How to use flirc_util sendir

[Da4id]

I am having a hard time getting "sendir" to work. Or rather, I am able to send IR signals, but they don’t do what I expect them to. What’s really confusing me is that what I’m sending doesn’t seem to be what the log is showing was sent.

Here is what I did. I pointed my remote at the flirc device, and pressed a button on my remote. A number of patterns came out, separated by :e: - I'm assuming each pattern is an alternate pattern?

Then I tried sending these patterns through flirc using flirc_util sendir. I kept the log open during this sending, but the pattern that was being logged didn’t match the pattern I was sending. I tried sending each of the patterns one by one but nothing happened on the target device. 

Any ideas where I can go from here?

 

 

[Da4id]

Anyone working with sendir at all?

 

[jason]

Save your log file here, and I'll explain it, and show you how to send it out. 

[Psychopomp]

On 12/12/2019 at 10:23 PM, jason said:

Save your log file here, and I'll explain it, and show you how to send it out. 

Hi Jason,

I am curious about this as well. I am attaching the log of the event I need to send out. Could you please explain how to send it?

my_flirc_log.txt

[Psychopomp]

Actually, please disregard. Figured it out myself. :)

[olympia]

I am wondering the same. Would have been nice to share your solution once you figured.

I am always getting "Error: must specify an option" when I am trying to send the ir signal using e.g. based on the above log file the following command:

flirc_util sendir 0,8978,4384,608,469,608,1592,608,469,608,464,613,1592,608,469,608,464,612,478,608,469,608,464,612,1589,612,465,612,1592,608,1593,612,464,613,473,612,1588,612,465,612,464,612,465,612,465,612,464,608,465,612,477,613,464,608,1592,612,1588,612,1588,612,1588,612,1589,612,1592,612,1592,612

What am I doing wrong?

[Psychopomp]

16 hours ago, olympia said:

I am wondering the same. Would have been nice to share your solution once you figured.

Sure, no problem.

First of all, just for future reference, the FLIRC command-line utility has built-in reference for all commands it supports. To view a list of all supported commands, use the "help" command:

flirc_util.exe help

Please note that I am on Windows, hence the ".exe" part. You may not need it if you are on macOS or Linux.

To view reference for a specific command, use the same "help" command, but after it specify the command you need reference for, like this (without the <> brackets):

flirc_util.exe help <command>

So, when you run:

flirc_util.exe help sendir

here's what you get:

Help for 'sendir' command:
usage: sendir <opts>
  sendir --pattern=0,153,1231,131 --repeat=3 --ik=32000
OPTIONS:
  -i, --ik             set the interkey delay between rep. frames
  -r, --repeat         number of times to repeat pattern
  -k, --kill           kill any currently running transmission
  -p, --pattern        send the comma delimited pattern

Which means the correct way of sending out your code, provided that you only need to repeat it once, would be as follows:

flirc_util.exe sendir --pattern=0,8978,4384,608,469,608,1592,608,469,608,464,613,1592,608,469,608,464,612,478,608,469,608,464,612,1589,612,465,612,1592,608,1593,612,464,613,473,612,1588,612,465,612,464,612,465,612,465,612,464,608,465,612,477,613,464,608,1592,612,1588,612,1588,612,1588,612,1589,612,1592,612,1592,612 --repeat=1

[olympia]

@PsychopompThis is great! That was it!

Thank you very much for your feedback which helped me to succeed! I really do appreciate this!