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40 <P>
41 There are various sources of information you should check before
42 writing mails directly to <A
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47 <P>
48 If your question is not answered there try the <A
51 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=5339">mailing list archive</A> for an answer.
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60 <P>
61 If you believe that you have found a bug in LIRC your bug report
62 should contain the following information:
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64 <UL>
72 LIRC in debug mode. A new command line option
75 additional debug output will be displayed. But be careful with
76 this. After some extensive debug sessions I once discovered that my
82 <LI>If you have problems with a config file try to find the
83 shortest example that does not work as one would expect and
84 include it.</LI>
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86 <P>
87 If you have problems with one of the TV card drivers you should
88 write to the according authors directly. You will find their
89 email addresses in the source code and at the <A
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100 The following description was written having receivers in mind
101 that deliver IR signals as pulses and spaces. So some of this
102 will not be relevant for receivers that work at a higher
104 receivers.
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107 <P>
108 There already is a growing database of config files for remote
109 controls available at the LIRC homepage. But if your remote
111 create a config file for your remote control. If you want to
112 use more than one remote control you have to create a separate
113 file for each remote. If your remote control is able to control
114 different devices it is often wise to create separate config
115 files for each functional unit of the remote control. You can
117 merging the config files with <NOBR><em>cat config1 config2
119 </P>
121 <P>
123 and have a look at the signals that your receiver supplies. If
124 you can see random pulses without pushing any buttons of your
125 remote control your receiver is picking up ambient light. So if
126 your receiver has no ambient light filter try to add one. A good
127 strategy might also be to create a config file in a dark room
128 and to turn off all fluorescent lamps or any other devices that
129 may cause IR noise.
130 </P>
132 <P>
133 If decoding of IR commands does not work reliably you can try to
135 config file to adjust the tolerance of signal
137 is a relative value expressed in percent. Also if repeats do not
138 work you should complain. I.e. if you hold down a button the
140 </P>
141 <PRE>
148 <P>
149 Note how the second field gets incremented. Many people don't
150 even notice if this does not work correctly.
151 </P>
153 <P>
154 If you want to use a config file to send IR commands you should
155 try to vary the modulation frequency of the signals. The default
157 automatically because the receiver hardware only gives us the
158 demodulated signals. Using the correct modulation frequency will
159 increase range significantly. You can set the modulation
160 frequency for a remote control by adding the line
161 <PRE>
163 <P>
165 stands for the modulation frequency in Hertz. Usually values
167 </P>
169 <P>
170 As creating new config files is difficult sometimes and irrecord
171 often cannot detect all features of the remote control please
172 send new config files to <A
174 people will appreciate this very much. Sometimes they cannot
175 create such a config file themselves because their original
176 remote control is broken or has been lost. Some devices that are
177 capable of IR come without a remote control. Some people also
178 only want to build a transmitter and if you make a config file
179 available for them they won't need to build a receiver,
180 too. Please add all information you can get concerning the
181 remote control as a comment to the config file.
182 </P>
184 <P>
185 If you still have difficulties to create a working config file
186 send the following information to <A
188 </P>
189 <UL>
191 Check if you are using the current version and if there
192 already is a config file for your remote control.</LI>
195 <LI>
197 LIRC in DEBUG mode by selecting this feature in the
202 Make sure you hold down some buttons for a while so that
203 repeat codes will be visible. Do NOT edit this output. Just
204 send it to me!</LI>
205 </UL>
206 <P>
207 I won't be able to answer any emails that do not contain the
208 necessary information!
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