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irsend - basic LIRC program to send infra-red commands

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.

       irsend supports six sub-commands:
       send_once         - send one or more code(s) once
       send_start        - start repeating a code.
       send_stop         - stop repeating code.
       list              - list configured remote items
       set_transmitters  - set active transmitters
       simulate          - simulate IR event

       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.conf configuration file.

       num is the transmitter number of the hardware device.

       For the list command, remote and/or code can be empty:

              list   ""    ""   - list all configured remote names
              listremote  ""   - list all codes of remotelistremotecode  - list only code of remote

       The  simulate  command  only  works if it has been explicitly enabled in lircd using the --allow-simulate
       option.  The required buttonpresspacket should formatted as a socket broadcast  message  documented  in
       lircd(8).

Diagnostics

       If lircd is not running (or /var/run/lirc/lircd lacks write permissions) irsend aborts with the following
       diagnostics:
       "irsend: could not connect to socket"
       "irsend: Connection refused" (or "Permission denied").

Driver Loading

       Drivers are loaded dynamically. The directory used for this is determined by (falling priority):

       - The environment variable LIRC_PLUGINDIR.

       - The 'plugindir' entry in  the [lircd] section of the lirc_options.conf file.

       - A hardcoded default (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lirc/plugins).

Environment

       LIRC_SOCKET_PATH
           The lircd socket to connect to, defaults to a hardcoded default value /var/run/lirc/lircd

Examples

       irsend LIST DenonTuner ""
       irsend SEND_ONCE  DenonTuner PROG-SCAN
       irsend SEND_ONCE  OnkyoAmpli VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP
       irsend SEND_START OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN ; sleep 3
       irsend SEND_STOP  OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN
       irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1
       irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1 3 4
       irsend SIMULATE "0000000000000476 00 OK TECHNISAT_ST3004S"

Files

/etc/lirc/lircd.conf
              Default  lircd  configuration  file.  It should contain all the remotes, their infra-red codes and
              the corresponding timing and waveform details.

Name

irsend - basic LIRC program to send infra-red commands

Options

-h--help
              Display usage summary.

       -v--version
              Display version.

       -d--device=device
              Use given lircd socket [/var/run/lirc/lircd].

       -a--address=host[:port]
              Connect to lircd at this address.

       -# --count=n
              Send command n times.

See Also

lircd(8),
       mode2(1),
       xmode2(1),
       irrecord(1),
       irw(1)

irsend 0.10.2                                 Last change: Mar 2017                                    IRSEND(1)

Synopsis

irsend [options] send_once<remote><code> [code...]irsend [options] send_start<remote><code>irsend [options] send_stop<remote><code>irsend [options] list<remote><code>irsend [options] set_transmitters<num>[num...]irsend [options] simulate<buttonpresspacket>

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