[linux-dvb] Re: another patch for remote control with rev 2.1

[Marc Jadoul <marcj@globalsign.net>]

Hi,

First excuse me if it is not totally related...
I agree with you that it would be nice if we can use the builtin receiver
with LIRC.

Now what i do not understand is how that work: How LIRC receive the event,
if the card already decoded it? Would it work with an other remote or does
it work only with the remote coming with the card? Could i use an universal
remote, and receive other event than the one existing in the furnished
remote?
I need a universal remote because i want to use a motorized antena... and it
seems that there aren't any DVB card that could do DISECQ 1.2... is that
right ? Are the APIs forseeing DISECQ 1.2 ?

One other thing is that i do not understand why you would add the LIRC
driver's code inside the dvb driver instead of adding a new module to the
LIRC code (like for the other TV card if i understand) ?

I have to say that all this is new for me: i just receive the card, it is
working under windows but not yet under linux...

Marc

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Metzler [mailto:rjkm@convergence.de]
Sent: jeudi 23 août 2001 14:12
To: janetzki@dosco.de
Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: another patch for remote control with rev 2.1


Ingo Janetzki writes:
 > As stated in another mail, I couldn't get the first solution of 
 > Christoph Martin to work, even not after a real long time. So I 
 > assumed that there must be an additional trick e.g. using the serial
 > port for ir reception. On the other hand, the second solution by

No, it works with the ir receiver of the card.
Why else would it have to be built into the DVB driver at all?

 > Matthias Hilbig started working after max. 15 minutes (including
 > 10 minutes for correcting bad carriage returns). 

I will not add this second solution to the driver unless it is
rewritten to work via LIRC. Presently, it adds new API calls to the
driver. This is not necessary and will only work with applications 
specifically written for the DVB driver.

As I said before, LIRC is well established as an infra-red remote
control API for Linux. Why should we invent a new one?
Dozens of applications (including VDR) already work with it.


Ralph


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