The lirc Driver
The lirc driver enables you to use any IR remote control
that works with LIRC to control the LCDproc server
(LCDd)
and/or clients that can handle input.
Of course you need a working LIRC setup. Refer to the
LIRC project for more
information on LIRC itself.
Checking Your LIRC Setup
Basically all you need is a running lircd.
And of course you have to start lircd
as root.
Also, make sure that the permission of /dev/lircd
are correct.
Build LCDd with the lirc Driver
You need to add lirc to the --enable-drivers=... list.
Then simply run make.
Configure LCDd to Use the lirc Driver
First of all you need to activate the driver by adding a Driver=lirc line
to your LCDd.conf<filename>LCDd.conf</filename>: Activate the lirc driver
Driver=mtxorb
Driver=lirc
This activates the mtxorb driver as the output driver
and the lirc driver as the input driver.
Then you have to modify the [lirc] section of your
LCDd.conf.
Configuration in LCDd.conf[lirc]lircrc=FILENAME
Normally all LIRC clients scan the file ~/.lircrc.
However, you might want to have a separate file to configure the LCDproc lirc driver only.
This option enables you to specify the file you want the lirc driver to scan.
If not given it defaults to ~/.lircrc.
Prog=PROGRAM
All LIRC keys are assigned to a program using the prog=...
directive in the lirc configuration file.
PROGRAM must be the same as in iyour lirc
configuration file.
Modify Your <filename>~/.lircrc</filename>
As mentioned above you can either modify the ~/.lircrc
or use a separate file for the lirc LCDproc driver (See
above for details).
No matter which file you use, you have to add at least the following
lines to the file:
<filename>~/.lircrc</filename>: Specify the associations from buttons to keys
for the lirc driver
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 2
config = Up
end
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 4
config = Left
end
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 6
config = Right
end
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 8
config = Down
end
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 1
config = Escape
end
begin
prog = lcdd
button = 0
config = Enter
end
Which buttons you specify here depends on your RC and your LIRC configuration.
The config values need to be one of Up,
Down, Left, Right,
Escape or Enter.
For LCDd's server menu at least the keys Up, Escape
and Enter are necessary.
Of course you can define other keys. Those keys will not be handled by the
server but sent to a client. Refer to the documentation of the client you want
to use, to find out which keys are neccessary for that client.