The irman Driver

The irman driver allows you to use the IrMan IR remote control to control the LCDproc server (LCDd) and/or clients that can handle input.

The keys are mapped according to the following table:

Table 5.13. Mapping between LCDproc keys and IrMan commands

LCDproc keyIrMan command
Uplcdproc-Up
Downlcdproc-Down
Leftlcdproc-Left
Rightlcdproc-Right
Enterlcdproc-Enter
Escapelcdproc-Escape

Tip

If you have trouble using the irman driver, you might try the lirc driver. lirc supports IrMan as well.

Configuration in LCDd.conf

[IrMan]

Device= DEVICE

Select the input device to use, e.g. /dev/irman.

Config= FILENAME

Select the IrMan configuration file to use, e.g. /etc/irman.cfg.