unusual use for lirc.
 

I love mythtv, but But I would love to use lirc with a remote control to to interface with some stepper motors to act as a mechanical cameral man. Anyone done this yet?

have no idea but what exactly do you mean by mechanical cameral man?

please use more informative title next time..

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linux installation where you run on track and by changing position left/right/forward/backward
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Possible, just use XEV to map your input and write a little C program to interface with the parallel port so you can turn pins on and off. Connect your pins to a relay and the relay to your motor power source and the motor.

cameral man s/b camera man

Researching XEV now. Sounds like an option. Been using freebasic to control the parallel port so far.

Is your system going to use x?
lirc also has a special mouse daemon called lircmd which is compatible with x and gpm. Your application can also interface with lircd which is a network socket daemon to receive IR commands.

My test system is running both x and gpm. I would not have a system without gpm (x or not). Thanx, I will check lircmd out also.