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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.

lircd(8), mode2(1), smode2(1), xmode2(1), irrecord(1), irw(1), http://www.lirc.org.

Referenced By

ncl_areas_params(3), xs(1), zsh(1), zshall(1)