irreplay

irreplay is a commandline utility that uses lirc to learn IR remote control button
presses (using lirc's irrecord to do so).

WARNING: I have only tested this utility with jessie and jessie lite.

• irreplay displays a menu giving you the following options:

  • 1: Learn remote
    Uses lirc to learn your IR remote control's button presses.
    (using lirc's "irrecord" to do so)
  • 2: Set remote buttons for use
    Uses my fileManage.py module to create/override a "lircrc" file.
    (The "lircrc" file is lirc's file that contains the key press
    and the output of the key)
    The key and output is chosen by the user.
  • 3: Record sequence of buttons (CTRL+C to exit)
    Uses pylirc to record button presses from your IR remote control and saves them
    in a sequence with the time in between the previous and just pressed buttons.
  • 4: Play sequence (CTRL+C to exit)
    Plays back the sequence you have made with the previous option
    using os' "system" command to run lirc's irsend to send thr IR signal.
    This also uses my onOffRelay.py script to change the state of the relay.
    (To change the relay pin modify the "pin" variable in the onOffRelay.py script to the
    designated pin)
  • 5: Load sequence from file
    Uses my fileMange.py script to read thedeploy keys sequence contained in the "sequence.txt" file.
    (This file is generated by the irreplay.py script)
  • 6: Save sequence to file
    Uses my fileManage.py script to generate the "sequence.txt" file.
    (If the file exists it gets overridden)
  • 7: Load remote buttons for use
    This uses my fileManage.py script to load the buttons and outputs that are
    stored in the "lircrc" file into the current instance of the script.
    (The "lircrc" file is generated by the 2nd option)
  • 8: Add relay on/off to sequence
    This adds an item to the sequence that makes the script turn the relay on/off.
    It also adds a time gap before the relay switch.
    (The time gap, the position of the switch and whether it should go on or off is
    decided by the user)
  • 9: Add KEY to sequence
    This adds a key press to the sequence.
    It also adds a time gap before the key press.
    (The time gap, the position of the key and what the key press should be, is
    decided by the user)
  • a: Add time gap to sequence
    This adds a time gap to the sequence.
    (The time gap and the position of the key, is decided by the user)

• Hardware:
  The hardware that I have tested this with is
  Energenie's Pi-mote IR board
  Feel free to test any IR receiver and transmitter that will work with lirc.