Setup guide

WinLIRC

The WinLIRC driver does not directly access hardware, but works as a TCP/IP client connecting to the WinLIRC

server. For information on how to get WinLIRC and supported hardware, visit the WinLIRC and the LIRC

homepage.

WinLIRC Step-By-Step

Start WinLIRC and learn a remote control as usual.

Start uICE, select WinLIRC from the dropdown box at General Config/Device Selection

Switch to "Hardware Setup", click the Setup button and verify settings for Server IP/URL and Server Port

(should be localhost on port 8765). Click OK to connect to WinLIRC (make sure WinLIRC is running).

WinLIRC's Remote and command names are displayed in the white area at the lower half of the Hardware

Setup screen. The area gets populated automatically if uICE receives the names from WinLIRC, i.e. if you

press the buttons configured in WinLIRC. WinLIRC v0.6.4 does not yet support sending a full list of command

and remote names, maybe we'll get this functionality in a later version.

You can now setup actions as usual.

Configuration

No special configuration is required if WinLIRC runs on the same machine as uICE. However, you may customize

port and ip settings if you want to connect to WinLIRC over a network ( it may be required that you have to

remove address binding to localhost in the WinLIRC sources and recompile it in order to be able to connect to

WinLIRC on another machine ).

You may even connect to a LIRC daemon on a Linux machine. For this, you need the netpipes package installed

on the Linux machine, available from ftp://ftp.purplefrog.com/pub/netpipes/ ( probably file netpipes-x.x-

export.tar.gz ). Install that in the usual way with the help of the included INSTALL and README files and then the

command: /path/to/faucet 8765 --out --daemon /path/to/irw - Thanks to Chris Tallon for this hint.

Further, you have the option to automatically launch WinLIRC when uICE starts (if WinLIRC is installed on the

same computer). Enable the checkbox AutoStart WinLIRC Server and locate the WinLIRC executable file name.

If Reconnection attempt every xx sec

is enabled, the driver tries to automatically reconnect to WinLIRC or LIRC in

intervals of xx seconds ( if not already connected ). This is useful if WinLIRC doesn't run on the same machine

and you cannot assume that WinLIRC is ready before uICE starts.

More Information

WinLIRC website

The LIRC Project