sending IR commands on ubuntu

[tirtho]

I got the debug output from your app, 

 

how would I send this out using ir_transmit.c

 

 

0,9043,4430,652,1563,651,439,622,465,625,465,622,465,621,465,626,465,621,465,621,469,622,1589,625,1589,626,1589,644,1571,648,1563,626,1590,626,1589,647,1563,652,439,621,465,622,469,621,465,621,465,626,465,622,465,621,469,622,1589,626,1589,622,1589,652,1563,626,1590,621,1590,651,1564,626

:e:40

0,9041,2181,621

 

[jason]

This is an NEC code:

This is the timing marker for the button:

0,9043,4430,652,1563,651,439,622,465,625,465,622,465,621,465,626,465,621,465,621,469,622,1589,625,1589,626,1589,644,1571,648,1563,626,1590,626,1589,647,1563,652,439,621,465,622,469,621,465,621,465,626,465,622,465,621,469,622,1589,626,1589,622,1589,652,1563,626,1590,621,1590,651,1564,626 

This is the elapsed time in between the next signal it receives: e40 <-- 40ms

This is specific to the NEC specification which stands for repeat the last thing you saw: 0,9041,2181,621

Here is the commandline:

sendir --pattern=0,153,1231,131 --repeat=3 --ik=32000

So the first is the pattern, how many times we want to repeat the pattern, and the time between the signals. In the case above, it is 

0,153,1231,131 (wait 32ms) 0,153,1231,131 (wait 32ms) 0,153,1231,131

But for NEC, it gets tricky, because the follow-up pattern is simply no the first. So for this, we have a few options.

Send the first packet only once:

flirc_util sendir --pattern=0,9043,4430,652,1563,651,439,622,465,625,465,622,465,621,465,626,465,621,465,621,469,622,1589,625,1589,626,1589,644,1571,648,1563,626,1590,626,1589,647,1563,652,439,621,465,622,469,621,465,621,465,626,465,622,465,621,469,622,1589,626,1589,622,1589,652,1563,626,1590,621,1590,651,1564,626

Send the first packet a few times:

flirc_util sendir --pattern=0,9043,4430,652,1563,651,439,622,465,625,465,622,465,621,465,626,465,621,465,621,469,622,1589,625,1589,626,1589,644,1571,648,1563,626,1590,626,1589,647,1563,652,439,621,465,622,469,621,465,621,465,626,465,622,465,621,469,622,1589,626,1589,622,1589,652,1563,626,1590,621,1590,651,1564,626 --ik=40000 --repeat=3

Or alter the signal so that the first includes the repeat signal. The initial 0 is the timing marker, we remove that, so it becomes:

0,9043,4430,652,1563,651,439,622,465,625,465,622,465,621,465,626,465,621,465,621,469,622,1589,625,1589,626,1589,644,1571,648,1563,626,1590,626,1589,647,1563,652,439,621,465,622,469,621,465,621,465,626,465,622,465,621,469,622,1589,626,1589,622,1589,652,1563,626,1590,621,1590,651,1564,626 + 40000 + 0,9041,2181,621 ->

flirc_util sendir --pattern=0,9043,4430,652,1563,651,439,622,465,625,465,622,465,621,465,626,465,621,465,621,469,622,1589,625,1589,626,1589,644,1571,648,1563,626,1590,626,1589,647,1563,652,439,621,465,622,469,621,465,621,465,626,465,622,465,621,469,622,1589,626,1589,622,1589,652,1563,626,1590,621,1590,651,1564,626,40000,9041,2181,621,40000,9041,2181,621,40000,9041,2181,621

[tirtho]

I ended up getting this working, on my own just realised you posted this thx for the info. Whats interesting is the  --pattern= syntax is not liked by the latest git debug compilation not sure if something changed. in anycase I figured it out and posted a how to on how to turn on my heater, I have a few other applications. thx

[frame86]

This is a nice how to and I know the topic is a little bit older but could @jason please explain how to interprete the pattern?

I want to understand the output.

> This is specific to the NEC specification which stands for repeat the last thing you saw: 0,9041,2181,621

How do you know that? How to transcode the integers into the modulation logic 0 and 1?

I can't find this information.

My guess according the NEC specification about the repeat code:

9041 is ~ 9ms burst 1
2181 is ~ 2.25ms space 0
621 is ~ 0.5625ms burst 1

So that is that just the raw modulation with some noise? But according the protocol, the timing for the repeat codes is only 40ms after the initial message and then switches to 108ms incl. the repeat code time, so I'm still not sure if I see this correctly.

And a new pattern must always start with 0?

Thanks