TBS6981 Remote Control

[blckcat]

Hi there,

i own a TBS6981 and use it with a yavdr linux distribition.

My problem, I get no input device for the integrated remote controller of TBS card to configure lirc.

The driver 1.92.2 loads correct (don't be confused, i use also a 'Terratec Cinergy T USB XXS, and this one creates a/dev/input device):


...
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.401106] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.461496] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.510239] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.541095] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.677126] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.692944] HDA Intel 0000:00:08.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.693080] HDA Intel 0000:00:08.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.694561] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 22
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.694576] HDA Intel 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LAZA] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.694585] hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.746186] dib0700: loaded with support for 14 different device-types
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.746466] dvb-usb: found a 'Terratec Cinergy T USB XXS (HD)/ T3' in warm state.
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.746752] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.748650] DVB: registering new adapter (Terratec Cinergy T USB XXS (HD)/ T3)
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.906429] cx23885 driver version 0.0.2 loaded
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.907493] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LN0A] enabled at IRQ 18
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.907527] cx23885 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LN0A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.907702] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 6981:8888, board: TurboSight TBS 6981 [card=29,autodetected]
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 11.975823] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 12.031013] EXT4-fs (sda6): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 12.212854] DiB0070: successfully identified
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 12.213193] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb1/1-2/input/input5
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 12.213374] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 12.213387] dvb-usb: Terratec Cinergy T USB XXS (HD)/ T3 successfully initialized and connected.
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 12.214736] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700
Sep 29 10:44:21 vdr kernel: [ 12.362545] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.524073] hda_codec: ALC887: BIOS auto-probing.
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.631521] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s)
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.631556] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.727699] DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.727714] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6981 DVBS/S2 frontend)...
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.756263] TurboSight TBS6981 Dual DVB-S2 card port0 MAC=00:22:ab:f0:0a:4e
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.756272] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s)
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.756280] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.756288] TBS 6981 Frontend 1 Attaching...
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.765201] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0/input/input6
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.775054] DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.775065] DVB: registering adapter 2 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6981 DVBS/S2 frontend)...
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.802947] TurboSight TBS6981 Dual DVB-S2 card port1 MAC=00:22:ab:f0:0a:4f
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.802957] cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xa5
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.802972] cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 4, irq: 18, latency: 0, mmio: 0xf9e00000
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr kernel: [ 12.802999] IRQ 18/cx23885[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr signal-event[1037]: processing signal on-boot
Sep 29 10:44:22 vdr signal-event[1037]: processing action /usr/share/yavdr/events/on-boot/10_find-alsa-devices on-boot
Sep 29 10:44:23 vdr signal-event[1037]: finished processing signal on-boot
...


Can you help me or tell me the right way to use the remote control with lirc?

Thanks

Michael

[cody]

hello Michael,

driver that includes support for the integrated remote controller of TBS 6981 card is ready for few weeks now, but i'm too busy with other tasks and not able to finish and publish the driver update. please, be patient, very soon there will be Linux driver update that adds support for the integrated remote controller of TBS 6981.

thank you,
cody

[sami8519]

Hi cody,

What about the remote controller of the TBS 6980? Is there any chance it could work? Thanks

Regards
Sami

[cody]

Hi cody,

What about the remote controller of the TBS 6980? Is there any chance it could work? Thanks

Regards
Sami

of course, no worries, it will include remote control support for all PCI-Express cards - TBS 6981, 6980 and 6920.

[sami8519]

Thanks Cody. This will just let me abandon the idea of buying a new remote to work with my yavdr:)

Best Regards
Sami

[cody]

This will just let me abandon the idea of buying a new remote to work with my yavdr:)

yes, it's not necessary, just a little more patience - i hope in the next week there will be enough time to finish it.

[DigiMR]

Hello Cody,

did you have found the time to finish the the driver with the included remote-control-support this week ?
Is there any chance for me to download it already ? What will be the version number ?
I wanted to setup a new VDR-system this weekend but without remote control it makes no sense in the living room...

Kind Regards,
Martin

[sami8519]

Hi DigiMR,

Yesterday I read that Cody said that he still needs few days to finish that driver with the remote control support. Unless he makes it this weekend which is unlikely, rhen we have to wait perhaps on Monday.

Regards
Sami

[cody]

hello All,

please, give me a little more time - when it's finished it will be published on the website. as i mentioned the main new functionality - the remote control support is ready and finished, but i want done some additional work before release this new version.

thank you,
cody

[blckcat]

Hi Cody,

many thanks for the new linux driver (linux-s2api-tbs6980-1_20101024.rar). I tested it the last tow days and it works great. But i have found tow little errors within the remote control functionality:

When i press the 'Mode' key on the remote controller, i got no answer and i found the following messages in /var/log/messages:

Oct 25 19:13:18 vdr kernel: [ 2856.178525] cx23885 IR (TurboSight TBS 6981): unknown key: key=0x9b down=1
Oct 25 19:13:19 vdr kernel: [ 2856.448026] cx23885 IR (TurboSight TBS 6981): unknown key: key=0x9b down=0
Oct 25 19:13:19 vdr kernel: [ 2856.939698] cx23885 IR (TurboSight TBS 6981): unknown key: key=0x9b down=1
Oct 25 19:13:20 vdr kernel: [ 2857.540085] cx23885 IR (TurboSight TBS 6981): unknown key: key=0x9b down=0
Oct 25 19:13:20 vdr kernel: [ 2857.782297] cx23885 IR (TurboSight TBS 6981): unknown key: key=0x9b down=1
Oct 25 19:13:20 vdr kernel: [ 2858.164029] cx23885 IR (TurboSight TBS 6981): unknown key: key=0x9b down=0
Oct 25 19:13:21 vdr kernel: [ 2858.476431] cx23885 IR (TurboSight TBS 6981): unknown key: key=0x9b down=1
Oct 25 19:13:21 vdr kernel: [ 2858.752036] cx23885 IR (TurboSight TBS 6981): unknown key: key=0x9b down=0

And there is also another key, that gives no answer: the 'Yellow'-or 'Zoom'-Key. Whenever i press it, there is no answer and no error log. I test the infrared-diode with my handy camera and i could see the light.

I used the lirc-irrecord tool to identify the remote key codes and generate a lirrcd.conf.

Please check the behavior. Is it possible, that i can got the right two key codes from you, that i can change that values in the open part of source code of the and recompile it?

greetings

Michael