REMOTE IR CONTROL (Infra red)

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[RC] How to configure lirc?

I want to use the RPI 2 as a remote control. So I was trying to configure lirc. I added “dtoverlay=lirc-rpi,gpio_out_pin=19,gpio_in_pin=23” to /boot/config.txt. When I use “irw” or “irrecord” it doesn’t recognize my remotes. In the blog I could read “Most remotes should now work out of box without any additional configuration. If you’d like to configure a GPIO remote, check out our Wiki for instructions”. However,I couldn’t find any entry abot remotes in the wiki. Is there any proper way to …

Lirc, irsend and irexec

Hi all, Good job on the osmc release! Really fast! A bit stuck on the lirc support thoug. In Alpha 4 (pi2) i managed to get the remote working (lirc) and also irexec just by adding this line to rc.local: /usr/bin/irexec --daemon /home/osmc/.lircrc Unfortunally that doesn’t work anymore in RC… but… irw does not show all the buttons anymore i have in my lircd.conf when i press them. Just some of them. Maybe there’s the problem. And yes, they all start with KEY_ so i think something has changed…