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 ...]
- 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
- -h --help
- display usage summary
- -v --version
- display version
- -d --device
- use given lircd socket [/dev/lircd]
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
FILES
- /etc/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 /dev/lircd
lacks write permissions) rc 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.
(8),
mode2(1),
smode2(1),
xmode2(1),
irrecord(1),
irw(1),
.