Hi

  I'm a new OpenWRT user, and I'm trying to find info./assistance on getting my IR transceiver working.

  I have Whiterussian (0.9) on my router and have most key functions already working, including a webserver and (to see if I could) webcam.  I now want to use an IR transceiver to control other equipment sitting beside the router. I have a TIRA-2 device (from a company called Home Electronics) in the US, which is reported via dmesg as:

usb.c: registered new driver serial
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.4
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for FTDI SIO
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for FTDI 8U232AM Compatible
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for FTDI FT232BM Compatible
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for USB-UIRT Infrared Tranceiver
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Home-Electronics TIRA-1 IR Transc
usbserial.c: Home-Electronics TIRA-1 IR Transceiver converter detected
usbserial.c: Home-Electronics TIRA-1 IR Transceiver converter now attached to tt
ftdi_sio.c: v1.3.5:USB FTDI Serial Converters Driver

....not sure what the difference between TIRA-1 and TIRA-2 really is.

also lsusb:

Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0403:fa78 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0403 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
  idProduct          0xfa78
  bcdDevice            4.00
  iManufacturer           1 Home Electronics
  iProduct                2 Tira-2
  iSerial                 3 HE000001
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower              110mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              2 Tira-2
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0

  Knowing next to nothing about IR, I believe I additionally need the lirc module which I am hopeful will ultimately allow me to use this (http://www.pixelbeat.org/programs/Tira-2/) utility to send IR keypresses.

  So.....can anyone help ? Is this just a case of getting the lirc module compiled for 0.9 ?  (NSLU2 optware contains a Makefile which could be reworked ?)

  I have had limited success to date with cross-compilation (not had the time to really focus on it) following the openwrt buildroot guide - not really up to reworking a Makefile and building lirc though :-(

TIA

I'm the author of the Tira-2.py util you mentioned above.
This util is independent of LIRC. Currently it supports
capturing remote control button presses and recording
them in a file. It can then be used to replay button presses
back out the Tira-2 transceiver.

Tell me what you want to do exactly, and I'll see
if Tira-2.py can (be modified to) do what you want.

Note support for this transceiver is not easy to integrate into LIRC
due to it's different modes.

Pádraig.