PVR_150)
> > 4. load the librc_dev module into the kernel.
> > 5. kick off the lircd daemon.
> >
> > This creates a /dev/lirc0 and /dev/lirc devices.
> >
> > Using irw I can see the correct key presses from the Hauppauge remote being
> > deplayed.
> >
> > My question:
> >
> > Although I was able to get the "receiver" side working, I have not been
> > able
> > to get the transmitter to work. Which was my true goal as I am trying to
> > control a cable box so that SageTV can use all my chanels vs. just the ones
> > you can get with out a cable box.
> >
> > Suggestions on approaches.  When I attempt to run irsend I get irsend:
> > hardware does not support sending.
> >
> > I know it probably is attempting to send to the reciever vs the
> > tranmitter.   I tried kicking up another lircd specifing the /dev/lirc
> > device ( as oppose the I assume the default /dev/lirc0 ), although I was
> > hoping the name would have been /dev/lirc1 so I am not sure I even have the
> > tranmitter device operating or everythign configured right.
> >
> > In the kernel log I see messages like the following:
> >
> > Oct  4 12:25:24 amd-linuxmce kernel: [  327.689452] lirc_i2c: chip 0x10005
> > found @ 0x71 (Hauppauge PVR150)
> > Oct  4 12:25:24 amd-linuxmce kernel: [  327.689478] lirc_dev:
> > lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 10
> > Oct  4 12:25:24 amd-linuxmce kernel: [  327.689813] lirc_dev: driver
> > lirc_i2c registered at minor number = 0
> > Oct  4 12:25:24 amd-linuxmce kernel: [  327.689816] lirc_dev (lirc_i2c[0]):
> > poll thread started
> >
> > Which would seem to imply it found the chip but I don't know enough to know
> > if that means just the remote or transmitter as well.
> >
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
> > ----
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:47:01 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Nicholas Robbins <nickrobbins at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [pvrusb2] 1950 Remote and Transmitter
> > To: Communications nexus for pvrusb2 driver <pvrusb2 at isely.net>
> > Message-ID: <493915.26552.qm at web110312.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> > --- On Sun, 10/4/09, Mike Ingardia <mike.ingardia at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Mike Ingardia <mike.ingardia at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [pvrusb2] 1950 Remote and Transmitter
> > > To: pvrusb2 at isely.net
> > > Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009, 1:12 PM
> > > Hey Mike,
> > > I got my remote working by doing the following in UBUNTU
> > > 9.04:
> > >
> > > 1. Use the ir-kbd-i2c.ko module and load it.
> > > 2. Load the remove any lirc module that you may have
> > > installed in ubuntu.
> > > 3. Download and build the lirc-0.8.6 module and configure
> > > it to use
> > > the Hauppauge Driver ( PVR_150)
> > > 4. load the librc_dev module into the kernel.
> > > 5. kick off the lircd daemon.
> > >
> > > This creates a /dev/lirc0 and /dev/lirc devices.
> > >
> >
> > This does nothing for me.
> >
> > What version of the pvrusb2 driver are you using?
> >
> > What version of the kernel are you using?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:00:35 -0800
> > From: Roger <rogerx at sdf.lonestar.org>
> > Subject: Re: [pvrusb2] 1950 Remote and Transmitter
> > To: Communications nexus for pvrusb2 driver <pvrusb2 at isely.net>
> > Message-ID: <1254711635.12850.97.camel at localhost2.local>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > Please follow-up if you see " s5h1411 i2c errors" after rebooting the
> > computer, but leaving the hvr-1950 on during the reboot with firmwares
> > already loaded.
> >
> > For more info, see the posts to this list with the subject " s5h1411
> > errors"
> >
> > I've just completely uninstalled lirc here because my systems seem to be
> > also completely ignoring the "blacklist lirc_dev" "blacklist lirc_i2c"
> > options.
> >
> > <shrugs>
> >
> > Since I rarely use IR, with too much to do around here. :-/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 13:12 -0400, Mike Ingardia wrote:
> > > Hey Mike,
> > > I got my remote working by doing the following in UBUNTU 9.04:
> > >
> > > 1. Use the ir-kbd-i2c.ko module and load it.
> > > 2. Load the remove any lirc module that you may have installed in ubuntu.
> > > 3. Download and build the lirc-0.8.6 module and configure it to use
> > > the Hauppauge Driver ( PVR_150)
> > > 4. load the librc_dev module into the kernel.
> > > 5. kick off the lircd daemon.
> > >
> > > This creates a /dev/lirc0 and /dev/lirc devices.
> > >
> > > Using irw I can see the correct key presses from the Hauppauge remote
> > being
> > > deplayed.
> > >
> > > My question:
> > >
> > > Although I was able to get the "receiver" side working, I have not been
> > able
> > > to get the transmitter to work. Which was my true goal as I am trying to
> > > control a cable box so that SageTV can use all my chanels vs. just the
> > ones
> > > you can get with out a cable box.
> > >
> > > Suggestions on approaches.  When I attempt to run irsend I get irsend:
> > > hardware does not support sending.
> > >
> > > I know it probably is attempting to send to the reciever vs the
> > > tranmitter.   I tried kicking up another lircd specifing the /dev/lirc
> > > device ( as oppose the I assume the default /dev/lirc0 ), although I was
> > > hoping the name would have been /dev/lirc1 so I am not sure I even have
> > the
> > > tranmitter device operating or everythign configured right.
> > >
> > > In the kernel log I see messages like the following:
> > >
> > > Oct  4 12:25:24 amd-linuxmce kernel: [  327.689452] lirc_i2c: chip
> > 0x10005
> > > found @ 0x71 (Hauppauge PVR150)
> > > Oct  4 12:25:24 amd-linuxmce kernel: [  327.689478] lirc_dev:
> > > lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 10
> > > Oct  4 12:25:24 amd-linuxmce kernel: [  327.689813] lirc_dev: driver
> > > lirc_i2c registered at minor number = 0
> > > Oct  4 12:25:24 amd-linuxmce kernel: [  327.689816] lirc_dev
> > (lirc_i2c[0]):
> > > poll thread started
> > >
> > > Which would seem to imply it found the chip but I don't know enough to
> > know
> > > if that means just the remote or transmitter as well.
> > >
> > >
> > > Suggestions?
> > >
> > > ----
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> > --
> > Roger
> > http://rogerx.freeshell.org
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:17:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Nicholas Robbins <nickrobbins at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pvrusb2] 1950 Remote and Transmitter
> To: Mike Ingardia <mike.ingardia at gmail.com>
> Cc: pvrusb2 at isely.net
> Message-ID: <116665.40783.qm at web110309.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> --- On Tue, 10/6/09, Mike Ingardia <mike.ingardia at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Mike Ingardia <mike.ingardia at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re:1950 Remote and Transmitter
> > To: nickrobbins at yahoo.com
> > Cc: pvrusb2 at isely.net
> > Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 8:01 AM
> > You have to load the lirc_i2c module.
> > 
> > I have the following modules loaded:
> > lirc_dev
> > lirc_i2c
> > lirc_pvr150
> > 
> > Kernel version is 2.5.28.15-generic
> > 
> > Not sure how to tell what version of pvrusb2 I am using but
> > I am pretty sure its just the one that comes with Ubuntu.
> > 
> > 
> > Mike.
> 
> I've always been loading the lirc_i2c module, no love.
> 
> I don't seem to have the lirc_pvr150 module. When I complile lirc with either --with-driver=all or --with-driver=hauppauge I don't get the lirc_pvr150 module. I also don't see it listed anywhere on lirc's website. Including http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html.
> 
> Are you sure you are using 2.5.28 and not 2.6.28?
> 
> -Nick
> 
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