Re: Help with harmony remote

[Sean Young <sean@mess.org>]

Hi,

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 05:21:36AM +0000, Jesus wrote:
> Hi
> I have an ir harmony remote which I have configured to use as a mouse with a Intel nuc D54250WYK, I have tested un Windows 10 and it works as expected but in linux the mouse buttons don't work.
> I'm using the keymap /lib/udev/rc_keymaps/mce_keyboard.toml, this happens when I press the left button:

The mce_keyboard is for a very specific keyboard:

https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/microsoft-media-center-2005-keyboard

I suspect this is not the right IR decoder. What model is this exactly
and what buttons does it have, etc. What buttons do already work?

Some recording of the ir using "ir-ctl -r" would be useful too.

> 688888.335099: lirc protocol(mcir2-mse): scancode = 0x3c
> 688888.335117: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x3c
> 688888.335117: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 688888.475123: lirc protocol(mcir2-mse): scancode = 0x3c
> 688888.475142: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x3c
> 688888.475142: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 
> So I added this to the file and reloaded:
> 
> 
> [[protocols]]
> protocol = "mce_kbd"
> [protocols.scancodes]
> 0x3c = "BTN_LEFT"
> 0x5a = "BTN_RIGHT"

Unfortunately this IR decoder doesn't work very well if you set keycodes
for the scancodes. It doesn't generate the necessary key-up events.
> 
> The output now is:
> 
> 
> 689080.444492: lirc protocol(mcir2-mse): scancode = 0x3c
> 689080.444510: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: BTN_MOUSE(0x0110)
> 689080.444510: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x3c
> 689080.444510: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 689080.542540: lirc protocol(mcir2-mse): scancode = 0x3c
> 689080.542564: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x3c
> 689080.542564: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 689080.682743: lirc protocol(mcir2-mse): scancode = 0x3c
> 689080.682760: event type EV_MSC(0x04): scancode = 0x3c
> 689080.682760: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 689080.945699: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: BTN_MOUSE(0x0110)
> 689080.945699: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 689081.073768: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: BTN_MOUSE(0x0110)
> 689081.073768: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 689081.201773: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: BTN_MOUSE(0x0110)
> 689081.201773: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 689081.329767: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: BTN_MOUSE(0x0110)
> 689081.329767: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 689081.457773: event type EV_KEY(0x01) key_down: BTN_MOUSE(0x0110)
> 689081.457773: event type EV_SYN(0x00).
> 
> The last two lines keep repeating and the left click don't happens
> 
> Please help me with this

Thanks

Sean