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<h1>Aureal ATWF@83 ESKY</h1>
<h2>Hardware</h2>
<p>
This device is a cheap remote control that can be bought on
the web for a few dollars. It is recognized as both a keyboard
and a mouse. However not all keys work out of the box as they
are combinations of several keyboard keys.
This driver should work completely with kernel 2.6.34 and
newer. Some keys may not work with older versions of kernel.
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<h2>Configuration</h2>
<h3>Udev</h3>
<p>
This rule creates links for the keyboard and the mouse parts
in /dev/lirc. Create a file "lirc_atwf83.rules" in /etc/udev/rules/
that contains the following lines :
</p>
<pre>
# Rules for "ATWF@83-W001_ESKY.CC_USB_V3B" USB remote to be managed by lirc
ATTR{idVendor}!="0755", GOTO="atwf83_end"
ATTR{idProduct}!="2626", GOTO="atwf83_end"
KERNEL!="hidraw[0-9]*", GOTO="atwf83_end"
# Link raw devices into "/dev/input/ir"
ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="01", SYMLINK+="lirc/atwf83_mouse"
ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="00", SYMLINK+="lirc/atwf83_kbd"
LABEL="atwf83_end"
</pre>
<h3>Xorg</h3>
<p>
Since multimedia keys of the remote work out of the box in xorg, pressing
them may trigger the default actions associated with these keys and the
lirc action at the same time.
The following rule forces xorg to ignore the remote. Create a file in
/etc/X11 xorg.conf.d and name it 70-atwf83.conf.
</p>
<pre>
# Make xorg ignore the remote to disable multimedia keys
# default actions.
# !!! This prevents the mouse part of the remote from
# working too !!!
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Ignore ATWF@83 remote input"
MatchProduct "ESKY.CC USB_V3B"
Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection
</pre>
<h3>Starting lirc</h3>
<p>
Since not all keys belong to a single device, lirc has to be run twice. The following script
launches lirc for the mouse and the keyboard parts using symlinks created by the udev rule.
It creates the lirc device /dev/lircd that will be used by lirc client applications.
This script can be placed in /etc/init.d so that lirc will be run on startup.
</p>
<pre>
#! /bin/sh
lircd_BIN=/usr/sbin/lircd
test -x $lircd_BIN || exit 5
lircd_CONF=/etc/lirc/lircd.conf
lircd_PID=/var/run/lirc/lircd.pid
lircd_PID1=/var/run/lirc/lircd1.pid
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting lircd "
if [ ! -L /dev/lircd ]; then
rm -f /dev/lircd
ln -s /var/run/lirc/lircd /dev/lircd
fi
lircd_ARGS="--device=/dev/lirc/atwf83_kbd --pidfile=$lircd_PID --driver=atwf83 --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd --connect=localhost:8765"
lircd_ARGS1="--device=/dev/lirc/atwf83_mouse --pidfile=$lircd_PID1 --driver=atwf83 --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd1 --listen"
$lircd_BIN ${lircd_ARGS1[@]}
$lircd_BIN ${lircd_ARGS[@]}
;;
stop)
echo -n "Shutting down lircd "
killproc -TERM -p $lircd_PID $lircd_BIN
killproc -TERM -p $lircd_PID1 $lircd_BIN
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac
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<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
<p>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Some keys don't work</b><br>
<ul>
<li>
Check that your kernel is 2.6.34 or newer.
</li>
<li>
Maybe your remote is in "mouse mode". Press the "Toggle mouse" button and try again.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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