LinuxQuestions.org - [SOLVED] Dell remote (RC1974009/MR268) with lirc

OK I got the thing to finally run ........... lirc now works and sees my dell remote controller. I had an old version 0.8.6 still installed and that was causing problems with the new drivers installed by 0.9.0-pre1

Now I wonder how to setup the harmony one remote under linux.

Very difficult to get going because 75% of the posts I've found on the web are incomplete with missing vital info such as OS, driver name, file locations, etc etc etc

Is there a linux version of the logitech programming program that everybody using linux are referring to? I suspect that 90% of them failed to mention that they are simply using a windows or mac machine to accomplish this task. They dont even mention it in their "how-to" or posts...

I have pretty much all the pieces together except how to setup this logitech remote.

THe logitech soft is windows only. I tried to use virtualbox (the real version that has usb support) but it failed. I installed their ultra-crappy software and it did not detect the remote plugged to usb. Linux detect as:

lsusb -v

Quote:

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c121 Logitech, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x046d Logitech, Inc.
idProduct 0xc121
bcdDevice 10.54
iManufacturer 1 Harmony Remote 0-3.4.0
iProduct 2 Harmony Remote 0-3.4.0
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 41
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 1 Harmony Remote 0-3.4.0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass 0 No Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 0 None
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.00
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 33
Report Descriptor: (length is 33)
Item(Global): Usage Page, data= [ 0x00 0xff ] 65280
(null)
Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x01 ] 1
(null)
Item(Main ): Collection, data= [ 0x01 ] 1
Application
Item(Global): Logical Minimum, data= [ 0x00 ] 0
Item(Global): Logical Maximum, data= [ 0xff 0x00 ] 255
Item(Global): Report Size, data= [ 0x08 ] 8
Item(Main ): Collection, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
Logical
Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
(null)
Item(Global): Report Count, data= [ 0x40 ] 64
Item(Main ): Input, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
Data Variable Absolute No_Wrap Linear
Preferred_State No_Null_Position Non_Volatile Bitfield
Item(Main ): End Collection, data=none
Item(Main ): Collection, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
Logical
Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x05 ] 5
(null)
Item(Global): Report Count, data= [ 0x40 ] 64
Item(Main ): Output, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
Data Variable Absolute No_Wrap Linear
Preferred_State No_Null_Position Non_Volatile Bitfield
Item(Main ): End Collection, data=none
Item(Main ): End Collection, data=none
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)