Welcome to the LIRC 0.9.0-pre1 Manual

This manual will guide you through the installation and configuration of LIRC. Setting up LIRC currently is not an easy task. So please take some time to read this documentation carefully. If you don't understand a part of this manual or if you think there is something important missing you should complain.

1. Installation instructions
   
   
   • Dependencies - what other programs you need to use LIRC
   • Overview of supported hardware
   • Detailed list of supported hardware
   • Compiling
   • Installing
   • Testing your hardware & configuration
   • Sending infrared signals
   • Uninstalling
   • Updating from lirc-0.5.4
   • Updating from lirc-0.6.2
   • Updating from lirc-0.6.3
   • Updating from lirc-0.6.4
   • Updating from lirc-0.6.5
   • Updating from lirc-0.6.6
   • Updating from lirc-0.7.x
   • Updating from lirc-0.8.1
   • Updating from lirc-0.8.4
   • Updating from lirc-0.8.5
   
   
2. Configuring LIRC
   
   
   • Configuring lircd (lircd - the LIRC daemon)
   • lircd.conf file format
   • Using multiple different devices simultaneously
   • Configuring lircmd (lircmd - the LIRC mouse daemon)
   • lircmd.conf file format
   • Configuring LIRC tools
   • .lircrc file format
   
   
3. Description of programs (purpose, command line arguments, etc.)
   
   
   • lircd
   • lircmd
   • lircrcd
   • irexec
   • ircat
   • irpty
   • irxevent
   • irrecord
   • irw
   • mode2
   • smode2
   • xmode2
   • irsend
   
   
4. Technical
   
   
   • How everything works
   • Writing TV card drivers using lirc_dev
   • Writing applications for LIRC
     • The lirc_client library
     • lircrcd protocol
   • Note for packagers
   • Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) integration
   • Note for configuration application developers
   • Known bugs
   
   
5. Getting additional information
   
   
   • FAQ, mailing list and mailing list archive
   • Reporting bugs
   • Adding new remote controls