lirc‑web‑remote

Written by Jeff Sadowski
Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license.
I give no warranty of any kind.

This project is a web‑based remote interface for LIRC.
It’s already more capable than any LIRC interface I’ve seen, and I’m actively improving it.

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Requirements

LIRC

• Install lircd
• Add your LIRC remote configuration files
• Ensure your remotes use proper button names
  (irrecord -l shows valid names — many downloaded configs use invalid ones)

irsend service

This project requires netcat (nc) for the custom irsend_mult service.

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Install the irsend service

adduser irsend
adduser irsend lirc

sudo cp irsend_mult.service /etc/systemd/system/irsend_mult.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start irsend_mult
sudo systemctl enable irsend_mult

sudo chown -R irsend: /var/www/html/lirc-web-remote/data/
/var/www/html/lirc-web-remote/refresh_remotes.sh

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Install the web interface

sudo mv lirc-web-remote /var/www/html/lirc-web-remote

sudo chmod a+x /var/www/html/lirc-web-remote/irsend_mult.sh
sudo chmod a+x /var/www/html/lirc-web-remote/macro.sh

sudo chown -R irsend: /var/www/html/lirc-web-remote/data

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Notes

Creating LIRC files

I use iguanair usb tranciever to send with irsend and to record irsignals. https://iguanaworks.net/ (oh no they shutdown I was just about to give them a whole new stream of users please help me find a good replacement)

I used IrScrutinizer to help generate my LIRC configs.
It’s extremely useful for building clean, consistent remote definitions.
https://appimage.github.io/IrScrutinizer/

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Macro Editor Development

I’m actively building better editors for activities, macros, modules, and displays.

• I have a slick idea for generating many editors automatically.
• build_selector will speed up development significantly.
• You can preview progress in test_buildselector.html.

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