QtIrreco for N900
 

QtIrreco is the Qt version of Irreco. Like Irreco, QtIrreco can be used to control infrared controllable devices such as TV's, digiboxes and amplifiers. User interface is designed to be used with finger. Some UI elements are however difficult to use with finger, because Qt 4.5 isn't entirely Hildon compatible. They will be fixed when Qt 4.6 is fully released.

As harriva wrote in the Irreco thread:
"Controlling any device requires that some good soul has recorded it's remote controller in first place.
No much sense of bothering to install at all if your device isn't supported so check first.
http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/
Lirc command database (^that there) isn't that comprehensive (+2000 devices), so good luck with it. Some models made by the same manufacturer work with similar devices, so maybe give it a try. Additionally you can try recording your remote with IR equipped computer or with external IR receiver.
Installing LIRC for recording remote controls on a ThinkPad @Youtube.com"

You can find tutorial video about making a new remote here.

QtIrreco is still under testing so it might be a little unstable at times. :eek:

QtIrreco is currently available in extras-devel.

-jmh

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I just tried it on my thomson tv with the remote rct4130s and i was just able to change the volume of the sound, nothing else :(

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Maybe there is something wrong with the lirc configuration file. We will look into this when we get the time/chance.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I made new remote config file with universal remote. Please try thomson 21CT180S.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

hi,

i like the irreco app, it works for all the devices in my house expect for my panasonic plasma TV it's a TX-P46G10. I found some codes on the FTP of Panasonic, but how can i get this into a file that is supported by irreco?

Here is the link for the ir codes: ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/Panasoni...oCCFformat.pdf

Thnx,

Martijn ( Holland)

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

bump.

Any idea when this program will make it out of testing?

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I love this idea using it as a remote. Even though I have not tried it yet. I love the flexibility of the N900...

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I tried qtirreco but it does not seem to emit ir signals at all. is there a softare dependancy that is needed to make this run.

ehab
http://ehab.blog.mashy.com

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

It does not support Samsung BN59-00696A!! How do i get it to work? I mean it supports a whole bunch of BN59.....but not the 00696A.

Edit: Nevermind..i got it working now.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

has ne else tried it on a sky+ box?? myn doesnt seem to work, amy1 else hav the same problem??

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I installed qtirreco on my N900 and when I launch it, I just get a black screen. I can end the program with the X in upper right, but there is never any output or feedback of any kind.

I then launched it from the ssh command line: I receive this output on the command line:

I have downloaded and built the source from here and I guess I'll try to debug it myself unless I hear some other ideas.

Btw, Is the IR on the N900 a transmitter only, or a transceiver?

Thanks

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

It's supposedly just a transmitter.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Yes it needs lirc. Though it should be its dependency and installed automatically when you install qtirreco. You can try installing qtirreco from app manager in your N900.

Same thing for steve-o101. Or you can install lirc manually with apt-get install lirc in x-terminal.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Hey - i have the same remote, could you let me know how you got it working?
Thanks!

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Any way the codes at Remote Central

Could be converted to a format LIRC understands?

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

In my case I have to switch on bluetooth to let it emit IR.
(verified using the camera trick some posted one one of these forums: point your n900 IT transmitter into a camera lens...)

But still I cannot get it to control my TV :(

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

not used qtirreco but have got "irreco for n900" working on sky+

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I've tried qtirreco as well, switched on Bluetooth, but no luck, no working TV control.

Anyone had it working at all ?

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Hi, I would like to install test and use qtirreco. I just failed to find where to get the catalogues for the progmanager from, actually. Who can help, thanks.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Strange...It downloads remote commands for other remotes but will not pull the one I need (sony RM-PP402) any ideas?

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I found it to work reasonably well, but remotes support is quite limited.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/01/0...versal-remote/ haha losers

but seriously speaking, we need major irreco interface improvement and database expansion to make it customer-ready, not a geek toy.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Than we need someone who successfully added a remote to do a whole point by point howto on how to use irreco on a normal IRDA transceiver (ubuntu or some such) to record and export a new remote to the N900 with Irreco.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Bluetooth should not have anything to do with the IR transmitter on N900. The problem is probably in the IR configuration file which you can find here http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Okay, so first u need to enable maemo extras catalogue and then add extras-devel as well.

So go to application manager, then click menu and application catalogs, enable Maemo Extras, add new catalog:

Catalog name: Maemo extras-devel (for example)
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

Then update the catalogs, go to download section and search for qtirreco software and install it.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

QtIrreco currently supports only 1 remote/configuration file. Your config file has 14. It should read the first remote from the config file, at least in the next release :rolleyes:, which will probably be out today.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Remotes are downloaded from sourceforge and you can send your own codes there. Lot of the remotes there are not quite stable and working ones. Interface will be modified when Qt4.6 support comes to Maemo 5.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

My panasonic plasma requires me to hold Power down for about a second or so. Irreco can't seem to be able to do this? I tried queuing commands to no avail.

Also, re-adding the same command several times seems like a lot of work?

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Oh, and, all images I download from themes are now visible in the images application? It's unusable. Any suggestions? Maybe a .folder for storage of images?

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

QtIrreco supports holding down a button with one command. At least it works with volume controlling.

We've noticed that image thing too and it's a thing worth considering.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Yes, it does, but there's a lag between the commands.

E.g., when holding the volume on the app, the LED on the TV goes blip__blip__blip. When using the native remote, it goes blipblipblip (about twice as fast). The TV doesn't budge the power unless someone holds a button.

I need to hold the red button for the power to go off and hold 0-9, power, TV, AV or so to get it to power up.

Also, the app lags, as in, holding the volume for 2 seconds actually increases the volume for 3 or so, overshooting the intended volume. It seems to queue commands faster than sending them out.

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Edit: Sorry, missed the part where people know and consider the bug.
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It is still a big issue with the images of the remotes in the pictures app. Can't you store them somewhere else, where they aren't indexed? A theme has 15 or so buttons, that's 30 images plus backgrounds. My images app is unusable. Add two themes plus irreco (versus qtirreco) and it's lost to me.

Any ideas? Different folder? Hidden? /.themes ?

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I shall look that command sending tomorrow, maybe I can get it faster enough. That lag thing I haven't found solution. But tomorrow there will be new version out with atleast hidden themes folder.

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

I have installed qtirreco and no matter what remote i download from the data base my media center remote receiver (which lights up when ever any IR is picked up, even from my CFL light bulbs!) doesnt light up when buttons are pressed. and neither does my IR sensitive web cam show any light coming from the IR port when buttons are pressed?

has anyone had this problem of the IR emitter not emitting anything?

tried multiple remotes from database! nothing

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Nice repository but they only have one Insignia remote which doesn't work...
I'm guessing Best Buy sold more than one type of home brand. :-(

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

There might be a problem with lircd not being up and running (or something like that, I don't really understand it yet...)

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

That's correct. Lirc daemon must be running with QtIrreco and you can check it typing ps in X Terminal. You should see this line there:

/usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0 --listen=8765

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Wow - just saw that irsend is also available on my device now. Where does it originally come from? Does it get installed by QtIrreco? Or is it a dependency?

This should make it quite easy to build a Nikon Remote Shutter Widget...

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

A more general question: is QtIrreco planned to be the official successor of Irreco? When to take what version?

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

irsend is part of lirc and lirc is QtIrreco's dependency. I think that nobody is anymore developing Irreco. QtIrreco is Qt version of Irreco.

E: typing errors

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

Just to tell everyone that on next week I'm starting developing QtIrreco with Qt 4.6 libraries so next release can take a while when Qt 4.6 comes official for Maemo 5. Feel free to post suggestions for UI and of course other bugs :)

Re: QtIrreco for N900
 

How can I make sure that lircd is up and running?
Because it doesn't go up by default after a reboot - however it seems that QTirreco is starting it up for it's own needs in this case.

I can however get it up manually doing a "sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart", but am not sure if this is a) available on default device and b) the proper way to do it.