Overview
Basically what happens is, when Freevo starts up, it checks if it can initialize pylirc. If it can, it tries to open /etc/freevo/lircrc (or whatever the variable LIRCRC in local_conf.py is set to). It then uses these strings in the freevo code to perform actions.
First check if Lirc is working with your remote before attempting to get it to work with freevo.
(NOTE:: Check the remote section under supported hardware for stuff on specific remotes with lirc)
Install steps
- Install Lirc (remote control receiver software) ![[WWW]](modern/img/moin-www.png) http://www.lirc.org/Download and http://www.lirc.org/Download and![[WWW]](modern/img/moin-www.png) install lirc. install lirc.
![[WWW]](modern/img/moin-www.png) http://www.lirc.org/html/configure.html#lircrc_format (for more details on the .lircrc file format) http://www.lirc.org/html/configure.html#lircrc_format (for more details on the .lircrc file format)
- insmod any lirc modules you need (i.e. lirc_serial) 
- Create the /dev/lirc and /dev/lircd devices - N.B. /dev/lirc is not required if your device does not use a lirc kernel module (e.g. IRman) 
 
- Use irrecord to ![[WWW]](modern/img/moin-www.png) record your IR frequencies and associate them with names. record your IR frequencies and associate them with names.
- Copy the resulting file to /etc/lircd.conf or /etc/lirc/lircd.conf (depends on distro used) - This is my lircd.conf for a grey/black Hauppauge remote: lircd.conf 
- And this is my config for the same remote to control Xine. Save it as ~/.lircrc: lircrc 
 - lircd of an other(newer) pvr350 remote ![[WWW]](modern/img/moin-www.png) on the freevo2 wiki on the freevo2 wiki
 
 
- Install pylirc (python-lirc library) ![[WWW]](modern/img/moin-www.png) Download pylirc and install. Download pylirc and install.
 
- Start the lirc daemon 
/etc/init.d/lircd start
- Run the lirc app irw to check the function of the remote control. you should see the names from your lircd.conf showing up when pressing those buttons. 
- Create a new file: /etc/freevo/lircrc. Use freevo makelircrc -w to produce a base lircrc file. See below for file format and how ot enhance it. 
- Test the remote using lirc's ircat application: 
ircat --config=/etc/freevo/lircrc freevo
- You should see the new freevo button names appear instead of those defined in lircd.conf 
- Now try it with freevo. 
File format
Essential commands:
LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, SELECT, ENTER, EXIT, DISPLAY
Recommended commands:
REC, REW, PLAY, FFWD, PAUSE, STOP, CH+, CH-
Format of file is:
begin 
    prog = freevo 
    button = <name from lircd> 
    config = <freevo name> 
end 
for example one section would be:
begin 
    prog = freevo 
    button = RECALL 
    config = REC 
end 
A more elaborate example is:
begin prog=freevo remote=hauppaugegrey button=GO repeat=1 delay=2 config=ENTER end
the file consists of many of the above sections separated by a blank line. For a listing of all available commands and how they are mapped within the different events (Playing Audio, Video, TV, etc...) look at freevo/src/event.py .