LIRC mode2: device configuration option must contain an '='
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 1:42 am
[PROBLEM]
Trying to setup an infrared remote receiver with LIRC, using an FTDI (FT232RL) USB adapter.
Initial test throws a weird error message:
Found it!
It was the missing SerialNumber.
So, here's what I did:
1) Find the serial number:
Returned:
Returns something that looks way better:
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Trying to setup an infrared remote receiver with LIRC, using an FTDI (FT232RL) USB adapter.
Initial test throws a weird error message:
Hm... Seems like the serial number of the FTDI chip is a required parameter. Here's a quote from the infamous "Albert's FTDI IR receiver/transmitter" page:mode2 --driver ftdi --device /dev/ttyUSB0
mode2: Initializing FTDI: /dev/ttyUSB0
mode2: device configuration option must contain an '=': '/dev/ttyUSB0'
[SOLUTION][...] example, for Adam's hardware (Receiver on RI pin)
lircd -Hftdi -dserial=A4001doI,input=7
The 'serial' argument is needed to uniquely address the FTDI chip in use, so please supply at least this argument. The serial number of your FTDI chip can be found by looking at the systemlog (dmesg) while plugging-in the chip.
Found it!
It was the missing SerialNumber.
So, here's what I did:
1) Find the serial number:
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$ dmesg | grep SerialNumber2) Use it instead of /dev/ttyUSB0:[1042721.047577] usb 2-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[1063618.105490] usb 2-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[1083241.298748] usb 2-1.7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[1083241.298753] usb 2-1.7: SerialNumber: A6028XXX
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$ mode2 -H ftdi -d serial=A6028XXXmode2: Initializing FTDI: serial=A6028BJE
mode2: opened FTDI device 'serial=A6028XXX' OK
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