Feature #854

Channel ID to support multiple remote controls

Added by RacerX about 12 years ago. Updated about 12 years ago.

Status:Closed Start date:10/16/2012
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:jams % Done:

100%
Category:Installation/Upgrade Spent time: 25.00 hours
Target version:8.0

Description

I would be like to request that support for a Channel ID be added to Remotes Controls. The SnapStream Firefly has the ability to support multiple remote controls through out the house on different computers and not conflict over RF because they have a unique channel ID. Here is the info.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=639123

http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2005-November/108619.html

I have two of them to support a test...

Associated revisions

Revision aa09e0ff
Added by jams about 12 years ago

LinHES-config: mv_ir.py add support for remotes needing their own modprode.d/conf file.
refs #854

Revision 2b261e40
Added by jams about 12 years ago

system-templates: add support for firefly using unique id's. Only includeing 1 -6 because that should be enough for most people and I don't want to clutter the remote selector.
If needed expanding it out to all 16 ids will be a trivial process

refs #854

History

Updated by jams about 12 years ago

  • Assignee set to jams

Updated by jams about 12 years ago

RacerX,
Do you have the lircrc files needed for each channel ID?

Updated by RacerX about 12 years ago

There are two key parameters to understand

unique=turns it on or off

0=accept all channel IDs
1=accept only channel IDs set by the mask parameter

mask= channel ID
Example: The setup uses channel ID 5 which is mask-0x0010. The Snapstrean Firefly RF remote has 16 channel IDs and they are as follows:

Channel ID Mask
1 0x0001
2 0x0002
3 0x0004
4 0x0008
5 0x0010
6 0x0020
7 0x0040
8 0x0080
9 0x0100
10 0x0200
11 0x0400
12 0x0800
13 0x1000
14 0x2000
15 0x4000
16 0x8000

Updated by RacerX about 12 years ago

This would be a Lirc Option

options lirc_atiusb unique=1 debug=1 mask=0x0010

It would use the stand Firely Lirc Config

Updated by jams about 12 years ago

Right, I was asking if you have the lirc files with the mask already applied for each channel. If not I can probably create them.

Updated by RacerX about 12 years ago

Sorry

No I don't have any custom ones.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=639123

"The remote codes are in HEX, so to count in HEX, it goes like this:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
which is equivalent to counting in our standard Decimal
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15.

So HEX actually has 15 char 0-F, where are standard Decimal system has 0-9."

Updated by jams about 12 years ago

  • Target version set to 8.0

Updated by jams about 12 years ago

For now I'm going to limit it to all_channels (default) and then channels 1 - 6. Doing this because if all 16 are added, the remote selection combobox will grow too large and be difficult to flip though.

I figure 6 channels should be enough for most people, if not it's easy to add the other configs.

Updated by jams about 12 years ago

  • % Done changed from 0 to 60

Updated by RacerX about 12 years ago

Sounds good to me thanks for the update. I currently have three firefly remotes that can be tested...

Updated by jams about 12 years ago

  • % Done changed from 60 to 100
  • Category set to Installation/Upgrade
  • Status changed from New to Closed

Feature has been implemented for channels 1 - 6.
Also included firefly_gen.py in the repo (system-templates) in case anybody wants to reference it to get the other channel conf files.

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