Welcome to the LIRC 0.10.0 Manual

1. Installation instructions
   
   
   • Dependencies
   • Compile and install
   • Configuration
   • Uninstalling
   • Updating from older versions


2. Configuration guide
   • Why should I use LIRC?
   • The default configuration
   • Overall Configuration Decisions
   • Basic setup flow
   • Determine driver and device
   • Getting the key symbols using linux input layer
   • Getting the key symbols using lirc drivers
   • Configure systemd
   • Converting key symbols to application strings
   • Appendixes
     • A1: Configuring the kernel
     • A2: Finding the event device
     • A3: Understanding the driver table
     • A4: Normalizing the lircd.conf
     • A5: Generating the .lircrc
     • A6: Addressing changing event devices
     • A7: Running irexec
     • A8: Using multiple remotes
     • A9: Using multiple capture devices
     • A10: LIRC configuration files
     • A11: Using home-brewn hardware
     • A14: Running as a regular user
   
   
3. Configuration reference
   
   • lircd.conf file format
   • Configuring lircmd
   • lircmd.conf file format
   • lircrc file format
   • Sending infrared signals
   
   
4. Manpages
   Programs and Drivers Overview
   Programs and tools
   • ircat
   • irdb-get
   • irexec
   • irpty
   • irrecord
   • irsend
   • irsimsend
   • irtestcase
   • irtext2udp
   • irxevent
   • irw
   • lirc-lsplugins
   • lirc-lsremotes
   • lirc-make-devinput
   • lirc-setup
   • lircd
   • lircd-setup
   • lircd-uinput
   • lircmd
   • lircrcd
   • mode2
   • xmode2
   Devices and configuration files
   • lirc
   • lircd.conf
   • lircrc
   Driver documentation
5. Technical
   
   • How everything works
   • Writing LIRC user-space drivers
   • Writing applications for LIRC
   • Writing LIRC configuration tools
   • Adding new remote controls
6. Lirc APIs
   • User space driver API.
   • lirc_client API.
   • lirc library API documentation
7. Getting additional information
   
   • FAQ, mailing list and mailing list archive
   • Reporting bugs
   
   

Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Christoph Bartelmus ([email protected])
Copyright (C) 1999 Karsten Scheibler ([email protected])

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