LircWithPinnaclePCTV
This page describes how to use a Pinnacle PCTV remote control under Ubuntu Feisty.
The Pinnacle PCTV is a remote control which comes with a small infrared receiver connected to a serial port ("COM port").
Preparations
- Select a COM port on your machine and find out its "name" (COM1, COM2...)
- (TODO: describe how to test the ports, using a serial modem and kppp)
Note the Linux name of the port: COM1 is accessed as /dev/ttyS0 under Linux, COM2 is accessed as /dev/ttyS1, and so on)
- Plug the receiver into the COM port
Installation
- As the Lirc packages in Feisty seem to be broken (the PCTV driver doesn't work), download the packages for Edgy:
wget "http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lirc/liblircclient0_0.8.0-5ubuntu1_i386.deb" wget "http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/lirc/lirc_0.8.0-5ubuntu1_i386.deb"
- Install packages:
dpkg -i liblircclient0_0.8.0-5ubuntu1_i386.deb dpkg -i lirc_0.8.0-5ubuntu1_i386.deb
Configure lirc (use the pinsys driver and set the correct serial port):
sudo nano /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
DRIVER=""
DRIVER="pinsys"
DEVICE=""
DEVICE="/dev/ttyS0"
- Select the PCTV signal description:
cp /usr/share/lirc/remotes/pinnacle_systems/lircd.conf.pctv /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
- Restart lircd:
sudo /etc/init.d/lirc stop sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start
- Test whether the hardware is detected an works, by running in a console:
irw
Use LIRC
Refer to LircHowto, section "Map buttons" for this part.
LircWithPinnaclePCTV (last edited 2008-08-06 16:20:41 by localhost)