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Check if lirc module is loaded:
ls /dev/li*
You should see this:
/dev/lirc0 /dev/lircd
Run the command to stop lircd and start outputting raw data from the IR receiver:
irw
When you press a button on the remote, you can see the button name printed on the screen.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ irw
0000000000000001 00 KEY_CHANNELDOWN /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000002 00 KEY_CHANNEL /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000003 00 KEY_CHANNELUP /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000004 00 KEY_PREVIOUS /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000005 00 KEY_NEXT /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000006 00 KEY_PLAYPAUSE /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000007 00 KEY_VOLUMEDOWN /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000008 00 KEY_VOLUMEUP /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000009 00 KEY_EQUAL /home/pi/lircd.conf
000000000000000a 00 KEY_NUMERIC_0 /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000014 00 BTN_0 /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000015 00 BTN_1 /home/pi/lircd.conf
000000000000000b 00 KEY_NUMERIC_1 /home/pi/lircd.conf
000000000000000c 00 KEY_NUMERIC_2 /home/pi/lircd.conf
000000000000000d 00 KEY_NUMERIC_3 /home/pi/lircd.conf
000000000000000e 00 KEY_NUMERIC_4 /home/pi/lircd.conf
000000000000000f 00 KEY_NUMERIC_5 /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000010 00 KEY_NUMERIC_6 /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000011 00 KEY_NUMERIC_7 /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000012 00 KEY_NUMERIC_8 /home/pi/lircd.conf
0000000000000013 00 KEY_NUMERIC_9 /home/pi/lircd.conf
If it does not appear, somewhere may be incorrectly configured. Check again that you’ve
connected everything and haven’t crossed any wires.
For C language users:
Step 5: Download LIRC client library:
sudo apt-get install liblircclient-dev
Step 6: Change directory
cd /home/pi/SunFounder_SensorKit_for_RPi2/C/23_ircontrol/
Step 7: Create a lirc directory under /etc/lirc/ :
sudo mkdir /etc/lirc/lirc/