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  36     <h1 align="center">Converting CCF files and Pronto codes to lircd.conf using pronto2lirc</h1>
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  41     <p>
  42       <em>pronto2lirc</em> is a command line program which converts Pronto hex codes
  43       directly from a text file or from a CCF file (via CCFTools).
  44       It outputs a complete lircd.conf which contains all the codes extracted.
  45     </p>
  46     <p>To use the program you must have python installed and give it an input file with codes:
  47     <pre>&gt; printo2lirc inputfile</pre>
  48     If <em>inputfile</em> is not given a generic usage information for <em>printo2lirc</em> will be shown.
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  54     <h1 align="center">Prerequisites for usage</h1>
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  56       <li>Installed python. See <a href="http://www.python.org">www.python.org
  57         </a> for details.</li>
  58       <li>Optional: If you want to use CCF files as source for codes, you need to have
  59         <a href="http://ccftools.free.fr/">CCFTools </a>installed. Please note
  60         that CCFTools is only available for Windows.</li>
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  65     <h1 align="center">Converting Pronto codes directly</h1>
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  67       <li>Create a text file containing all the sequences you wish to be included in <em>lircd.conf</em>.
  68         Each sequence should be on a single line. The name of the sequence is separated
  69         from the codes with a colon :<br>A sample pronto code file looks like this:
  70         <pre>DVDON:0000 006d 0022 0003 00ab 00aa 0016 003f 0016 0014 .... 0016  0e7d
  71 DVDOFF:0000 006d 0022 0003 00ab 00aa 0016 003f 0016 0014 .... 0014  0e7d</pre>
  72         Please note that for the reason of limited width of this documentation
  73         the codes have been cut short. In reality the codes are usually
  74         very long.<br><p><b>Warning:</b> Do not split a single code sequences between different rows!
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  76       <li>Run <em>pronto2lirc</em> as described above giving the text file as input.</li>
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  80     <h1 align="center">Converting CCF files</h1>
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  82       <li>Run <em>CCFDecompiler</em> (from CCFTools)</li>
  83       <li>Select desired CCF as input file.</li>
  84       <li>Make sure that <em>XML Format</em> radiobutton is selected.</li>
  85       <li>Press Decompile.</li>
  86       <li>Run the <em>pronto2lirc</em> as described above giving the XML file
  87         created in step 4 as input.</li>
  88     </ol>
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  90     <h1>Limitations</h1>
  91     <ol>
  92       <li><em>pronto2lirc</em> currently supports recorded pronto codes i.e.
  93         the ones that start with <em>0000</em>.</li>
  94       <li><em>pronto2lirc</em> picks up only RAWCODES which are listed under DEVICE hierarchy.</li>
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