I don't believe you can use a USB-Serial converter with LIRC (I'm in the same boat as you.) From what I can tell, LIRC has a seperate driver that replaces the kernel driver for the port it runs on and that driver, AFAICT doesn't support usb adapters.
Now the question I have is if this is true for the Irman. AFAIK, with the Irman, much of the signal processing is done on the microcontroller, and as such, lirc uses a symlink to /dev/ttyS0 for /dev/lirc rather than it's standard character device. This seems to imply that the standard kernel serial driver is being used, and thus might work with a usb converter. An alternative would be to buy or build a usb ir reciever, which is what I'm about to attempt with the usb-ir-boy. Let me know how it goes getting a serial adapter to work. -Nate On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:40:03 -0000, Nick Morrott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > In response to my problem of needing either a combined serial port based IR > receiver and transmitter, or using two serial based devices simultaneously, > I was wondering if any other users have had the same problem and have had > success using one serial port and converting a USB port into another serial > port to use two devices. > > I am sure this is entirely possible, but is LIRC easy to setup in this > manner? and more importantly, can anyone recommend a particular brand of > USB-serial convertor known to work under Linux (FC2/FCx etc) that should > give me the least problems. (or do they either all work the same or not at > all?) > > As I don't have (or don't think I have!) the skills to solder a combined > unit myself, this seems like the best way of solving my current problem. The > Hauppauge remotes are really too small, and the Sky+ Navigator remote just > sits there on the table tempting me to finally bring it to life! > > As I'm in the UK, any online or high-streets outlets would be a bonus. > > Cheers, > > Nick > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30/12/2004 > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
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