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This page try to explain how to setup lirc with the HTPC Case Moneunal MonCaso 312. The goal is to make it easier to any one trying to get it work as the information on the web is not very clear an may confuse people.

Get Lirc

To get the lirc work with you're IR receiver, you required lirc v0.9.0 and later. At the time of writing this documentation, Ubuntu doesn't have a package for it, but Debian sid as one.

Download the lirc package for your platform (usually i386) from debian package repository : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/lirc

Then double click on it to install the package.

Configure

Edit the file /etc/lirc/hardware.conf as follow :

DRIVER="mplay"

DEVICE="/dev/ttyUSB0"

Edit the file /etc/lirc/lircd.conf as follow :

begin remote

  name  Moncaso_312
  bits            8
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  one             0     0
  zero            0     0
  gap          107899
  toggle_bit_mask 0x0

      begin codes
          PwrOff                   0x41
          PwrOn                    0x55
          Hotkey                   0x5A
          DVD                      0x14
          Menu                     0x5C
          Sleep                    0x58
          Rec                      0x11
          Play                     0x09
          Eject                    0x5E
          Rew                      0x0D
          Pause                    0x05
          FF                       0x15
          Prev                     0x1A
          Stop                     0x01
          Next                     0x1E
          Full_Screen              0x0C
          Ratio                    0x10
          Task_Switcher            0x17
          Movie                    0x40
          Music                    0x56
          Photo                    0x45
          TV                       0x46
          OK                       0x42
          Up                       0x19
          Left                     0x54
          Right                    0x43
          Down                     0x1D
          Back                     0x0B
          Exit                     0x1F
          Mute                     0x4A
          More                     0x4B
          Open                     0x04
          Vol+                     0x0A
          Vol-                     0x0E
          CH+                      0x12
          CH-                      0x16
          1                        0x4D
          2                        0x4E
          3                        0x4F
          4                        0x50
          5                        0x51
          6                        0x52
          7                        0x53
          8                        0x03
          9                        0x07
          0                        0x4C
          Quick_Guide              0x08
          Timer                    0x18
      end codes

end remote

Test

Before installing lirc on your system, you may want to test if you're receiver work with you're remote. To do so, you may used irrecord. Run the following command and read the instruction at your screen.

sudo irrecord -H mplay2 -d /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/test

When you press buttons, you should be able to see dots (.) appear.

Start lirc:

sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start

Test lircd using irw:

sudo irw

When pressing buttons, you should see the button's name on screen.

References

lirc patches submit for MonCaso312

Ubuntu forum thread related to MonCaso 312

Remote Control picture