[linux-dvb] Re: remote on hauppage nova-t

[matthew streeter <mas051@ic24.net>]

Hi

On Friday 10 September 2004 09:47, Simon Kilvington wrote:
> matthew streeter wrote:
> | Hi list
> |
> | has anyone got the remote on the hauppauge nova-t working? I am on the
>
> 2.6
>
> | kernel and have the saa7146/ tda10045 card
> |
> | am running under suse9.1
> |
> | any advice would be useful
> |
> | matthew
>
> I'm using a 2.4 kernel, but the process should be pretty similar...
>
> Don't install LIRC. The DVB module for the Nova-T card contains code to
> detect when you're pressing buttons on the remote and send them directly
> to the event queue. So all you need to do is, plug in the IR receiver to
> the DVB card. Then you can use the "evtest" programme that comes with
> the linuxtv-dvb-apps to check it works:
>
> cd linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.0/util/av7110_loadkeys/
> ./evtest /dev/input/event0
>
> This should print out key codes when you press buttons on the remote. If
> no code appears when you press a particular button, check dmesg - there
> will probably be a line like this:
>
> Apr 27 08:45:33 digibox kernel: DVB (msp430_ir_interrupt): no key for 3b!
>

I see no output to screen or to dmesg :-( 
will have to keep fiddling

> You may need to edit the key code mappings in
> linuxtv-dvb-CVS/dvb-kernel/build-2.4/budget-ci.c to make them more
> suitable for MythTV (or whatever you are going to use) and to add
> buttons that evtest didn't pick up. Here's my key_map table (0's are
> buttons which don't exist - these are the ones that produce the dmesg
> error if they are pressed when the key map table is wrong, like the
> "go" button which produces code 0x3b on mine):
>
> /*
> ~ * key map for remote that comes with Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T PCI Digital
> TV Card
> ~ * generate keys for MythTV rather than KEY_REWIND, KEY_PLAY, etc
> ~ */
> static  u16 key_map[64] = {
> ~        /* 0x0X */
> ~        KEY_0, KEY_1, KEY_2, KEY_3, KEY_4, KEY_5, KEY_6, KEY_7, KEY_8,
> KEY_9,
> ~        0,
> ~        KEY_RED,                        /* red */
> ~        KEY_I,                          /* unlabeled */
> ~        KEY_M,                          /* menu */
> ~        0,
> ~        KEY_F9,                         /* mute */
> ~        /* 0x1X */
> ~        KEY_RIGHT,                      /* right/vol+ */
> ~        KEY_LEFT,                       /* left/vol- */
> ~        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
> ~        KEY_PAGEDOWN,                   /* skip */
> ~        KEY_ESC,                        /* back/exit */
> ~        /* 0x2X */
> ~        KEY_UP,                         /* up/ch+ */
> ~        KEY_DOWN,                       /* down/ch- */
> ~        0, 0,
> ~        KEY_PAGEUP,                     /* replay */
> ~        KEY_ENTER,                      /* ok */
> ~        0, 0, 0,
> ~        KEY_BLUE,                       /* blue */
> ~        0, 0, 0, 0,
> ~        KEY_GREEN,                      /* green */
> ~        0,
> ~        /* 0x3X */
> ~        KEY_P,                          /* pause */
> ~        0,
> ~        KEY_COMMA,                      /* rewind */
> ~        0,
> ~        KEY_DOT,                        /* fforward */
> ~        KEY_SPACE,                      /* play */
> ~        KEY_P,                          /* stop */
> ~        KEY_R,                          /* record */
> ~        0, 0, 0,
> ~        KEY_O,                          /* go */
> ~        KEY_W,                          /* full */
> ~        KEY_POWER,                      /* power */
> ~        KEY_YELLOW,                     /* yellow */
> ~        0,
> };
>
> I also increased the repeat rate from 350ms to 650ms (just search and
> replace 350 with 650 - it should only occur in a couple of places).
> Trial and error is the way to work out what is best for you (and your
> girlfriend!)
>
> Now, if you "modprobe hid" (if it is not already loaded), then the
> remote control should send its key codes directly to the keyboard when
> you press the buttons.
>
> | ps do any of the uk users know how to get the BBCi and all the
>
> interactive
>
> | stuff working
>
> BBCi (and all the "red button" stuff) is something called MHEG-5 -
> basically the digital equivalent of teletext - there are no open
> source decoders as far as I am aware. You can download the specs
> here:
>
> http://www.dtg.org.uk/publications/books/mheg_profile_106.pdf

a 200+ page pdf :-/ 

>
> so if you want to write one...
Humm my coding experience is zero and I would struggle to know where to start, 
but obviously if one is written I would gladly test it :-)

matthew