NAME
rc - basic LIRC program to send infra-red commands
SYNOPSIS
rc 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
- 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.
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
EXAMPLES
- rc LIST DenonTuner "" rc SEND_ONCE DenonTuner PROG-SCAN rc
SEND_ONCE OnkyoAmpli VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP rc SEND_START
OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN ; sleep 3 rc SEND_STOP OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN
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:
"rc: could not connect to socket"
"rc: 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),
.