USB-UIRT Gentuner

[Wrx4me]

I am testing a linux Sagetv V9 installation but having difficulties setting up my HDPVR to use the generictunerplugin and the USB-UIRT. I would appreciate if anyone has a working gentuner script they don't mind sharing? I am trying to change channels on a FIOS Motorola QIP-7100 STB with LIRC. Thanks!

[Fuzzy]

here's what I've got running right now for mine:
gentuner

#!/bin/bash
#
# gentuner.LIRC
# GenericTunerPlugin to LIRC Connector
#
# See gentuner.README for details on gentuner
#
# This script proxies commands from the Generic Tuner Plugin
# to LIRC. If the remote name defined in the lircd.conf file
# ends in "-N" (where N is 1, 2, 3 or 4), it will also 
# use SET_TRANSMITTERS to restrict which emitters LIRC uses.
# Your LIRC hardware must support this feature.
#

CMD=$1
REMOTE=$2
KEY=$3
CHANNEL=$3
DELAY=.1
LOCKFILE=/tmp/lirclock

if [ "$CMD" = "REMOTES" ]; then
    /usr/bin/irsend LIST "" "" 2>&1 | cut -d" " -f2
elif [ "$CMD" = "KEYS" ]; then
    /usr/bin/irsend LIST "$REMOTE" "" 2>&1 | cut -d" " -f3
elif [ "$CMD" = "SEND" ]; then
    while [ -f $LOCKFILE ]
    do
        #echo "Waiting for lock"
        sleep $DELAY
    done

    touch $LOCKFILE

    POST=${REMOTE:(-2)}
    TRANSMITTER_NUM=${REMOTE:(-1)}

    /usr/bin/irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE $KEY
    sleep $DELAY
    rm $LOCKFILE

elif [ "$CMD" = "TUNE" ]; then
    echo "NO"
elif [ "$CMD" = "CAN_TUNE" ]; then
    echo "NO"
else
    exit 1
fi

All this does is allow sage to tell lirc to broadcast a certain signal. You still need to have LIRC configured for your USB-UIRT in your hardware.conf file:

#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="USB-UIRT-REMOTE"
REMOTE_MODULES=""
REMOTE_DRIVER="usb_uirt_raw"
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/ttyUSB0"
REMOTE_SOCKET=""
# Perhaps the following setting could move the lircd.conf file to the sagetv/server/lirc/ directory - I have not tested.
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="lircd.conf"  
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="-d /dev/ttyUSB0"

#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER="USB-UIRT-TRANSMITTER"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER="usb_uirt_raw"
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE="/dev/ttyUSB0"
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="lircd.conf"
#This was important to get it to work with gentuner or you could edit the script to include the socket to use, but it fails without mention of the device to irsend.
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS="-d /var/run/lirc/lircd1"

#Disable kernel support.
#Typically, lirc will disable in-kernel support for ir devices in order to
#handle them internally.  Set to false to prevent lirc from disabling this
#in-kernel support. 
#DISABLE_KERNEL_SUPPORT="true"

#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD="true"
#LIRCD_ARGS="-d /var/run/lirc/lircd1"

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD="false"

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES="false"

# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCMD_CONF=""

#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
#that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
#It will then populate all other variables without any user input
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
#to leave this set to "false"
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""

and have your remote configured in the lircd.conf file (this is for my Scientific Atlanta box):

#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.6.6(sir) on Wed Mar 24 22:28:59 2004
#
# Modified by Stephane Lavergne <stephane|iMars.com>:
#    Base frequency is 56kHz, irrecord was otherwise right on.
#
# contributed by 
#
# brand:                       Scientific Atlanta
# model no. of remote control: AT8400
# devices being controlled by this remote: Explorer 8000
#

begin remote

  name  SAE8000
  bits           22
  flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  header       3397  3372
  one           827  2557
  zero          827   855
  ptrail        827
  gap          101386
  toggle_bit      0

  frequency 56000

      begin codes
          power                    0x000000000037C107
          guide                    0x000000000036C127
          menu                     0x000000000036F920
          info                     0x000000000036213B
          select_up                0x000000000036812F
          select_down              0x000000000037A10B
          select                   0x0000000000366133
          select_left              0x000000000037810F
          select_right             0x0000000000364137
          select_page+             0x000000000036D924
          select_page-             0x000000000037D904
          exit                     0x0000000000366932
          settings                 0x0000000000373918
          A                        0x000000000037E902
          B                        0x000000000036193C
          C                        0x000000000037191C
          vol+                     0x000000000036093E
          vol-                     0x000000000037091E
          ch+                      0x0000000000377111
          ch-                      0x000000000036F121
          mute                     0x000000000036892E
          fav                      0x000000000037F101
          last                     0x000000000036E123
          rew8secs                 0x000000000037C906
          list                     0x000000000036C926
          live                     0x000000000036B129
          rew                      0x000000000037291A
          ff                       0x000000000036293A
          play                     0x000000000037990C
          stop                     0x0000000000365934
          pause                    0x0000000000374117
          rec                      0x0000000000375914
          1                        0x000000000036113D
          2                        0x000000000037111D
          3                        0x000000000036912D
          4                        0x000000000037910D
          5                        0x0000000000365135
          6                        0x0000000000375115
          7                        0x000000000036D125
          8                        0x000000000037D105
          9                        0x0000000000363139
          asterisk                 0x000000000037E103
          0                        0x0000000000373119
          pound                    0x000000000036B928
          pip_power                0x000000000037B908
          pip_swap                 0x0000000000367930
          pip_move                 0x0000000000377910
          pip_ch+                  0x000000000036E922
          pip_ch-                  0x000000000037F900
          video_source             0x0000000000376113
      end codes

end remote

[Wrx4me]

Thanks Fuzzy! I'm a newb with Linux so please be gentle with me . My hardware.conf and lircd.conf files are setup but when I run gentuner REMOTES as shown below the result is could and No, what am I missing?

sage@sage16:/opt/sagetv/server$ ./gentuner REMOTES
could
No

[Fuzzy]

I've seen this before when I was working with it. You'll need to run the irsend command itself to see it's output (the script parses this output to get the list of configured remotes, which is where it's getting could from).

try running:

/usr/bin/irsend LIST "" ""

and see what the output is.

[Wrx4me]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I've seen this before when I was working with it. You'll need to run the irsend command itself to see it's output (the script parses this output to get the list of configured remotes, which is where it's getting could from).

try running:

/usr/bin/irsend LIST "" ""

and see what the output is.

Thanks for the tip. I was able to get the remote listings after manually creating
/var/run/lirc

and then typing

lircd -d /dev/lirc0

Channel changing is still not working but I am thinking maybe its the remote code I am using as gentuner finds the remote. One other thing, how do you make /var/run/lirc persistent between reboots? I have to constantly re-create it.

[Fuzzy]

I think it should be able to create it on it's own when it runs LIRCD, but I'm not very linux saavy, so i can't be for sure. I do know the script I have running doesn't create it, so it must be getting made some other way.

If you run lircd as root (sudo lirdc -d /dev/lirc0), does it create it on its own?

[Wrx4me]

If I run lircd as sudo I get this:

lircd: can't open or create /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid
lircd: No such file or directory

I still end up having to mkdir /var/run/lirc manually.
By the way, do you know where I can get the remote control codes for the Verizon FIOS universal remote?

[Fuzzy]

as far as I know, the best place for LIRC remote codes is here: http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/

[Wrx4me]

Great, I''ll check that out. Would you please look at my hardware.conf and lircd.conf files and see if you notice any issues, I still can't change channels even though gentuner.log is dsiplaying what I believe is normal.

Hardware.conf

#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE="USB-UIRT-REMOTE"
REMOTE_MODULES=""
REMOTE_DRIVER="usb_uirt_raw"
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/ttyUSB0"
REMOTE_SOCKET=""
# Perhaps the following setting could move the lircd.conf file to the sagetv/server/lirc/ directory - I have not tested.
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="lircd.conf"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="-d /dev/ttyUSB0"

#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER="USB-UIRT-TRANSMITTER"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER="usb_uirt_raw"
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE="/dev/ttyUSB0"
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="lircd.conf"
#This was important to get it to work with gentuner or you could edit the script to include the socket to use, but it fails without mention of the device to irsend.
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS="-d /var/run/lirc/lircd1"

#Disable kernel support.
#Typically, lirc will disable in-kernel support for ir devices in order to
#handle them internally. Set to false to prevent lirc from disabling this
#in-kernel support.
#DISABLE_KERNEL_SUPPORT="true"

#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD="true"
#LIRCD_ARGS="-d /var/run/lirc/lircd1"

#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD="false"

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES="false"

# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCMD_CONF=""

#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
#that doesn't have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
#It will then populate all other variables without any user input
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
#to leave this set to "false"
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""


Lircd.conf

#this configuration has been automatically generated via
#the Ubuntu LIRC package maintainer scripts.
#
#It includes the default configuration for the remote and/or
#transmitter that you have selected during package installation.
#
#Feel free to add any custom remotes to the configuration
#via additional include directives or below the existing
#Ubuntu include directives from your selected remote and/or
#transmitter.
include "/usr/share/lirc/extras/more_remotes/hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge"

#Configuration for the USB-UIRT2 : Motorola FIOS box transmitter:
#include "/usr/share/lirc/extras/transmitters/motorola/dctxxxx.conf"



s config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.3-CVS-pvr150-2(default) on Sun Nov 16 20:41:54 2008
#
# contributed by Michael Hanson
#
# brand: Verizon (?)
# model no. of remote control: Verizon FiOS Universal
# Inside battery compartment has the following
# information:
# RC1445302/00B
# 3139 238 16051 REV 2
# MADE IN CHINA
# CP02 50829 G 009840
# devices being controlled by this remote: Motorola QIP6200-2
#

begin remote

name Motorola_QIP6200-2
bits 16
flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100

header 9028 4450
one 555 4433
zero 555 2181
ptrail 556
gap 99876
toggle_bit_mask 0x0

begin codes
KEY_POWER 0x5006 # Was: power
KEY_MENU 0x9806 # Was: menu
KEY_INFO 0x0C0B # Was: guide
KEY_INFO 0xCC05 # Was: info
KEY_UP 0x2C09 # Was: up
KEY_DOWN 0xAC01 # Was: down
KEY_LEFT 0x6C0E # Was: left
KEY_RIGHT 0xEC06 # Was: right
KEY_OK 0x8807 # Was: ok
KEY_EXIT 0x480B # Was: exit
KEY_OPTION 0x4205 # Was: options
widgets 0xC209
KEY_POWER 0x580A # Was: ondemand
KEY_FAVORITES 0xA805 # Was: favorites
KEY_LAST 0xC803 # Was: last
fiostv 0x7C0F
KEY_CHANNELUP 0xD00A # Was: ch+
KEY_CHANNELDOWN 0x3002 # Was: ch-
KEY_PREVIOUS 0x3C08 # Was: previous
dvr 0xBC00
KEY_NEXT 0xFC07 # Was: next
KEY_REWIND 0x7808 # Was: rewind
KEY_PLAYPAUSE 0xF800 # Was: play-pause
KEY_FASTFORWARD 0xB804 # Was: fastforward
KEY_STOP 0x380C # Was: stop
KEY_RECORD 0x8C03 # Was: record
KEY_1 0x800F # Was: 1
KEY_2 0x4007 # Was: 2
KEY_3 0xC00B # Was: 3
KEY_4 0x2003 # Was: 4
KEY_5 0xA00D # Was: 5
KEY_6 0x6005 # Was: 6
KEY_7 0xE009 # Was: 7
KEY_8 0x1001 # Was: 8
KEY_9 0x900E # Was: 9
KEY_0 0x0000 # Was: 0
KEY_NUMERIC_STAR 0x2201 # Was: \*
KEY_NUMERIC_POUND 0x0203 # Was: #
KEY_YELLOW 0xE801 # Was: yellow
KEY_BLUE 0xE40E # Was: blue
KEY_RED 0x1406 # Was: red
KEY_GREEN 0x940A # Was: green
av 0x280D
pip 0x4403
pip-change 0xC40D
end codes

end remote

[Fuzzy]

I think the sage script, as I posted above, sends the commands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0. (as are in my lircd.conf I posted). It appears your lircd.conf calls the number KEY_1, KEY_2, etc. So when the script tells it to send '1', it can't do it. You can probably append KEY_ to the command in the script:

KEY=KEY_$3

or simply change the entries in lircd.conf to be:

1 0x800F
2 0x4007
etc...

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by Wrx4me

Thanks for the tip. I was able to get the remote listings after manually creating
/var/run/lirc

and then typing

lircd -d /dev/lirc0

Channel changing is still not working but I am thinking maybe its the remote code I am using as gentuner finds the remote. One other thing, how do you make /var/run/lirc persistent between reboots? I have to constantly re-create it.

If you are using lirc on pretty much any linux distro, then it should come with an init script to start it automatically on boot.

You would never need to run the command as you are doing, but, rather, use either...

/etc/init.d/lirc start|stop

or

service lirc start|stop

I don't use lirc myself, but this is standard "service" stuff in linux. Depending on your distro there may be different command to tell something like lirc to start on boot, but normally that stuff is pretty easy to find using google and couple querries like... "how to start lirc automatically using Ubuntu 16.05", etc.

[Wrx4me]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I think the sage script, as I posted above, sends the commands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0. (as are in my lircd.conf I posted). It appears your lircd.conf calls the number KEY_1, KEY_2, etc. So when the script tells it to send '1', it can't do it. You can probably append KEY_ to the command in the script:

KEY=KEY_$3

or simply change the entries in lircd.conf to be:

1 0x800F
2 0x4007
etc...

Thanks, I am using a different remote from the one I posted that's similar to yours but is for a Motorola set top box. I will test further with that file as Transmit even from the command line always fails.

[Wrx4me]

Originally Posted by stuckless

If you are using lirc on pretty much any linux distro, then it should come with an init script to start it automatically on boot.

You would never need to run the command as you are doing, but, rather, use either...

/etc/init.d/lirc start|stop

or

service lirc start|stop

I don't use lirc myself, but this is standard "service" stuff in linux. Depending on your distro there may be different command to tell something like lirc to start on boot, but normally that stuff is pretty easy to find using google and couple querries like... "how to start lirc automatically using Ubuntu 16.05", etc.

I uninstalled and re-installed Lirc and now it is starting up normally and creating the lirc folder I mentioned early without manual intervention. I still cant figure out why my USB-UIRT is not transmitting with all the remote codes I've tried.

[stuckless]

The first step before you even consider genturner and sagetv, is to really get it working using irsend. If you can get it working using irsend, then that would validate the everything is working, and at that point, you now just need to use a simple gentuner script to make it work with sagetv.

http://www.lirc.org/html/irsend.html

I'd start with irsend "LIST" "REMOTE NAME" "" to make sure the remote is configured. I'd then use the SEND_ONCE and try sending some commands, and see if that is failing, etc.

once you get that working, I don't think you'll have much issues with the gentuner part.

Unfortunately, I haven't played with lirc very often, but I may end up getting USB UIRT device, since the CommandIR is no long supported, and likely, the usb uirt would be a good choice (it wasn't an option 7 years ago).

[Wrx4me]

Good idea Stuckless, I will leave gentuner out of the mix for now and see if I can get things working with irsend and address those errors first.

[Wrx4me]

After further testing and transmitting still failing, I am beginning to think that I am missing the drivers in this distro Ubuntu 16.04 here is my abbreviated dmesg output


[ 13.096563] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 13.096582] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 13.096596] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 13.115361] usbcore: registered new interface driver ftdi_sio
[ 13.115380] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB Serial Device
[ 13.115462] ftdi_sio 2-2:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[ 13.115523] usb 2-2: Detected FT232RL
[ 13.139210] usb 2-2: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 15.011165] usbcore: registered new interface driver hdpvr

I am missing something similar to the output below (copied from an online source)

[ 15.045918] drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c: v1.4.3:USB FTDI Serial Converters Driver

If anyone is running ubuntu 16.04 with the USB-UIRT transmitting properly please chime in. Thanks.

[Fuzzy]

I am using unRAID, with sage running in a docker, and am successfully running the USB-UIRT to blast to my cable box, and my dmesg doesn't have that entry. part of the problem with all the various guides out there, is that lirc went through a lot of changes over the last decade, so there is likely some misinformation out there - in any case, I'm pretty sure ubuntu 16.04 should include the usb-uirt drivers (as indicated by it getting property attached to ttyUSB0)

What is the output of irsend when doing the test commands stuckless mentioned previously?

[Wrx4me]

I'd like to run Sage in an unRAID docker as well but Opendct is not detecting my tuners hence the testing now with the VM in docker. I get the results below running irsend but my device doesnt flash as it does when I point a remote control at it.

sage@sage16:/etc/lirc$ irsend LIST Motorola_DCT6200 9
irsend: 000009145dff5fff 9

then this:
sage@sage16:/etc/lirc$ irsend -d /var/run/lirc/lircd1 SEND_ONCE Motorola_DCT6200 SELECT
irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE Motorola_DCT6200 SELECT
irsend: transmission failed

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by Wrx4me

I'd like to run Sage in an unRAID docker as well but Opendct is not detecting my tuners hence the testing now with the VM in docker. I get the results below running irsend but my device doesnt flash as it does when I point a remote control at it.

sage@sage16:/etc/lirc$ irsend LIST Motorola_DCT6200 9
irsend: 000009145dff5fff 9

then this:
sage@sage16:/etc/lirc$ irsend -d /var/run/lirc/lircd1 SEND_ONCE Motorola_DCT6200 SELECT
irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE Motorola_DCT6200 SELECT
irsend: transmission failed

honestly, I don't know what to try next - lirc is sort of a mystery to me, but the sagetv docker has it pretty sorted with the files i posted up above. I think you're better off figuring out what your issue is with unRAID, and go that route, because it's been the happiest I've ever been with my sagetv server.

[Wrx4me]

Thanks Fuzzy, I'll work on my Unraid docker Sage installation and Opendct issues if that is successful, then I will go that route and abandon the VM for now.