NAME¶
irsend - basic LIRC program to send infra-red commands
SYNOPSIS¶
irsend [
options]
DIRECTIVE REMOTE CODE [
CODE...]
DESCRIPTION¶
Asks the
lircd daemon to send one or more CIR (Consumer Infra-Red)
commands. This is intended for remote control of electronic devices such as TV
boxes, HiFi sets, etc.
DIRECTIVE can be:
SEND_ONCE - send CODE [CODE ...] once
SEND_START - start repeating CODE
SEND_STOP - stop repeating CODE
LIST - list configured remote items
SET_TRANSMITTERS - set transmitters NUM [NUM ...]
SIMULATE - simulate IR event
REMOTE is the name of a remote, as described in the
lircd
configuration file.
CODE is the name of a remote control key of
REMOTE, as it appears
in the
lircd configuration file.
NUM is the transmitter number of the hardware device.
For the
LIST DIRECTIVE,
REMOTE and/or
CODE can be
empty:
LIST "" "" - list all configured remote names
LIST REMOTE "" - list all codes of REMOTE
LIST REMOTE CODE - list only CODE of REMOTE
The
SIMULATE command only works if it has been explicitly enabled in
lircd.
- -h --help
- display usage summary
- -v --version
- display version
- -d --device
- use given lircd socket [/var/run/lirc/lircd]
- -a --address=host[:port]
- connect to lircd at this address
- -# --count=n
- send command n times
EXAMPLES¶
irsend LIST DenonTuner ""
irsend SEND_ONCE DenonTuner PROG-SCAN
irsend SEND_ONCE OnkyoAmpli VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP
irsend SEND_START OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN ; sleep 3
irsend SEND_STOP OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN
irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1
irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1 3 4
irsend SIMULATE "0000000000000476 00 OK TECHNISAT_ST3004S"
FILES¶
- /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
- Default lircd configuration file. It should contain
all the remotes, their infra-red codes and the corresponding timing and
waveform details.
DIAGNOSTICS¶
If
lircd is not running (or /var/run/lirc/lircd lacks write permissions)
irsend aborts with the following diagnostics:
"irsend: could not connect to socket"
"irsend: Connection refused" (or "Permission denied").
SEE ALSO¶
The documentation for
lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located
under html/ in the documentation directory.
lircd(8),
mode2(1),
smode2(1),
xmode2(1),
irrecord(1),
irw(1),
http://www.lirc.org.
