Comments on: Update on TwinHan remote for Mythbuntu 8.10

By: Jared

Jared — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:46:20 +0000

So I upgraded from 9.04 to 10.10 and unsurprisingly it broke my remote.

What I did to fix it:

1. Run: “dpkg-reconfigure lircd”
2. Select “Linux Input Layer” for the input device, and “none” for the transmitter.
3. edit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf. Make sure the following lines are correct.
REMOTE_DRIVER=”devinput”
REMOTE_DEVICE=”/dev/input/by-id/usb-Twinhan_Tech_Remote_Control_1111111-event-if00″
Note that the last couple of characters of the device name changed from “kbd” to “if00″, this caught me out.
4. Now irw picks up codes but the names are all changed. 2 ways around this – replacing /usr/share/lirc/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput with http://www.doctort.org/adam/files/twinhan/lircd.conf should work, or do what I did and update ~/.lirc/mythtv to match the new names.
5. sudo service lirc restart
6. restart mythfrontend
7. Watch TV, sip beer.

Hopefully that helps someone.

With my logitech harmony I use TwinHanVP-1020A

By: Daehenoc

Daehenoc — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:40:57 +0000

Hi Adam,

Do you know which Twinhan device in the Logitech Harmony this remote is?

Thanks!

By: Russell Phillips

Russell Phillips — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:52:59 +0000

I’m replicating this under Maverick (10.10). It’s pretty close, but there’s some stuff that’s different.

1. Run: “dpkg-reconfigure lircd”
2. Select “Linux Input Layer” for the input device, and “none” for the transmitter.
3. Run: “/etc/init.d/lirc restart”

The “lshal | grep input.product” hack doesn’t appear to be required, nor does modifying lircd.conf (leave it blank)

irw should work at this point. The lircd.conf file is to be left blank BUT all of the keys have different names now. Here’s my ~/.lirc/mythtv :

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_CANCEL
config = Esc
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
config = Right
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
config = Left
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_CHANNELUP
config = Up
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_CHANNELDOWN
config = Down
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_PLAY
config = Enter
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_PAUSE
config = p
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_MUTE
config = F9
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_RECORD
config = r
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_STOP
config = o
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_LIST
config = m
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_EPG
config = i
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_0
config = 0
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_1
config = 1
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_2
config = 2
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_3
config = 3
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_4
config = 4
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_5
config = 5
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_6
config = 6
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_7
config = 7
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_8
config = 8
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_NUMERIC_9
config = 9
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_FORWARD
config = PgDown
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_REWIND
config = PgUp
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_REWIND
config = ,
end

begin
prog = mythtv
button = KEY_FORWARD
config = .
end

By: Tim Gould

Tim Gould — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:23:09 +0000

Thanks to Adam, Doctor_Ahmed and others, I've been able to add a bit of extra work on my own and now have all keys working including numbers under lucid. Documented in a blog entry here.

By: TwinHan Remote under Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 - REverberations

TwinHan Remote under Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 - REverberations — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:12:56 +0000

[...] had no use for it for a while, and a few months ago wanted to make it work again. It turns out that Adam Pierce has a good set of instructions. But, like all other commenters on that blog post, my setup broke when upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04. [...]

By: Doctor_Ahmed

Doctor_Ahmed — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:59:12 +0000

just correction :!

step 4 gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/20thirdparty/lirc.fdi

as the original topic here

true

By: Doctor_Ahmed

Doctor_Ahmed — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:55:22 +0000

Dear neztiti

After GOD WELL I have found the solution to make Twinhan Romte compeletely works with UBUNTU 10.4 LUCID

Exclusively i have found the codes of number buttons

The method as following just copy and paste:

1- gedit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE=”Twinhan Remote Control”
REMOTE_MODULES=”lirc_dev lirc_mceusb”
REMOTE_DRIVER=”devinput”
REMOTE_DEVICE=”/dev/input/by-id/usb-Twinhan_Tech_Remote_Control_1111111-event-if00″
REMOTE_SOCKET=”"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF=”"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=”"

#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER=”None”
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=”"
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=”"
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=”"
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=”"
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=”"
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=”"

#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD=”true”

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

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES=”true”

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

#Forcing noninteractive reconfiguration
#If lirc is to be reconfigured by an external application
#that doesn’t have a debconf frontend available, the noninteractive
#frontend can be invoked and set to parse REMOTE and TRANSMITTER
#It will then populate all other variables without any user input
#If you would like to configure lirc via standard methods, be sure
#to leave this set to “false”
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION=”false”
START_LIRCMD=”"

2- gedit /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

begin remote

name devinput
bits 16
eps 30
aeps 100

one 0 0
zero 0 0
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0×8001
gap 132799
toggle_bit_mask 0×0

begin codes
KEY_0 0×0200
KEY_1 0×0201
KEY_2 0×0202
KEY_3 0×0203
KEY_4 0×0204
KEY_5 0×0205
KEY_6 0×0206
KEY_7 0×0207
KEY_8 0×0208
KEY_9 0×0209
KEY_CHANNELDOWN 0×0193
KEY_CHANNELUP 0×0192
KEY_EPG 0x016D
KEY_FASTFORWARD 0x00D0
KEY_FAVORITES 0x016C
KEY_FORWARD 0x009F
KEY_MUTE 0×0071
KEY_PAUSE 0×0077
KEY_PLAY 0x00CF
KEY_POWER2 0×0164
KEY_RECORD 0x00A7
KEY_REWIND 0x00A8
KEY_SCREEN 0×0177
KEY_STOP 0×0080
KEY_TEXT 0×0184
KEY_VOLUMEDOWN 0×0072
KEY_VOLUMEUP 0×0073
KEY_RESTART 0×0198
KEY_CANCEL 0x00DF
KEY_PRINT 0x00D2
KEY_LIST 0x018B
KEY_TAB 0x000F
KEY_PROGRAM 0x016A
end codes

end remote

3-gedit /usr/share/lirc/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput

# generated by devinput.sh
begin remote

name devinput
bits 16
eps 30
aeps 100

one 0 0
zero 0 0
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0×8001
gap 132799
toggle_bit_mask 0×0

end remote

4- gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/20thirdparty/lirc.fdi

true

5- /etc/init.d/lirc restart

Now run command irw and all buttons will work gratly

I have previously posted the comment in my favorite great ARABIC language but saddly the blog not support it.

Hope to be happy by the working Remote EN SHAA ALLAH (after GOD’s well)
it works with me 100%
just do carful copy and paste

Doctor_Ahmed

By: doctor_ahmed

doctor_ahmed — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:46:37 +0000

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1- gedit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER=”None”
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=”"
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=”"
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=”"
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=”"
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=”"
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=”"

#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD=”true”

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

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES=”true”

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

2- gedit /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

begin remote

name devinput
bits 16
eps 30
aeps 100

one 0 0
zero 0 0
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0×8001
gap 132799
toggle_bit_mask 0×0

end remote

3-gedit /usr/share/lirc/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput

# generated by devinput.sh
begin remote

name devinput
bits 16
eps 30
aeps 100

one 0 0
zero 0 0
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0×8001
gap 132799
toggle_bit_mask 0×0

end remote

4- gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/20thirdparty/lirc.fdi

true

5- /etc/init.d/lirc restart

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By: Flo

Flo — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:26:35 +0000

Sadly i cant get my remote working with lucid anymore. Tried the tips from Jean-Francois.

By: ukasz

ukasz — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:05:47 +0000

i had to downgrade to 2.6.31-20-generic to get my ir working.

By: ukasz

ukasz — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:56:33 +0000

after updating from karmic to lucid i have same problem. even with Jean-Francois fixes i still have no result.

By: Jean-Francois

Jean-Francois — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:59:19 +0000

Yes, I followed the steps in the guide and the help provided by other users like Peter.

Here’s my hardware.conf:

# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
#Chosen Remote Control
REMOTE=”Twinhan Remote Control”
REMOTE_MODULES=”lirc_dev lirc_sir”
REMOTE_DRIVER=”devinput”
#REMOTE_DEVICE=”/dev/input/by-id/usb-Twinhan_Tech_Remote_Control_1111111-event-kbd”
REMOTE_DEVICE=”/dev/input/by-id/usb-Twinhan_Tech_Remote_Control_1111111-event-if00″
REMOTE_SOCKET=”"
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF=”"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=”"

#Chosen IR Transmitter
TRANSMITTER=”None”
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=”"
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=”"
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=”"
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=”"
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=”"
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=”"

#Enable lircd
START_LIRCD=”true”

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

#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES=”true”

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

By: neztiti

neztiti — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:23:54 +0000

Jean-Francois – you mean that you followed the old steps up?? what is your hardware.conf ??

By: Jean-Francois

Jean-Francois — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:54:34 +0000

Ok thanks for all your help, I finally got the remote working in lucid except for the number keys like everyone else. I manage to get them with this command:

sudo hexdump -C /dev/input/by-id/usb-Twinhan_Tech_Remote_Control_1111111-event-if00

So my lircd.conf config for this remote (including number keys) is now:

# Twinhan Remote Control
begin remote

name devinput
bits 16
eps 30
aeps 100

one 0 0
zero 0 0
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0×8001
gap 132799
toggle_bit_mask 0×0

begin codes
KEY_0 0×0200
KEY_1 0×0201
KEY_2 0×0202
KEY_3 0×0203
KEY_4 0×0204
KEY_5 0×0205
KEY_6 0×0206
KEY_7 0×0207
KEY_8 0×0208
KEY_9 0×0209
KEY_CANCEL 0x00DF
KEY_CHANNELDOWN 0×0193
KEY_CHANNELUP 0×0192
KEY_EPG 0x016D
KEY_FAVORITES 0x016C
KEY_FORWARD 0x009F
KEY_LIST 0x018B
KEY_MUTE 0×0071
KEY_PAUSE 0×0077
KEY_PLAY 0x00CF
KEY_POWER2 0×0164
KEY_PRINT 0x00D2
KEY_PROGRAM 0x016A
KEY_RECORD 0x00A7
KEY_RESTART 0×0198
KEY_REWIND 0x00A8
KEY_SCREEN 0×0177
KEY_STOP 0×0080
KEY_TAB 0x000F
KEY_TEXT 0×0184
KEY_VOLUMEDOWN 0×0072
KEY_VOLUMEUP 0×0073
end codes

end remote

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By: Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 15 May 2010 05:44:01 +0000

I’ve got the exact problem with Peter, however I noticed that it was a kernel change that caused the problem. I could boot with an older kernel (3.6.31) with lucid, have the kbd device. the later kernel (3.6.32) would have the if00 device. Unfortunately I now cannot use the nvidia driver with the updates, so I’m now forced to the newest kernel.

Wayne.

By: neztiti

neztiti — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:17:46 +0000

any one get it work with lucid??

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:43:37 +0000

Similar story here (worked perfectly in 9.10, but broken after upgrade to lucid), though I’ve got a bit further:

Firstly I noticed that the device id has changed from /dev/input/by-id/usb-Twinhan_Tech_Remote_Control_1111111-event-kbd to /dev/input/by-id/usb-Twinhan_Tech_Remote_Control_1111111-event-if00 after changing this in hardware.conf and restarting lirc, irw now displays keystrokes when buttons are pressed on the remote (although with different names eg. “KEY_CHANNELUP” instead of “CH+” and the number keys (0-9) don’t work). Note that the upgrade to lucid has replaced the lircd.conf file with a single line: include “/usr/share/lirc/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput” (the key definitions are now in the included file, instead of directly in lircd.conf).
So by hacking the lircd.conf.devinput file and changing the names back to the names used in Adam’s original file I can get it working without having to change anything in the myth lirc configs.

That is, all keys are working except the number keys: 0 – 9 (which don’t work in irw either. And I don’t know how to find the code for these.

What is really weird is that the codes in Adam’s original lircd.conf that worked fine in 9.1 don’t work at all in lucid, as the codes have completely changed (eg. CH- was 0x1006d and is now 0×0193). Maybe connected with the fact that the header definition has also changed:
In Adam’s lircd.conf it was:
begin remote
name TwinHan
bits 32
begin codes
…
In the lucid’s /usr/share/lirc/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput:
begin remote
name devinput
bits 16
eps 30
aeps 100
one 0 0
zero 0 0
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0×8001
gap 132799
toggle_bit_mask 0×0

begin codes
…

Any ideas?

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:15:08 +0000

Ugh, I had a nice working setup with 9.10 based on your configs, and now a dist-upgrade to lucid has killed it.
Updated the event id, and still irw produces no output at all. A complete mystery.
Can’t seem to get this remote to work at all under lucid, and would love any tips from anyone who has done so.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:22:28 +0000

Well, give it a go on 10.4 and let us know how it went.