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Lirc How-to (For newbies) By vsergeev Lirc stands for Linux Infrared Remote Control, since the Agenda VR3 includes Lirc you can control most of your infrared stuff at home, all you need is a specific config file. I have this one VCR I was controlling a couple days ago. An example of things that you might be able to control are: TV, VCR, Phillips TIVO, Infrared MP3 Jukebox, and other things.... the only problem you might face is finding the right config file for the thing you are going to control. Anyway the first step in controlling something is finding the config file, look here: http://www.lirc.org/remotes/ Now pick the brand name of the thing you want to control. For example I picked this config file for my panasonic VCR: http://www.lirc.org/remotes/panasonic/VCR So once you have found the appropriate config file, make a PPP connection with your agenda and upload the config file to any location (I chose /home/default), now that you have uploaded your specific config file goto your agenda and type: su Type in the password, then: /sbin/lircd <config file name> So for example I would type: /sbin/lircd VCR Remember be in the same directory as your config file. Now you can start controlling by typing: rc SEND_ONCE <actual name> <command> Look at this carefully, here is part of my VCR config file: begin remote name VCR bits 24 flags SPACE_ENC eps 20 aeps 200 The /actual name/ part stands for the word right after the word name as shown above. You have to type the actual name and not the config file name because sometimes the actual name may be different from the config file name. Next the /command/ part is going to be one of the commands you are going to send for example POWER, VOL+, VOL-, REC. To find out the commands that are available for you, check in the config file again, under the section: begin codes POWER 0x000000000000BCB5 PAUSE/STILL 0x0000000000006069 STOP 0x0000000000000009 STILL_ADV 0x0000000000003039 REW 0x0000000000004049 PLAY 0x0000000000005059 FF 0x000000000000C0C9 REC 0x0000000000001019 SLOW 0x000000000000F0F9 SLOW- 0x000000000000F1F8 SLOW+ 0x0000000000007178 SLP/SP 0x00000000008050D9 VCR/TV 0x0000000000006C65 CHAN- 0x000000000000ACA5 CHAN+ 0x0000000000002C25 INPUT_SELECT 0x000000000000030A MEMORY_PLAY 0x0000000000002F26 AUDIO_OUT 0x000000000000CCC5 MONITOR 0x0000000000008980 CLOCK/COUNTER 0x0000000000006A63 TAPE_REMAIN 0x000000000000AAA3 RESET 0x0000000000002A23 end codes So I could pick the command I wanted, for example if I wanted to send the POWER command then I would get my agenda close to the appliance I am sending to (my VCR) and type: rc SEND_ONCE VCR POWER Then my VCR would turn on if it is off and off if it is on. So lets review this again: First you find your config file from: http://www.lirc.org/remotes/ Select the brand, download the config file to your pc then to your agenda. Then type: /sbin/lircd <config file name> Then you get your agenda near your appliance that you are going to send to and type: rc SEND_ONCE <actual name> <command> And thats about it. Thanks, Vanya Sergeev (vsergeev) Please send comments, suggestions, or anything else to: All brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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