The lircin Driver
The lircin driver enables you to use any IR remote control
that works with LIRC to control the LCDproc server
(LCDd)
and/or clients that can handle input.
Of course you need a working LIRC setup. Refer to
http://www.lirc.org for more
information on LIRC itself.
Checking Your LIRC Setup
Basically all you need is a running lircd.
And of course you have to start lircd
as root.
Also, make sure that the permission of /dev/lircd
are correct.
Build LCDd with the lircin Driver
You need to add lircin to the --enable-drivers=... list.
Then simply run make.
Configure LCDd to Use the lircin Driver
First of all you need to activate the driver by adding a Driver=lircin line
to your LCDd.conf<filename>LCDd.conf</filename>: Activate the lircin driver
Driver=mtxorb
Driver=lircin
This activates the mtxorb driver as the output driver and the lirc driver
as the input driver.
Then you have to modify the [lircin] section of your
LCDd.conf.
<filename>LCDd.conf</filename>: The [lircin] Section
The [lircin] section of the LCDd.conf contains the
settings for the lircin LCDproc driver.
lircrc=Normally all LIRC clients scan the file ~/.lircrc.
However, you might want to have a separate file to configure the
LCDproc lircin driver only.
This option enables you to specify the file you want the lircin
driver to scan.
prog=
All LIRC keys are assigned to a program using the prog=... option
in the ~/.lircrc (or the file you have specified
with lircrc=...).
The prog=... line must be the same as in your ~/.lircrc
(or the file you have specified with lircrc=...).
Modify Your <filename>~/.lircrc</filename>
As mentioned above you can either modify the ~/.lircrc
or use a separate file for the lircin LCDproc driver (See
above for details).
No matter which file you use, you have to add at least the following
lines to the file:
<filename>~/.lircrc</filename>: Specify the keys for the lircin driver
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 2
config = A
end
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 4
config = B
end
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 6
config = C
end
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 8
config = D
end
Which buttons you specify here depends on your RC and your LIRC configuration.
Anyways, config=A/B/C/D is neccessary to control the server menu of LCDd.
Of course you can define other keys. Those keys will not be handled by the
server but sent to a client. Refer to the documentation of the client you want
to use, to find out which keys are neccessary for that client.