Windows MCE Receiver

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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.