Archive:Set up Streamzap PC Remote for Linux
This page is all about getting the Streamzap remote to work completely with XBMC for Linux.
Introduction
There are two ways you can set up Stream Zap remote to work with XBMC on Linux.
- lircd
- inputlirc
Inputlirc
Inputlirc is "a daemon to utilize /dev/input/event*" and using xinput in X.org.
ATTENTION UBUNTU USERS:'
As of Ubuntu 10.10, pressing any button on the remote will send the event twice to the system due to both the new and the old drivers currently compiled into the kernel.
Fix is still pending, so follow this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/663651 There is also a forum thread on this, but none of the work arounds worked for me: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=68f4cf4da940af13a8e70457b034938d&t=1595018
UDev rule
First you have to create an own udev rule to ensure, that your device nodes are always the same.
We get the physical address from /proc/bus/input/devices:
cat /proc/bus/input/devices
the output is something like this:
... I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000 N: Name="Streamzap PC Remote Infrared Receiver (0e9c:0000)" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:06.0-1/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/rc/rc0/input4 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd event4 B: EV=100003 B: KEY=3ff 0 0 0 fc000 1 0 0 0 0 18000 4180 c0000801 9e1680 0 0 0 ...
What we need are the values behind Phys=. In my case usb-0000:00:06.0-1/input0
Now we write a new rules file for udev:
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/10-irremote.rules
and put the following content in:
SUBSYSTEM=="input",ATTRS{phys}=="usb-0000:00:06.0-1/input0",SYMLINK="input/irremote0"
Now restart udev and trigger a new discovery:
sudo restart udev sudo udevadm trigger
Under /dev/input should now be a symlink call irremote0:
ls /dev/input
Inputlirc installation
First you have to install inputlirc and lirc:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install inputlirc lirc
Then you need to configure it properly:
sudo nano /etc/default/inputlirc
and put the following content in:
EVENTS="/dev/input/irremote0" OPTIONS="-c -g -m 0"
The entries under EVENTS are the devices we created via udev. The OPTION entries mean the following:
-g | Grabs the input from the devices, specified under EVENTS, so that no other application interferes with it. |
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-m 0 | By default, all keycodes below 88 are filtered out. This setting ensures, that all keycodes are captured |
-c | Because some of the keys on the remote are mapped to keys with modifiers, this option maps this codes to single events. |
Now restart inputlirc
sudo /etc/init.d/inputlirc restart
You can now test the remote via 'irw':
irw /dev/lircd
This is some sample output from irw when pressing buttons:
6a 0 KEY_RIGHT irremote0 6c 0 KEY_DOWN irremote0 160 0 KEY_OK irremote0 8b 0 KEY_MENU irremote0 ae 0 KEY_EXIT irremote0 191 0 KEY_BLUE irremote0 18e 0 KEY_RED irremote0
Configuring XBMC
The last thing you need to do is let XBMC know to what buttons to respond. This is done via the Lircmap.xml:
sudo nano ~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml
and put the following content in:
<lircmap> <remote device="irremote0"> <play>KEY_PLAY</play> <pause>KEY_PAUSE</pause> <stop>KEY_STOP</stop> <forward>KEY_FASTFORWARD</forward> <reverse>KEY_REWIND</reverse> <left>KEY_LEFT</left> <right>KEY_RIGHT</right> <up>KEY_UP</up> <down>KEY_DOWN</down> <pageplus>KEY_CHANNELUP</pageplus> <pageminus>KEY_CHANNELDOWN</pageminus> <select>KEY_OK</select> <back>KEY_EXIT</back> <menu>KEY_MENU</menu> <title>KEY_RED</title> <info>KEY_GREEN</info> <skipplus>KEY_FORWARD</skipplus> <skipminus>KEY_BACK</skipminus> <display>KEY_YELLOW</display> <record>KEY_RECORD</record> <volumeplus>KEY_VOLUMEUP</volumeplus> <volumeminus>KEY_VOLUMEDOWN</volumeminus> <mute>KEY_MUTE</mute> <record>KEY_RECORD</record> <power>KEY_POWER</power> <blue>KEY_BLUE</blue> <one>KEY_NUMERIC_1</one> <two>KEY_NUMERIC_2</two> <three>KEY_NUMERIC_3</three> <four>KEY_NUMERIC_4</four> <five>KEY_NUMERIC_5</five> <six>KEY_NUMERIC_6</six> <seven>KEY_NUMERIC_7</seven> <eight>KEY_NUMERIC_8</eight> <nine>KEY_NUMERIC_9</nine> <zero>KEY_NUMERIC_0</zero> </remote> </lircmap>