Difference between revisions of "Windows MCE Receiver"

Revision as of 09:50, 12 January 2008

• Vendors Website: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=065
• Supported by LinuxMCE

Description

There are two common version of the USB IR Receiver/Transmitter

1. Phillips eHome Infrared Transceiver
2. SMK eHome Infrared Transceiver

Both are supported in the latest version of LIRC

Support

• IR Receiver is supported
  • The easiest method of installation is via the LinuxMCE Admin Website
    • Click on Media Directors
    • Scroll to the bottom of the list of configurable items for Infrared Receivers and select mce_usb2 from the drop down list, this will automatically install the lirc modules and update the lircd.conf file.
    • Reload the Router and you should be good to go.
• IR Transmitter is supported with driver module lirc_mceusb2 version >= 0.24 (lirc-0.8.2).
  • However, the transmitter is not currently supported in LinuxMCE

Troubleshooting

1. Currently you need to run the following command in order to get the LIRC modules available for use

  depmod -ae
  modprobe lirc_mceusb2

Alternatively do the following at the Core to fix non-functioning IR on an MD;

Use Web Admin -> Wizard -> Devices -> Media Directors to get the id number of each MD (the number preceded by a #). The open a console session at the KDE desktop and type the following;

  ssh moon<id number of MD> **this opens a console session on the MD**
  depmod
  reboot

This should allow the modules to be available and you should be able to use the remote control with the USB dongle included with the remote.