SYNOPSIS
irrecord [options] file
DESCRIPTION
This program will record the signals from your remote con
trol and create a config file for lircd. A proper config
file for lircd is maybe the most vital part of this pack
age, so you should invest some time to create a working
config file. Although I put a good deal of effort in this
program it is often not possible to automatically recog
nize all features of a remote control.
If the program fails to recognize the protocol of the
remote control you should use the --force option to at
least create a config file in raw mode.
If file already exists and contains a valid config
irrecord will use the protocol description found there and
will only try to record the buttons. This is very useful
if you want to learn a remote where config files of the
same brand are already available. Of course this will only
work if the remotes use the same protocol but it's worth a
try. You will find template files for the most common pro
tocols in the remotes/generic/ directory of this package.
The name of the new file is created by appending .conf to
the given filename in this case.
-h --help
display this message
-v --version
display version
-f --force
force raw mode
-H --driver=driver
use given driver
-d --device=device
read from given device
SEE ALSO
The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages.
They are located under html/ in the documentation direc
tory.
Further information on this topic is available in section
"Adding new remote controls" in html/help.html
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