[LINUX] HOW-TO configure Soundgraph iMON VFD/IR Receiver (used by many HTPC chassis)

tiburcillo · 2008-12-20 16:02

Hey,

I just managed to get the RM200 remote working (the one that comes with the big Fusion Remote cases). I need to run the two processes each with a different config file for them to work. Here's the lircd.conf (split into two parts):

Code:

begin remote

  name  rm200d1.conf

  bits           32

  eps            30

  aeps          100

  one             0     0

  zero            0     0

  post_data_bits  32

  post_data      0x0

  gap          195988

  toggle_bit      0

      begin codes

          backspace                0x0200002A

          select                   0x0200002C

          left                     0x02800000

          right                    0x02000065

          knop                     0x01008000

          lclick                   0x01010000

          rclick                   0x01000000

          down                     0x01000000

          escape                   0x02000029

      enter                   0x02000028

          1                        0x0200001E

          2                        0x0200001F

          3                        0x02000020

          4                        0x02000021

          5                        0x02000022

          6                        0x02000023

          7                        0x02000024

          8                        0x02000025

          9                        0x02000026

          *                        0x02200025

          0                        0x02000027

          #                        0x02200020

      end codes

end remote

and

Code:

begin remote

  name  rm200d2.conf

  bits           64

  eps            30

  aeps          100

  one             0     0

  zero            0     0

  gap          195989

  min_repeat      2

  toggle_bit      0

# toggle_bit_mask 0x400000000000

      begin codes

          exit                     0x288195B700000201

          power                    0x289115B700000201

          rec                      0x298115B700000201

          play                     0x2A8115B700000201

          eject                    0x29B195B700000201

          frev                     0x2A8195B700000201

          pause                    0x2A9115B700000201

          ffwd                     0x2B8115B700000201

          skipback                 0x2B9115B700000201

          stop                     0x2B9715B700000201

          skipfw                   0x298195B700000201

          up                       0x299115B700000201

          applaunch                0x29B715B700000201

          go                       0x2AB195B700000201

          disc                     0x299395B700000201

      tasksw                   0x2A9395B700000201

          mute                     0x2B9595B700000201

          volp                     0x28A395B700000201

          volm                     0x28A595B700000201

          chp                      0x289395B700000201

          chm                      0x288795B700000201

          timer                    0x2B8395B700000201

          film                     0x2B8515B700000201

          music                    0x299195B700000201

          pics                     0x2BA115B700000201

          tv                       0x28A515B700000201

          bookmark                 0x288515B700000201

          thumb                    0x2AB715B700000201

          zoom                     0x29A595B700000201

          fs                       0x2AA395B700000201

          dvd                      0x29A395B700000201

          menu                     0x2BA395B700000201

          subs                     0x298595B700000201

          audio                    0x2B8595B700000201

          volkp                    0x00010000000002EE

          volkd                    0x01000000000002EE

      end codes

end remote

I've noticed that if you play a movie and you 'summon' the OSD, you only get a thin menu bar with a movie description. If you do the same on the keyboard you get the option to load subs and change audio languages. Any hints on how to get this done? (using MediaStream)

mvdaat · 2008-12-24 23:01

tiburcillo can you also post your lircmap.xml for the RM200?

ashmaston · 2008-12-25 19:25

Hi there,

Thanks for this awesome post. I just followed it and everythinh is working like a charm.
I still have few questions since i'm not really familiar with Imon and all that stuff. The first one is about the LCD screen from the Antec chassis. Mine stay lighted even when the computer is off. The only way to turn him off is to unplugg the whole system. Is this little issue sound familiar ? An another question is : Is there a way to controll the brightness of the LCD screen ?

Thanks a lot,
Ash

Doxic · 2008-12-29 15:46

I can't get over the first step... my "cat /proc/usb/devices" shows this information

Quote:T: Bus=04 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=04 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=15c2 ProdID=0038 Rev= 0.02
C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=10ms
I:* If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=10ms

so I altered my /etc/modprobe.d/usbhid to the following

Quote:options usbhid quirks=0x15c2:0x0038:0x0004

but the result is still the same (after "depmod -ae" and "update-initramfs -u"), the driver section shows Driver=usbhid. I installed the XBMC Live (Ubuntu 8.04, 2.6.24-19-generic)

Can anyone help me?

spid · 2008-12-29 21:32

Sweet guide, I finally have the LCD up and running and also the remote!

tiburcillo Wrote:Hey,
I've noticed that if you play a movie and you 'summon' the OSD, you only get a thin menu bar with a movie description. If you do the same on the keyboard you get the option to load subs and change audio languages. Any hints on how to get this done? (using MediaStream)

if you map <start>applaunch</start> to a button (in my case Applaunch) it will open up the options for subs, audio and bookmarks.

Here is my lircmap for the RM200 in xbmc (put under your home folder and .xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml ) I will remap the keys on my Logitech Harmony so the keys might not make sense to everyones taste, the number keys for navigation etc.

Code:

<lircmap>

<remote device="rm200d1.conf">

        <left>left</left>

        <right>right</right>

        <select>enter</select>

        <back>escape</back>

        <one>1</one>

                <left>4</left>

                <right>6</right>

                <up>2</up>

                <down>8</down>

                <select>5</select>

        <three>3</three>

        <seven>7</seven>

        <nine>9</nine>

        <zero>0</zero>

    </remote>

    <remote device="rm200d2.conf">

        <up>up</up>

        <pause>pause</pause>

        <stop>stop</stop>

        <forward>ffwd</forward>

        <reverse>frev</reverse>

        <pageplus>chp</pageplus>

        <pageminus>chm</pageminus>

        <back>back</back>

        <menu>menu</menu>

        <title>go</title>

        <info>timer</info>

        <skipplus>skipfw</skipplus>

        <skipminus>skipback</skipminus>

        <display>tasksw</display>

        <start>applaunch</start>

        <title>play</title>

        <record>rec</record>

        <volumeplus>volp</volumeplus>

        <volumeminus>volm</volumeminus>

        <mute>mute</mute>

        <power>exit</power>

        <myvideo>film</myvideo>

        <mymusic>music</mymusic>

        <mypictures>pics</mypictures>

        <mytv>tv</mytv>

    </remote>

</lircmap>

One problem i have tho is the crontab autorun, is seems like it only loads the first .conf file but starts two lircd, so after a reboot if i run irw and tries any key from the first part of the config it shows the keypress but not from the other conf. I tried both with two separate files like this:

Code:

@reboot root /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc0.pid  --listen=8765 /etc/rm200d1.conf

@reboot root /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc1.pid --connect localhost:8765 --output=/dev/lircd /etc/rm200d2.conf

Or with the two conf files in the same /etc/lircd.conf like this:

Code:

@reboot root /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc0.pid --listen=8765

@reboot root /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc1.pid --output=/dev/lircd --connect=localhost:8765

When i check with ps -A | grep lircd i can see both running.
Only when i kill the processes and run them manually with sudo it loads both Eek

Does anyone have a clue on what i did wrong or another solution to autorun the lircd?

And i would also know if there is a way to set contrast and brightness for the display if possible (especially if there is a way to turn off the backlight during shutdown) Nod

siliconix · 2008-12-29 22:02

Doxic Wrote:I can't get over the first step... my "cat /proc/usb/devices" shows this information

so I altered my /etc/modprobe.d/usbhid to the following

but the result is still the same (after "depmod -ae" and "update-initramfs -u"), the driver section shows Driver=usbhid. I installed the XBMC Live (Ubuntu 8.04, 2.6.24-19-generic)

Can anyone help me?

The update-initramfs command didnt work for me, I guess the livecd boot stuff is slighly different (using live usb also). I ended up creating an rc.local file in /etc with all the commands the original post suggested having in crontab + a few additionals.
The first line makes sure usbhid is loaded and actually reading the options from /etc/modprobe.d/usbhid
The second loads lirc_imon
The rest is more or less the same as the original post had in crontab.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

/sbin/rmmod usbhid && /sbin/modprobe usbhid

/sbin/modprobe lirc_imon

/usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc0.pid --listen=8765

/usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc1.pid --output=/dev/lircd --connect=localhost:8765

/bin/chmod 777 /dev/lcd0

Oh yeah, dont forget to chmod +x /etc/rc.local

spid · 2008-12-31 02:02

siliconix Wrote:The rest is more or less the same as the original post had in crontab.

Code:

#!/bin/sh /sbin/rmmod usbhid && /sbin/modprobe usbhid /sbin/modprobe lirc_imon /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc0.pid --listen=8765 /usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc1.pid --output=/dev/lircd --connect=localhost:8765 /bin/chmod 777 /dev/lcd0

Oh yeah, dont forget to chmod +x /etc/rc.local

This helped me also, or it might have something to do with moving the --connect localhost:8765 last instead like this:

Code:

/usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc0.pid --listen=8765 /etc/rm200d1.conf

/usr/local/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc1.pid --output=/dev/lircd /etc/rm200d2.conf --connect=localhost:8765

chmod 777 /dev/lcd0

/usr/local/sbin/LCDd

I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 with xbmc from the repo and a Antec Fusion Remote Black with the RM200 remote (using Logitech Harmony 555 with custom button setup now) btw..

Happy, happy, joy, joy! Big Grin

Coguar · 2009-01-10 20:45

Hello

I follow this procedure, but after this line

Quote:sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc-modules-source

i get this error

Quote:Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Adding Module to DKMS build system
Doing initial module build

Error! Build of lirc_imon.ko failed for: 2.6.27-7-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.3/build/ for more information.
Installing initial module

Error! Could not locate lirc_atiusb.ko for module lirc in the DKMS tree.
You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (i686) first.
Done.

Somebody ?

Tnx in advance ...

cosmograf · 2009-01-11 01:40

Can someone explain why following these instructions corrupted my video drivers?.

Also

Code:
sudo /etc/modprobe.d/usbhid

This folder doesn't exist on my system.?

Can't get LCD or remote working with these instructions.

Very frustrating.

tiburcillo · 2009-01-12 17:31

Coguar Wrote:Hello

I follow this procedure, but after this line

i get this error

uote:Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Adding Module to DKMS build system
Doing initial module build

Error! Build of lirc_imon.ko failed for: 2.6.27-7-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/lirc/0.8.3/build/ for more information.
Installing initial module

Error! Could not locate lirc_atiusb.ko for module lirc in the DKMS tree.
You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (i686) first.
Done.

Somebody ?

Tnx in advance ...

Hey cougar, I got the exact same error. It seems the newest CVS build gives a load of problems using the commands in this guide. You should look for an older version. For me the version on Ron Frazier's site worked as a charm!
http://ronfrazier.net/mythtv/downloads/l...s.tar.gzip

edit: On 2nd thought, this one doesn't work either. Is there any one with enough linuxpowah to create a patch? Else we'll just have to wait. ought, this one doesn't work either. Is there any one with enough linuxpowah to create a patch? Else we'll just have to wait.

mvdaat Member Posts: 50 Joined: Sep 2006 Reputation: 0	2008-12-24 23:01 Post: #12 tiburcillo can you also post your lircmap.xml for the RM200?
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cosmograf Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-01-11 01:40 Post: #19 Can someone explain why following these instructions corrupted my video drivers?. Also Code: sudo /etc/modprobe.d/usbhid This folder doesn't exist on my system.? Can't get LCD or remote working with these instructions. Very frustrating.
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