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BarlowHall edited this page Oct 16, 2017 · 2 revisions

Instructions

This is a simple set of instructions to install the irreplay utility.
I assume that you are using a Raspberry Pi and your username is "pi" but this should work with ubuntu aswell.

Setup lirc:

  • Update and install lirc:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lirc

  • Edit the /etc/modules:
    sudo nano /etc/modules

    • Add the following to end of file: 
      lirc_dev
lirc_rpi gpio_in_pin=18 gpio_out_pin=17
      Here I use pin 18 and 17. Change these to where your IR receiver and transmitter are plugged in.

  • Edit/Create your /etc/lirc/hardware.conf file:
    sudo nano /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

    • Change contents the to: 
      ########################################################
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
# Arguments which will be used when launching lircd
LIRCD_ARGS="--uinput"

# Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
# START_LIRCMD=false

# Don't start irexec, even if a good config file seems to exist.
# START_IREXEC=false

# Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES=true

# Run "lircd --driver=help" for a list of supported drivers.
DRIVER="default"
# usually /dev/lirc0 is the correct setting for systems using udev
DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
MODULES="lirc_rpi"

# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCD_CONF=""
LIRCMD_CONF=""
########################################################

  • Restart the lirc daemon:
    sudo /etc/init.d/lircd restart

  • Edit your /boot/config.txt file:
    sudo nano /boot/config.txt

    • Add the following to the end of file:
      dtoverlay=lirc-rpi,gpio_in_pin=18,gpio_out_pin=17
      Again here I used pin 17 and 18. Do the same here as you did before.

  • Reboot the pi:
    sudo reboot

Setup pylirc:

  • Download the pylirc-0.0.5.tar.gz

  • Unpack the tar file:
    tar xvzf pylirc-0.0.5.tar.gz

  • Install the pylirc dependancies: sudo apt-get install python-dev liblircclient-dev

  • Run the setup script for pylirc (You will need to be in the directory):

    cd /home/pi/pylirc-0.0.5/
sudo python setup.py install

Setup irrplay:

  • You already have everything setup for irreplay, you can either use it now with:
    python /home/pi/irreplay/irreplay.py

  • Or you can make a symbolic link to your bin directory so you can easily run it (you can also do this after you have run it normally. It doesn't really matter): ln -s /home/pi/irreplay/irreplay.py /home/pi/bin/irreplay

  • Then to run it:
    irreplay

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