Now that the Moode 6.5.0 is released and I had to reinstall lirc, I thought I'd share an up-to-date guide.
At the time of writing the current lirc version is 0.10.1
Guide updated for Moode 8.3.0. Current lirc version is 0.10.2.
Setup
1. Install lirc:
2. Navigate to lirc directory and disable the devinput driver config:
3. Set up the hardware
Open lirc_options.conf:
And replace
with
4. Set the input pin you want to use
Open /boot/config.txt:
And add this line at the end (replace 25 with whichever gpio pin you use):
5. Set up the irexec service to start on boot:
6. Reboot
Usage
All your remotes are stored in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/ directory.
You can have multiple configuration files for different remotes:
These files contain remote-specific protocol information and translate IR codes to user-defined key codes:
These key codes are then used in irexec.lircrc file to map button presses to actions (see The lircrc file format)
You can get remote configuration files from the remotes database, or you can record them manually using the irrecord utility:
1. Stop the lircd service:
2. Run irrecord and follow the instructions, the generated file will be saved as /home/pi/myremote.lircd.conf:
3. Copy the file to lirc remotes directory:
After adding your remotes and configuring the lircrc file, restart lircd and irexec services:
At the time of writing the current lirc version is 0.10.1
Guide updated for Moode 8.3.0. Current lirc version is 0.10.2.
Setup
1. Install lirc:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y lirc
2. Navigate to lirc directory and disable the devinput driver config:
Code:
cd /etc/lirc
sudo mv ./lircd.conf.d/devinput.lircd.conf ./lircd.conf.d/devinput.lircd.conf.dist
3. Set up the hardware
Open lirc_options.conf:
Code:
sudo nano lirc_options.conf
And replace
Code:
driver = devinput
device = auto
with
Code:
driver = default
device = /dev/lirc0
4. Set the input pin you want to use
Open /boot/config.txt:
Code:
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
And add this line at the end (replace 25 with whichever gpio pin you use):
Code:
dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=25
5. Set up the irexec service to start on boot:
Code:
sudo systemctl enable irexec
6. Reboot
Usage
All your remotes are stored in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/ directory.
You can have multiple configuration files for different remotes:
Code:
ls /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/
KNOB.lircd.conf RC-5330.lircd.conf RM-860.lircd.conf
These files contain remote-specific protocol information and translate IR codes to user-defined key codes:
Code:
KEY_POWER 0x0EFB38
KEY_UP 0x0EFBA7
KEY_DOWN 0x0EFBA6
These key codes are then used in irexec.lircrc file to map button presses to actions (see The lircrc file format)
Code:
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_POWER
config = python /home/pi/scripts/shutdown.py
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_UP
repeat = 1
delay = 2
config = mpc volume +5
end
You can get remote configuration files from the remotes database, or you can record them manually using the irrecord utility:
1. Stop the lircd service:
Code:
sudo systemctl stop lircd
2. Run irrecord and follow the instructions, the generated file will be saved as /home/pi/myremote.lircd.conf:
Code:
irrecord -n -d /dev/lirc0 ~/myremote.lircd.conf
3. Copy the file to lirc remotes directory:
Code:
sudo cp /home/pi/myremote.lircd.conf /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/myremote.lircd.conf
After adding your remotes and configuring the lircrc file, restart lircd and irexec services:
Code:
sudo systemctl restart lircd
sudo systemctl restart irexec