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Latest versions: LIRC: | 0.9.0 | March 26, 2011 | CommandIR Utilities - Linux: | 1.00-pre3 | November 11th, 2011 | CommandIR Utilities - Win32:
| 1.00-pre3 | November 11th, 2011 | CommandIR III Firmware: | 3.50 | October 18th, 2011 |
External Resources: CommandIR III can be driven by LIRC (included with most Linux distribution) or by the new CommandIR Utilities:
| | CommandIR Utils | | | IR Code Database | Minimum Version | Code Format | Remote Support | Device Control | IR Code Database | Minimum Version | Code Format | Remote Support | Device Control | CommandIR III(Mini or with Pro expansion) | lirc.org/remotes/
lircconfig.commandir.com | LIRC 0.8.7-pre3 from LaunchPad LIRC 0.9.0 | LIRC's lircd.conf | Detects any LIRC compatible IR remote control. | Control any LIRC compatible device. Maximum emitters supported: 32 | Coming soon! | 0.1 or 0.2 | Hex Format | None | Controls any IR-compatible device. Maximum emitters supported: 2048 | CommandIR II | LIRC 0.8.6 | Not supported |
Note: MythBuntu, MythDora, Ubuntu, Fedora, and KnoppMyth/LinHES all use LIRC.
Important Known Issues | | Issue | Cause | Solution | CommandIR III Expandable | Not recognized by PC | Firmware corruption | See CommandIR Unrecognized issue | CommandIR III Expandable | Pace set top boxes (and other XMP-protocol devices) aren't recording and sending properly with CommandIR Utils | XMP protocol cares more about the number of modulation pulses than the timing, so a firmware tweak was needed guarantee the correct number. | Upgrade your CommandIR firmware to at least 3.45. | CommandIR III | "Error -100 reading 512 bytes"- from lircd or irrecord | Your Nvidia/nForce USB 1.0 chipset can only read 64 bytes. Only original CommandIR III Mini products shipping Sept-December 2010 were affected. | Upgrade your CommandIR firmware. | CommandIR II | lirc_cmdir kernel module not found | The CommandIR LIRC driver was rewritten for userspace in October 2008. | Change your /etc/lirc/hardware.conf lines from: REMOTE_DRIVER=""
REMOTE_DEVICE="lirc_cmdir" to: REMOTE_DRIVER="commandir"
REMOTE_DEVICE="" and restart LIRC. See also: Switch to CommandIR Userspace Driver |
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
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