Overview
Basically what happens is, when Freevo starts up, it checks if it can initialize pylirc. If it can, it tries to open /etc/freevo/lircrc (or whatever the variable LIRCRC in local_conf.py is set to). It then uses these strings in the freevo code to perform actions.
First check if Lirc is working with your remote before attempting to get it to work with freevo.
(NOTE:: Check the remote section under supported hardware for stuff on specific remotes with lirc)
Install steps
Install Lirc (remote control receiver software)
insmod any lirc modules you need (i.e. lirc_serial)
Create the /dev/lirc and /dev/lircd devices
N.B. /dev/lirc is not required if your device does not use a lirc kernel module (e.g. IRman)
Use irrecord to
record your IR frequencies and associate them with names.
Copy the resulting file to /etc/lircd.conf or /etc/lirc/lircd.conf (depends on distro used)
Install pylirc (python-lirc library)
Download pylirc and install.
Start the lirc daemon
/etc/init.d/lircd start
Run the lirc app irw to check the function of the remote control. you should see the names from your lircd.conf showing up when pressing those buttons.
Create a new file: /etc/freevo/lircrc (see below for format)
Test the remote using lirc's ircat application:
ircat --config=/etc/freevo/lircrc freevo
You should see the new freevo button names appear instead of those defined in lircd.conf
Now try it with freevo.
File format
Essential commands:
LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, SELECT, ENTER, EXIT, DISPLAY
Recommended commands:
REC, REW, PLAY, FFWD, PAUSE, STOP, CH+, CH-
Format of file is:
begin prog = freevo button = <name from lircd> config = <freevo name> end
for example one section would be:
begin prog = freevo button = RECALL config = REC end
the file consists of many of the above sections separated by a blank line. For a listing of all available commands and how they are mapped within the different events (Playing Audio, Video, TV, etc...) look at freevo/src/event.py .