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	Help with VLSystems MPlay Blast by Tom Debruyne :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hello, I am trying to get my VLSystems MPlay Blast (the standalone one, not Zalman HD135) to work with lirc 0.8.6 or 0.8.5 but it doesn't work. The device is found by the kernel and mounted on /dev/ttyUSB0: # dmesg \|grep "usb 3-4" usb 3-4: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 usb 3-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001 usb 3-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 3-4: Product: FT232R USB UART usb 3-4: Manufacturer: FTDI usb 3-4: SerialNumber: A3000F9Z usb 3-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 3-4: Detected FT232RL usb 3-4: Number of endpoints 2 usb 3-4: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64 usb 3-4: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64 usb 3-4: Setting MaxPacketSize 64 usb 3-4: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0 There are 2 end points because there is the LCD screen as output and IR receiver as input. The LCD works out of the box with LCDproc. At this page, I see that it should be working with the mplay driver without any kernel module http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html VLSystem MPlay Blast mplay none mplay vlsystem/lircd.conf.mplay bundled I have the following: # ps -ef \| grep lircd root 2862 1 0 15:59 ? 00:00:00 lircd --driver=mplay --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 But when I run irw, I don't see anything coming to the console when pressing any key from the remote. When starting lircd, I have the following message in the lircd log: lircd-0.8.6[2862]: lircd(mplay) ready, using /var/run/lirc/lircd When starting irw: lircd-0.8.6[2862]: accepted new client on /var/run/lirc/lircd Linux kernel version is 2.6.31.5 (I tried with 2.6.29 before). I know that the remote control is not broken because the VLSystems MPlay Blast has a direct connection to the soft power on the motherboard and I can turn on the PC with the remote without problem. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Tom Links already visited to try to fix this issue: http://www.nabble.com/New-driver-for-Vlsys-mplay-%28the-one-in-Zalman-Hd135-case%29-to14282379.html http://zalman.ostergaard.net/lirc.html http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Zalman_HD160XT http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=afd876e20806100003h1d7d842au99c3e37c4e00bc4f@... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8151133 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference
	Re: Help with VLSystems MPlay Blast by Christoph Bartelmus :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hi! Tom Debruyne "tomdebruyne@..." wrote: > I am trying to get my VLSystems MPlay Blast (the standalone one, not > Zalman HD135) to work with lirc 0.8.6 or 0.8.5 but it doesn't work. How does your lircd.conf look like and have you tried to create your own with irrecord? Christoph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference
	Re: Help with VLSystems MPlay Blast by Tom Debruyne :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hi Christoph Bartelmus wrote: Hi! Tom Debruyne wrote: > I am trying to get my VLSystems MPlay Blast (the standalone one, not > Zalman HD135) to work with lirc 0.8.6 or 0.8.5 but it doesn't work. How does your lircd.conf look like and have you tried to create your own with irrecord? My lircd.conf is this one: http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/vlsystem/ Should "irw" give an output even with a misconfigured lircd.conf ? It looks like other people have the same problem as me (but not on the same distribution) : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/459021 Thanks, Tom
	Re: Help with VLSystems MPlay Blast by Christoph Bartelmus :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hi! Tom Debruyne "tomdebruyne@..." wrote: >> Tom Debruyne "tomdebruyne@..." wrote: >>> I am trying to get my VLSystems MPlay Blast (the standalone one, not >>> Zalman HD135) to work with lirc 0.8.6 or 0.8.5 but it doesn't work. >> >> How does your lircd.conf look like and have you tried to create your own >> with irrecord? >> > My lircd.conf is this one: > http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/vlsystem/ > > Should "irw" give an output even with a misconfigured lircd.conf ? No, you won't see anything. > It looks like other people have the same problem as me (but not on the same > distribution) : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/459021 Do you get any output from the tty, i.e. does "hexdump /dev/ttyUSB0" show anything when you press buttons. Christoph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july
	Re: Help with VLSystems MPlay Blast by Tom Debruyne :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Christoph Bartelmus wrote: > Should "irw" give an output even with a misconfigured lircd.conf ? No, you won't see anything. OK Christoph Bartelmus wrote: > It looks like other people have the same problem as me (but not on the same > distribution) : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/459021 Do you get any output from the tty, i.e. does "hexdump /dev/ttyUSB0" show anything when you press buttons. I have just tried that, no, I don't see anything in the terminal when running "hexdump /dev/ttyUSB0" and pressing buttons on the remote. I guess this means the problem is not with lirc but with the hardware or the kernel, is that right? Thanks, Tom
	Re: Help with VLSystems MPlay Blast by Christoph Bartelmus :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hi! Tom Debruyne "tomdebruyne@..." wrote: [...] >>> It looks like other people have the same problem as me (but not on the >>> same >>> distribution) : >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/459021 >> >> Do you get any output from the tty, i.e. does "hexdump /dev/ttyUSB0" show >> anything when you press buttons. >> > I have just tried that, no, I don't see anything in the terminal when > running "hexdump /dev/ttyUSB0" and pressing buttons on the remote. I guess > this means the problem is not with lirc but with the hardware or the kernel, > is that right? Yes, it's most likely a problem with the kernel driver. Christoph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july