Hello, I'm back with another weird question.
I need to read raw codes from various remote controls (for TVs, DVRs, etc). For that I use a Tekram IR-210B serial dongle. At least I try, since I can't put any meaning on the codes I get by reading /dev/ttyS0 . I tried various tricks, including reading /dev/ttyS0 as a stream, using the Linux irda stack, lirc, similar experiments with Windows 2000/XP too, but nothing seems to work (at least not as I am expecting). The technical documentation is non-existant, Tekram e-mail support doesn't answer (or returns non-existant user errors when it does), browsing the kernel file tekram.c didn't help either, so I'm kind of stuck.
Because I won't need this for more than a few days (or weeks at the very most), I don't need a rock-solid solution, what I need is nothing mode than read raw (presumably
RC-5) codes from a few remote controls (2 of them being from mainstream brands, another one claiming to be universal). So if nothing else a dirty trick will perfectly do.
Ideally, a technical documention on how to get the raw codes from the remote controls is what I am looking for. Something that tells me what baud rate to use, which parity, number of stop bits, and how to decode the stream (as I suspect it doesn't contain the raw codes as-is). However, I will be happy with any advice you may have on where to look or what tricks I might try.
Thanks in advance