Comments on: How-to: USB remote control receiver

By: president.nulagi

president.nulagi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:36:43 +0000

er, guys:

http://www.eventghost.org/

Less geeky, but much easier!

By: Ah Bee

Ah Bee — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:58:32 +0000

I want to know is it support remote wake up? I want to wake the host PC by pressing the power button of the remote control.

By: hanuru

hanuru — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:59:33 +0000

i noticed i already have infrared on my pc so does that mean i just have to set up the remote to make it work?

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:21:07 +0000

@Franciosi – did you use the HEX or compile your own?

By: Franciosi

Franciosi — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:44:00 +0000

The device its recognized and a serial port is assigned.
Hercules give OK response to “R” but dont return any IR signal from remote controls.

The IR device is SFH 5110 active-low ir demodulator.

The PIC is the 18F2550.

Where is the problem??

By: rendy

rendy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:53:56 +0000

i’ve made it, but so simple, not like it,
i know it from a book. only 5 component.
easy to install,
anyway, your guide is cool

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:32:47 +0000

My WinTV remote (pictured) broke, so I had to replace it with a universal remote control. Low number Phillips TV codes seemed to be RC5 on the models I tried.

By: x

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:50:06 +0000

has anybody added any modifications to the firmware or has the author released new firmware?

By: akis k triandafillou

akis k triandafillou — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:55:47 +0000

my creative rm-1800 stop work,after windows updates,please if you have something for my.

By: Ivaneduardo747

Ivaneduardo747 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:44:07 +0000

@ Slater: in short: no because the WinLirc’s serial receiver does not decode the signal, wich is decoded by software. It does’nt do handshacke with the pc and WinLirc access to the Serial port directly. You can still buy one PCI -> Serial card (dont know if those things beeing sold).

@ THE PEOPLE THAT TRIED LOTS OF REMOTES: if your PIC seems to work, but you cant get any data from any remote, try this:
Check your receiver with an osciloscope (if you own one) or with a simple led (remember the resistor!).
Check if your remote IS RC5 (just one of the 6 in my home was RC5, the rest where RC6)
Try in raw mode (or however is called)
If you are shure that everything is working ok (exept that all your remotes are not RC5) just buy a generic control and program it for Philips TV.

@Chris looks ok, i will give it a try

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:55:59 +0000

This is how to get this working under Ubuntu 8.04

1: Compile LIRC with IRMan support

2: Next stop the cdc_acm driver and stop it from loading

sudo modprobe -r cdc_acm

echo “blacklist cdc_acm” | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/cdc_acm

3: Unplug the device
4: Run this command to load the correct driver

sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0×04d8 product=0×000a

5: Now you should have a /dev/ttyUSB0 device that you can configure LIRC to use next we need to configure the /etc/lirc/hardware.conf file to use this new device

6: sudo nano /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

and make the needed changes to match the below lines.

REMOTE=”Custom”
REMOTE_MODULES=”"
REMOTE_DRIVER=”irman”
REMOTE_DEVICE=”"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF=”/etc/lirc/lircd.conf”
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=”–device=/dev/ttyUSB0″

START_LIRCD=”true”

LOAD_MODULES=”true”

7: I am using a the Verizon Fios remote model RC14453022/00B programmed for code 0881 on the DVD button, this code gave me the needed rc5 output. Just as a note this remote will not allow you to use the digit keys for the TV,AUX,and DVD buttons and it will not control my Blue Ray Player, have to find me a new remote…

8: Next we need to make a Lircd.conf file. Run
the next code and follow the prompts.

sudo irrecord –disable-namespace –driver irman -d /dev/ttyUSB0 RemoteXXX.conf

9: Next we need to copy the new file to the correct location.

sudo cp RemoteXXX /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

10: Now we start LIRC using the correct driver so we can check if the setup is working.

sudo lircd -n –driver irman -d /dev/ttyUSB0

11: We now need to start irw to see the output of the remote keys, if you do not see any output when a key is pressed then your setup is not working

irw

12: Next you can run mythbuntu-lircrc-generator to make the ~/.lirc/mythtv configuration file for mapping the remote keys, or you can do it manually.

Good Luck
Chris

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:04:17 +0000

Has anyone got this to work with Ubuntu and LIRC?
when I plug in the unit it get a “/dev/ttyACM0″ but not sure what driver I need LIRC to use

Works in XP just fine with grinder.

By: slater

slater — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:55:08 +0000

not a very related question but i am realy curious
will an old serial port reciver work with a serial to USB adapter with winlirc?

By: mona

mona — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:34:06 +0000

please direct me about make a board of infrared that work by usb port

By: Borellus

Borellus — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:40:26 +0000

Nice one, I would have a go myself but it is probably much easier to buy one.