Archive:Automatic lirc resume script

This guide assumes that you have installed XBMC_Live or have at least performed all steps outlined in one of the articles listed here Installing_XBMC_for_Linux and here HOW-TO_setup_Lirc_to_talk_to_XBMC. This guide assumes that your remote works well upon startup. If it does not, then do not proceed with this article.

You will also need a SFTP client and a terminal emulator like WinSCP and Putty.

To enable resume from your remote see the following article Enable Wake-On-Device

You will need root access for the following commands.

Creating a resume file

• Using your SFTP client create a file called /etc/pm/sleep.d/99lirc-resume.sh
• copy the following information into the file 99lirc-resume.sh

#!/bin/sh

# This script uses curl. Install curl using the following command from your terminal apt-get install curl
# This script will restart ATIUSB, Lirc, and XBMC upon resume.

case "$1" in  
	resume)
		lircDriver=$(dmesg | grep usbcore | grep -i 'lirc' | sed -e "s/.* \(lirc*\)/\1/" | head -n 1)
 		curl "http://127.0.0.1:8080/xbmcCmds /xbmcHttp?command=ExecBuilt&Inparameter=LIRC.Stop"
		/etc/init.d/lirc stop 
		rmmod $lircDriver
		modprobe $lircDriver
		/etc/init.d/lirc start 
		#remove the comment if the computer automatically sleeps after resume
		#irw & sleep 1; killall irw
		curl "http://127.0.0.1:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=ExecBuiltIn&parameter=LIRC.Start" 
		echo "lirc resume script completed!!!" >>/tmp/script.log
	;;
esac

note: the #irw line ports the resident memory command to irw, then kills irw. This is useful on the Snapstream devices.

• make it executable using the following command in your terminal

chmod +x /etc/pm/sleep.d/99lirc-resume.sh

You are now done.