[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-s and Sky channels

[Uwe Schuerkamp <uwe@schuerkamp.de>]

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 09:45:26PM -0000, Bob wrote:

> What daunts me most about building a system is the IR tramitter bit, are you
> selling units? :) (I have a phobia when it comes to electronic components
> :) ).
> Btw, what about IR receivers to control VDR, are they part of most DVB
> cards??

I was afraid of that bit too, but it really is a no-brainer. I chose
an infrared receiver for the serial port, compiled lirc 0.6.6 from
source with 

./configure --with-driver=serial 

and after a bit of modprobing (receiver is connected to ttyS1:) 

modprobe lirc_serial io=0x2f8 

I would use irw to check if the receiver works and then 

irrecord 

to teach it the buttons. 

Then, after recompiling vdr with remote set to LIRC it worked
instantly. I was quite impressed by "my" hacking skills ;-) 

Let me know if you need more support. There's a series of good german
articles on how to get things up and running, so if you read german
the URL might be helpful: 

http://www.linvdr.org/doku/

Regards, 

uwe 


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