IRSEND

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").

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The LIRC Manual, last update: 24-May-2009