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Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Thanks for the application - it works very well. There are a few things I would like to mention though:

Key events like "long-play" and "long-menu" do not work (might be due to the nature of widgets on Maemo)
It would be nice if lircd could be stopped after the widget is removed (in order to save power)

Anyway, you did a great job! Simple & beautiful :)

- Dan

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Raemote stopped working now.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by direx (Post 628861)

Key events like "long-play" and "long-menu" do not work (might be due to the nature of widgets on Maemo)

Both assumptions are correct. First, the nature of widgets forbids the longpress. This would be easily solved by providing a toggleable "play" button on the widget (makes more sense for ffwd, rew probably) or by using a dialog/window instead of a widget.

I haven't done this yet, as it's actually a limitation / lack of knowledge of the Apple IR protocol. Longpresses are sent by a special "repeat" signal after the real signal for which I don't know the IR code.

The same is true for the "pairing" keys - if I had all the IR codes, you could control any MacBook/Mac Mini/Apple TV even if it's paired with another remote by simply trying all 256 possible keys (and at that point we can easily do the "Mac-B-Gone" thingie, too :p).

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxximuscool (Post 629256)

Raemote stopped working now.

Did you install qtirreco or something that might have modified /etc/lircd.conf? Please post the contents of /etc/lircd.conf here.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by thp (Post 629714)

Both assumptions are correct. First, the nature of widgets forbids the longpress.

OK, thanks for the statement.

What about the lirc daemon? When lircd is running the battery drains pretty quick. Could you somehow put it to sleep (and kill it if the widget is being removed). To me this is an important QA criteria.

- Dan

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

I think you are missing a dependency or two that the shutter application installed. When I first installed Ræmote, it installed successfully, but the widget never showed. I couldn't understand what was wrong, and just left it in the end. Then, when I one week ago installed shutter, the ræmote widget suddenly displayed on one of my screens.

I hope this helps, of course ask any questions if I can help you further :)

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by eothred (Post 660793)

I think you are missing a dependency or two that the shutter application installed.

Yes, I was missing some dependencies there. Thanks for the report. I'm uploading RaeMote 1.3 (with fixed dependencies) as we speak.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

hey, ive installed qtirreco, and irreco-for-n900.
and its messed my phone up :(!
irreco-for-n900 doesnt work either!
how do I wipe out everything irreco or lirc related from my phone?
EVERYsingle file.
and will that make irreco-for-n900 work on my phone(after reinstallation)?

my irreco-for-n900 keeps crashing.just closes after a second of it being open.
please help.
the backend socket error pops up too.
i know a way around it(http://theunlockr.com/2009/11/22/how...-on-your-n900/) but its not working!
please advise.
i really wanna control my tv and my xbox using my cellphone!
help..

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mangal_sk8erboy (Post 660811)

how do I wipe out everything irreco or lirc related from my phone?

As root in X Terminal:

Code:

apt-get remove --purge lirc

You can also re-flash your device to restore it to factory defaults.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

hey i never got an apple remote how do i go about using the n900 as the remote?
i cant seem to get it working

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyswmrboy (Post 668060)

hey i never got an apple remote how do i go about using the n900 as the remote?
i cant seem to get it working

What kind of Apple device do you want to control? Does it have a CIR (infrared) port and is compatible with the Apple Remote?

"I can't seem to get it working" is not a very specific problem report. What did you try? What error messages do you get? What version, firmware, additional packages have you got installed?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

lircd is a CPU hog.
while running:

Code:

kia-N900:/home/user# ./powertop 

Powertop 1.13.3

status: Unknown job: pmtrackerdaemon

Sleeping for 11 seconds before sampling

Collecting data for 30 seconds

Sample interval was 00m 30s 20660us



C#      | Ratio  | Avg/dura | Frequency | Ratio

--------+--------+----------+-----------+--------+

     C0 |   1.2% |          |   600 MHz |   0.0% |

     C1 |   0.0% |    0.2ms |   550 MHz |   0.0% |

     C2 |   1.5% |   11.6ms |   500 MHz |   2.0% |

     C3 |  20.1% |  194.7ms |   250 MHz |  98.0% |

     C4 |  77.1% |  701.3ms | 



IRQ#    | Activity   | Type           | Name

--------+------------+----------------+---------------------------

     56 |        300 |           INTC | i2c_omap

     37 |        111 |           INTC | gp

     11 |         77 |           INTC | prcm

     86 |         60 |           INTC | mmc1

     57 |         34 |           INTC | i2c_omap

     12 |         15 |           INTC | DMA

     67 |         12 |           INTC | ssi_p1_mpu_irq0

     71 |         12 |           INTC | ssi_gdd

     21 |          2 |           INTC | SGX

    311 |          2 |           GPIO | ssi_p1_cawake_gpio



PID#    | Activity   | Name           | Function Entry (Expire)

--------+------------+----------------+---------------------------

      0 |         47 |  <kernel core> | tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick (tick_sched_timer)

   2718 |         30 |          lircd | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

      1 |         17D|        preinit | cpufreq_governor_dbs (delayed_work_timer_fn)

      0 |         10 |  <kernel core> | hrtimer_start (tick_sched_timer)

     39 |          7 |          mmcqd | queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)

    777 |          6 |      bme_RX-51 | sys_timer_settime (posix_timer_fn)

   2315 |          3 |     osso-xterm | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

   1495 |          2 |       shermans | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

   1495 |          2 |       shermans | do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)

     39 |          2 |          mmcqd | cfq_completed_request (cfq_idle_slice_timer)

    765 |          2 |           dsme | do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)

    765 |          2 |           dsme | __enqueue_rt_entity (sched_rt_period_timer)

   1731 |          2 |      piecewise | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

      1 |          2 |  <kernel core> | queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)

    777 |          2 |      bme_RX-51 | sys_timer_settime (posix_timer_fn)

    777 |          2 |      bme_RX-51 | do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)

    777 |          2 |      bme_RX-51 | schedule_timeout (process_timeout)

   1153 |          1 |          iphbd | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

     29 |          1 |             mv | setup_wb_timer (wb_timer_fn)

     13 |          1 |        pdflush | blk_plug_device (blk_unplug_timeout)

   1772 |          1 |       browserd | futex_wait (hrtimer_wakeup)

    796 |          1 |    dbus-daemon | queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)

    813 |          1 |            mce | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

   1245 |          1 |       wlancond | schedule_timeout (process_timeout)

   1245 |          1 |       wlancond | queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)

   1245 |          1 |       wlancond | ieee80211_ioctl_siwpower (ieee80211_dynamic_ps_timer)

   1547 |          1 |       browserd | futex_wait (hrtimer_wakeup)

   2826 |          1 |       powertop | do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)



Power domain activity breakdown

Domain  | % of time spent in states

--------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------

usbhost |OFF: 100%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)

    sgx |OFF:  99%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)

    per |OFF:  96%|RET:   2%|INA:   0%| ON:   1%| now:(ON)

    dss |OFF: 100%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)

    cam |OFF: 100%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)

   core |OFF:  77%|RET:  19%|INA:   0%| ON:   3%| now:(ON)

   neon |OFF:  77%|RET:  20%|INA:   1%| ON:   1%| now:(ON)

    mpu |OFF:  77%|RET:  20%|INA:   1%| ON:   1%| now:(ON)

   iva2 |OFF: 100%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)



Clock activity breakdown at end of period

Domain  | Active clocks

--------+---------------+---------------+------------------

   core |          SDRC | HSOTGUSB_IDLE |      OMAPCTRL 

        |     MAILBOXES |

   wkup |          GPT1 |       32KSYNC |         GPIO1 

        |          WDT1 |

  ckgen |          CORE |          PERI |           96M 

        |           48M |           12M |           54M 

        |      EMU_CORE |

    per |         GPIO2 |         GPIO3 |         GPIO4 

        |         GPIO5 |         GPIO6 |



Total wakeups   776,  25.9/s | IRQ  625,  20.8/s | Timers  151,   5.0/s

HW wakeups       77,   2.6/s |     Real gp_timers expired  111,   3.7/s

Nokia-N900:/home/user#

When not running:

Code:

Nokia-N900:/home/user# ./powertop 

Powertop 1.13.3

status: Unknown job: pmtrackerdaemon

Sleeping for 11 seconds before sampling

Collecting data for 30 seconds

Sample interval was 00m 30s 93231us



C#      | Ratio  | Avg/dura | Frequency | Ratio

--------+--------+----------+-----------+--------+

     C0 |   1.5% |          |   600 MHz |   0.0% |

     C1 |   0.0% |    0.3ms |   550 MHz |   0.0% |

     C2 |   1.2% |    8.9ms |   500 MHz |   0.3% |

     C3 |   7.3% |   88.0ms |   250 MHz |  99.7% |

     C4 |  90.0% | 1933.1ms | 



IRQ#    | Activity   | Type           | Name

--------+------------+----------------+---------------------------

     56 |        151 |           INTC | i2c_omap

     37 |        106 |           INTC | gp

     11 |         54 |           INTC | prcm

     57 |         34 |           INTC | i2c_omap

     86 |         30 |           INTC | mmc1

     67 |         15 |           INTC | ssi_p1_mpu_irq0

     71 |         12 |           INTC | ssi_gdd

     12 |         11 |           INTC | DMA

     21 |          9 |           INTC | SGX

    311 |          6 |           GPIO | ssi_p1_cawake_gpio



PID#    | Activity   | Name           | Function Entry (Expire)

--------+------------+----------------+---------------------------

      0 |         54 |  <kernel core> | tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick (tick_sched_timer)

   2315 |         18 |     osso-xterm | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

      0 |         14 |  <kernel core> | hrtimer_start (tick_sched_timer)

      1 |         14D|        preinit | cpufreq_governor_dbs (delayed_work_timer_fn)

     39 |          8 |          mmcqd | schedule_timeout (process_timeout)

    777 |          7 |      bme_RX-51 | sys_timer_settime (posix_timer_fn)

    868 |          3 |       sgx_perf | queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)

     39 |          3 |          mmcqd | queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)

    899 |          2 |           Xorg | hrtimer_start (it_real_fn)

    777 |          2 |      bme_RX-51 | sys_timer_settime (posix_timer_fn)

    777 |          2 |      bme_RX-51 | do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)

    777 |          2 |      bme_RX-51 | schedule_timeout (process_timeout)

    765 |          2 |           dsme | do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)

    765 |          2 |           dsme | __enqueue_rt_entity (sched_rt_period_timer)

      1 |          2D|  <kernel core> | queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)

   1547 |          2 |       browserd | futex_wait (hrtimer_wakeup)

    899 |          1 |           Xorg | queue_delayed_work (delayed_work_timer_fn)

   1460 |          1 |         livewp | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

   1458 |          1 |         livewp | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

   1731 |          1 |      piecewise | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

   1495 |          1 |       shermans | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

   1495 |          1 |       shermans | do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)

    813 |          1 |            mce | schedule_hrtimeout_range (hrtimer_wakeup)

     39 |          1 |          mmcqd | schedule_timeout (process_timeout)

      1 |          1D|  <kernel core> | rt_secret_timer_init (rt_secret_rebuild)

      1 |          1 |  <kernel core> | inet_initpeers (peer_check_expire)

   2545 |          1 |       powertop | do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)



Power domain activity breakdown

Domain  | % of time spent in states

--------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------

usbhost |OFF: 100%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)

    sgx |OFF:  97%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   2%| now:(OFF)

    per |OFF:  97%|RET:   1%|INA:   0%| ON:   1%| now:(ON)

    dss |OFF: 100%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)

    cam |OFF: 100%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)

   core |OFF:  89%|RET:   5%|INA:   0%| ON:   4%| now:(ON)

   neon |OFF:  89%|RET:   7%|INA:   1%| ON:   1%| now:(ON)

    mpu |OFF:  89%|RET:   7%|INA:   1%| ON:   1%| now:(ON)

   iva2 |OFF: 100%|RET:   0%|INA:   0%| ON:   0%| now:(OFF)



Clock activity breakdown at end of period

Domain  | Active clocks

--------+---------------+---------------+------------------

   core |          SDRC | HSOTGUSB_IDLE |      OMAPCTRL 

        |     MAILBOXES |

   wkup |          GPT1 |       32KSYNC |         GPIO1 

        |          WDT1 |

  ckgen |          CORE |          PERI |           96M 

        |           48M |           12M |           54M 

        |      EMU_CORE |

    per |         GPIO2 |         GPIO3 |         GPIO4 

        |         GPIO5 |         GPIO6 |



Total wakeups   576,  19.2/s | IRQ  428,  14.3/s | Timers  148,   4.9/s

HW wakeups       54,   1.8/s |     Real gp_timers expired  106,   3.5/s

Unfortunately, Raemote causes a significant amount of battery drain because lircd is running even when the widget is removed from the desktop.

In QtIrreco, lircd is shutdown when the application is closed. See Bug 10040. This bug should really be against Raemote. It would be great if Raemote could be optimized to save battery.

Great app by the way!

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by archebyte (Post 801957)

Unfortunately, Raemote causes a significant amount of battery drain because lircd is running even when the widget is removed from the desktop.

So, this is really a bug in lircd and not in RaeMote then? Closing down lircd could have side-effects on other applications (imagine removing the widget while some other application that utilizes the IR port is running).

I wonder why lircd keeps waking up and doing something if there are no requests from other applications?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by thp (Post 803124)

There is definitely an issue with lircd. But it isn't much noticable in Qtirreco because its not running constantly.

To address the side-effects of killing lircd, is it possible to run a second instance of lircd on a different port that can be safely killed when the wodget is removed? Just a thought.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by archebyte (Post 803162)

I thought the IR device could only be opened by one process, and that that was the whole point of lircd in the first place? Although I don't know, and haven't looked into it that much.

If RaeMote was an app (and not a widget), this would be much easier - it could just display a prompt if the user wants to keep the IR daemon running with the option to "always kill lircd on exit".

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

I have installed Raemote and the widget is showing up, my n900 is also sending out an IR signal(tested using the webcam), but my macbook will not respond.
I have the newest macbook model.
What can I do to fix the problem?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackdoor (Post 1009438)

Make sure that your MacBook is not paired with any other remote. The app sends out codes only for unpaired remotes.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

The problem is that Apple stopped making the Macbooks with IR receivers, only the Macbook pros or older Airs have IR.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Hey,

I'm trying to get this to work with my iMac. The Real Apple Remote works fine. It's not paired or disabled (as verified under the security tab in the System Preferences). It's as if the iMac doesn't catch the signal or something...

I'm using the "Otterbox" case. I don't really see where the infrared light would even be emitted. Is it coming from the little LED on the front? I've tried with the shutter open but I highly doubt that's the source.

Let me know if you have any ideas! My iMac was purchased at the end of 2010 and it's running the latest Snow Leapord.

Thanks

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kurtis (Post 1017690)

I'm using the "Otterbox" case. I don't really see where the infrared light would even be emitted. Is it coming from the little LED on the front? I've tried with the shutter open but I highly doubt that's the source.

The IR transmitter is the small black square with two corners rounded next to the two-stage (focus + shoot) camera button. You can check if it transmits IR codes by using RaeMote while having your iSight (or any other webcam) pointed to that spot. It should blink in rapid fashion while sending out codes.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RæMote for the N900 (Apple Infrared Remote)

Quote:

Originally Posted by thp (Post 1017914)

I'll give that a try when I get home. Thanks!