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JeroenV
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 Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2002 3:24 pm Post subject: IrDA / LIRC problems |
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Hi,
I'm having problems getting IrDA to work on my Asus A7V-E mobo. I have a "internal" IR-dongle connected to the mobo and set the BIOS UART2 use Infra red to "enabled".
(COM2 is configured on IRQ=3 / IO=0x02f8
Now this is what I I did:
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671 modprobe serial
672 modprobe irtty
673 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/irda/discovery
674 echo 10 > /proc/sys/net/irda/debug
675 irattach /dev/ttyS1
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The kernel log responds:
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Oct 10 17:05:18 [kernel] Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
Oct 10 17:05:31 [kernel] irda_init()
Oct 10 17:06:49 [kernel] irlmp_discovery_timer_expired()
Oct 10 17:06:52 [kernel] irlmp_discovery_timer_expired()
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Oct 10 17:07:06 [kernel] hashbin_insert_R3gig_a410d036()
Oct 10 17:07:06 [kernel] IrDA: Registered device irda0
Oct 10 17:07:07 [kernel] irlmp_discovery_timer_expired()
Oct 10 17:07:07 [kernel] irda_create()
Oct 10 17:07:07 [kernel] hashbin_find()
Oct 10 17:07:07 [kernel] hashbin_find()
Oct 10 17:07:07 [kernel] irias_delete_value_R3gig_b9394173()
Oct 10 17:07:08 [kernel] irda_device_set_media_busy_R3gig_3aff7f9c(FALSE)
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irlmp_discovery_timer_expired()
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irtty_write_wakeup(), finished with frame!
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irda_task_timer_expired()
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irda_task_timer_expired()
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irda_task_timer_expired()
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irlap_do_event(), event = SLOT_TIMER_EXPIRED, state = LAP_QUERY
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irtty_write_wakeup(), finished with frame!
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irlap_do_event(), event = SLOT_TIMER_EXPIRED, state = LAP_QUERY
Oct 10 17:07:10 [kernel] irtty_write_wakeup(), finished with frame!
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And now, when I press a button on my remote-control, I see:
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Oct 10 17:07:13 [kernel] irtty_write_wakeup(), finished with frame!
Oct 10 17:07:13 [kernel] irda_device_set_media_busy_R3gig_3aff7f9c(TRUE)
Oct 10 17:07:13 [kernel] irda_device_set_media_busy_R3gig_3aff7f9c(TRUE)
Oct 10 17:07:13 [kernel] irda_device_set_media_busy_R3gig_3aff7f9c(TRUE)
Oct 10 17:07:13 [kernel] irtty_write_wakeup(), finished with frame!
Oct 10 17:07:14 [kernel] irlap_do_event(), event = SLOT_TIMER_EXPIRED, state = LAP_QUERY
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This is a reaction, but it seems rather obscure. And it is the only response I'm getting from my IR.
Doing this doesn't work:
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diannao irda # irdadump -i /dev/ttyS1
Using interface: /dev/ttyS1
ioctl: No such device
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Doing this:
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diannao irda # irdadump /dev/ttyS1
15:13:25.713132 xid:cmd 3b517319 > ffffffff S=6 s=0 (14)
15:13:25.803114 xid:cmd 3b517319 > ffffffff S=6 s=1 (14)
15:13:25.893114 xid:cmd 3b517319 > ffffffff S=6 s=2 (14)
15:13:25.983117 xid:cmd 3b517319 > ffffffff S=6 s=3 (14)
15:13:26.073116 xid:cmd 3b517319 > ffffffff S=6 s=4 (14)
15:13:26.163115 xid:cmd 3b517319 > ffffffff S=6 s=5 (14)
15:13:26.253122 xid:cmd 3b517319 > ffffffff S=6 s=* diannao hint=0400 [ Computer ] (23)
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gives the same response every second or so, regardless of my pressing buttons on my remote-control or not...
So this seems to suck... 
Now a try with lirc:
First:
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killall irattach
rmmod irtty irda serial
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Now I load the lirc_serial driver:
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diannao irda # modprobe lirc_serial irq=3 io=0x02f8
Oct 10 17:19:19 [kernel] lirc_serial: auto-detected active high receiver
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.. but I can't get any info out of it, both irw and mode2 do nothing:
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diannao irda # mode2 -d /dev/lirc
<pushing buttons> => <nothing>
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or:
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diannao irda # lircd -d /dev/lirc
diannao irda # irw
<pushing buttons> => <nothing>
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The lircd daemon seems to work ok:
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diannao root # tail -f /var/log/lircd
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Oct 10 17:21:24 diannao.cygnusnet.dyndns.org lircd-0.6.5: lircd(any) ready
Oct 10 17:23:18 diannao.cygnusnet.dyndns.org lircd-0.6.5: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
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(that "new client" was irw)
I'm out of ideas 
Anybody help me 
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passepoil
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 2:07 pm Post subject: Which internal IR dongle ??? |
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Hello !
I'm wondering which IR dongle you are using, and where can I get one ?
When you say it's internal, do you mean it's connected using the onboard connectors ?
thanks,
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JeroenV
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, as I recall it's a 4 (or 5?) pin onboard connector, to which you can attach a small IR "eye" on a cable that you can buy separately.
I actually forgot about the whole thing, so still didn't get it to work. I might try later when in need.... (or if anyone still has info?)
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undrwater
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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I have the same dongle and an Asus A7v333. I wasn't able to get irda to work in windows using this mobo, but i was using an earlier iwill mobo, which had more config options in the bios including the choice of duplex/half-duplex, COM, etc...
The asus really only has the choice to enable/disable irda...no other options...
i emailed asus for support on this but never got a response. i forgot about it until i saw this post! 
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JeroenV
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:34 pm Post subject: SOLVED! |
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I picked the issue up, and solved it in an hour or so 
The trick: use the right kernel module 
Anyway, on my A7V-E mobo I selected (in the BIOS) uart2: io=0x2f8 irq=3 and enable IrDA.
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modprobe lirc_sir irq=3 io=0x2f8
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and from that point onward the instructions on http://www.lirc.org/html/install.html#testing worked for me
Good luck 
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JeroenV
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 8:40 am Post subject: |
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UPDATE:
if for some reason the lirc_sir module fails to load, it migth be because io 0x2f8 and/or irq 3 are in use (check kernel log for that).
After rebooting I couldn't load lirc_sir anymore; this did the trick:
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rmmod serial
modprobe lirc_sir irq=3 io=0x2f8
modprobe serial |
In other words: apparently you should load serial (if desired at all) after lirc_sir
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undrwater
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm...thanks! I don't use serial, so it should work fine. I'll try this weekend and see how it works...
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