2 * added support for Silitek SM-1000 receiver (Krister Wicksell Eriksson)
3 * added TCP/IP network support (Bryan Clingman)
4 * changed behaviour of the repeat setting in .lircrc.
5 Now the 1st,(n+1)th, (2n+1)th codes are forwarded to the
6 application. I wonder why it ever was anything else...
7 * added support for BestBuy EasyTV (Miguel A. Alvarez
8 <maacruz@navegalia.com>)
9 * added support for ProVideo PV951 (Bogdan Gaspar)
10 * added support for Creative Infra receiver (PC-DVD remote, Stephen White)
11 * major changes to the SIR driver, if you used this driver before
12 you may have to generate new config files for your remotes
13 * Tekram Irmate 210 support (receiving only, EXPERIMENTAL)
14 range is really lousy (<10 cm) for some remotes, works best with
15 RECS80 remotes due to the short pulses this protocol uses
16 * Fly98 TV is now supported by the lirc_gpio module
17 * renamed lirc_gpio_p module to lirc_gpio
18 * added support for Technisat MediaFocus I
19 * changes to transmit code in lirc_serial (read update hints for details)
20 * added support for Pixelview PlayTV (bt878) card
21 * moved lirc_haup to lirc_i2c
22 * added support for Chronos Video Shuttle II TV card (Tonu Raitviir)
23 * added startup_mode flag to .lircrc config file (Bruno Coudoin)
26 * added support for IRdeo (www.pofahl.de/irdeo.htm). Many thanks to
27 Hans-Hermann Redenius for contributing a device.
28 * Konrad Riedel has added support for CARACA (caraca.sourceforge.net)
29 * added min_repeat option to lircd.conf
30 Some remotes (e.g. Sony) send the IR codes several times if you
31 press a button even though you don't hold the button down. This
32 new option tells lircd how often it should send a code
33 additionally to the first code. In order to send the code three
34 times altogether you have to set min_repeat to 2.
37 * added support for PCTV (pro) receiver by Pinnacle Systems (Bart Alewijnse)
38 * lircd now can be configured to use syslogd for log output
39 Thanks to Rainer Clasen for the suggestion.
40 * irexec has a --daemon option to easily start it from an init script
41 Thanks to Eric Crahen for the suggestion.
44 * added support for Slink-e by Nirvis Systems (Max Spring)
45 * added duty_cycle option to lircd.conf
46 * hardware is only initialized if clients have connected to lircd
47 That way modules don't have to be loaded until they are really
48 needed. Thanks to Gilles Chanteperdrix for suggestion and patches.
49 * added support for the following TV cards:
50 Hauppauge, AVerMedia, Fly Video 98, Pixelview PlayTV pro
51 * added hardware abstraction layer for TV cards (Artur Lipowski
52 <lipowski@comarch.pl>)
55 * SMP support for serial port driver
56 * Milan Pikula has provided a driver for the SIR (serial infrared)
57 mode of IrDA ports available in many notebooks
58 * lirc_client is now a library
59 * irxevent: new keyword:
60 xy_Key <x_position> <y_position> [modifiers-]<key> <windowname>
61 * finally added support of shift-encoded remotes to irrecord
62 * got rid of lirmand, you no longer need it!
63 if you update from lirc-0.5.4 you might want to modify the value
64 of gap in your config file to make repeats work (or just record
66 * added new feature to .lircrc config file:
67 a program with name 'progname' will startup in mode 'progname' if
68 such a mode is defined
70 * added very simple noise filter to serial port driver
71 * added TOGGLE_ACTIVATE directive to lircmd
72 * renamed examples to contrib, added Debian 2.1 Slink init script
74 * fixed bug in lirc_nextir()
75 * implemented extended C escape codes in .lircrc
76 * added IMPS/2 protocol to lircmd
77 * fixed signal bug in lircd, lircmd
78 * cleaned up parallel port driver: works great
79 * reversed order of ChangeLog and renamed to NEWS
80 * deleted all those nice new 0.5.4 Makefiles...
81 we now do automake and autoconf (Tom Wheeley)
82 * fixed memory leak in read_config()
83 * read_config(): parser recognizes garbage at the end of valid lines
84 * irrecord.c: 'begin','end' and names beginning with '#' are not allowed
86 * changed decoding code as last bit of pulse encoded remotes (e.g. SONY)
88 * irrecord.c: small fix to make NO_HEAD_REP work
89 * started to add support for TV cards
90 * parport support for parallel port driver in 2.2.x kernels
91 As I don't plan to upgrade my Linux box to 2.2.x very soon this code
92 will stay untested until then.
93 * lircd accepts some list commands, an example will be implemented in
94 the next version of xrc; lircd sends a 'SIGHUP' string to all clients
96 * added new flag to support remote controls that also send a header
101 * fixed misbehaviour when header and repeat code is equal
102 * added new flag to support AIWA remote controls correctly
103 * parser is more pedantic regarding numbers
104 * fixed a bug parsing flags
105 * LONG_IR_CODE is now default
106 There are more remote controls that send >32 bits than I thought.
107 * fixed some bugs in sending code
108 * minor changes to decoding code, I hope that everything else is still
110 * record now can convert config files in raw mode into normal config
112 These config files are much smaller and consume less memory.
113 This is still experimental and will only work for space encoded remote
115 * added repeat_gap to support AnimaX remote controls correctly (only
117 * As there have been some changes to the decoding code, I have added some
118 code to simulate any remote control as long as I have a config file
120 So now I am quite sure that everything is still working with the
121 already known remote controls because I now can test it. :-)
122 * merged the device driver with Ben Pfaff's driver
123 * some things done by me (Karsten Scheibler)
124 - added documentation
125 - rewrite of the Makefiles to make installation somewhat easier
126 - new directory structure
127 * fixed a nasty bug in serial port device driver
128 * fixed sense autodetection problem in serial device driver (thanks
129 to Eric Lammerts for the patch)
130 * changed the name of record program to irrecord to avoid name conflicts
131 * fixed another bug in serial port device driver, we must autodetect
132 sense before requesting the IRQ
133 * documentation-update
134 * fixed (I hope) problem with irq_handler in the serial port device driver
135 * changes to the serial port device driver to support the Animax remote
137 * added xmode2 and irxevent-0.4.2 to the tools directory (thanks to
142 * changed type of ir_code to unsigned long for faster decoding on
143 32-bit architectures. Change the define in the Makefile to get the
145 * removed some inlines to reduce code size
146 * changed config file format for all application programs
147 The most important new features are:
148 - one config file for all lirc applications possible
149 You can still have different config files.
150 - toggle buttons possible
151 - button sequences are supported
152 - different modes available for e.g. cd, mpg, tv, etc.
153 * new program: smode2
157 * This version has been done by Pablo d'Angelo and me (Chistoph)
158 * (changed by pablo) changed the config-files format for every application
159 in the apps directory.
160 You can specify the remote within the config files. '*' are allowed as
161 wildcards for button and remote now. (beware: the config file is parsed
162 from bottom to top, in case you use button='*')
163 * added ACTIVATE direcitve to lircmd config file
164 There is an example config file in contrib/lircmd.conf now.
165 * added some Philips remote controls (thanks to Per-Henrik Persson)
166 * shift encoded remote contols now work!
167 * Pablo has added config file support to lircd
168 The old header files still can be used for compatibility.
169 As the header files and the format of the config files might change in
170 further versions (yes, it has changed again in this version) you are only
171 on the safe side if you send me header/config files for your remote
172 controls that are not already part of this package.
173 * both lircd and lircmd will re-read their config files an SIGHUP
174 * added support for "raw mode" remote controls to lircd
175 The IR signals are not decoded. Instead the output of the device driver
176 is just recorded and kind of pattern matching is being done to
177 recognize a IR signal.
178 There is a new program in apps:
179 record will create a lircd config file for your remote control in raw mode
180 This also will work with remote contorls that do not use a known
181 protocol for sending IR signals. There might be some limitations on this
182 I am not aware of at the moment, but the only problem I can think of now
183 are remote controls that use a repeat bit.
184 You can still record the IR signals twice for each state of the repeat bit.
185 This will give you good enough results, but this is not an elegant
190 * configureable mouse daemon
195 * this is a complete rewrite of the daemon done by me (Christoph)
196 * cleaned up the whole package
197 * removed mouse stuff from daemon, somebody has to write a configureable
199 * the daemon has been rewritten in plain C,
200 this should be much better to read
201 * there is support for sending again
202 you can download the software for sending via lirc from my homepage
203 at http://fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de/~columbus/lirc
204 * the data structures for remotes have changed,
205 adding new remotes should be much easier now
206 at this time there is only support for my remote control
207 further remote controls will be added if they are confirmed to work
208 with the new header files
209 * by default the daemon writes into a logfile in /var/log/lircd
210 * added irxevent for sending events to X application
211 from Heinrich Langos (heinrich@null.net)
215 * The structures for the different remotes have been moved into their own
216 header files, in the directory remotes. The file remotes.h controls
217 which ones get compiled in.
218 * An additional remote (panasonic) thanks to Tommy Thorn
219 * Some updates to the docs
220 * Somes changes to make shift encoded remotes work better. They still
221 don't work right. I don't have one of these remotes, so there isn't
226 * Not official, done by me (Trent)
227 * new mode in kernel driver, easier to use and more stable
228 * Use UNIX domain socket rather than TCP socket for daemon
229 * decoding is more robust
230 * support for Packard Bell remotes, their repeat codes, and mouse control
231 * support for my JVC and Pioneeer remotes
232 * easier config file format, use names like MUTE, POWER instead of hex codes
233 * new program irexec, run programs when you press buttons.
234 * misc other fixes/changes
235 * no transmitting stuff....
239 * some support for transmitting
240 * cleaned up ir_remote
241 * readir replaced by record
245 * remote recognition more flexible
246 for most remotes you only need to fill in a data table now
247 see ir_remote.h and ir_remote.cc