LIRC compatible IR/IrDA receivers?

[knatsch]

I am currently searching for a lirc compatible receiver with USB. I have found several receivers (commercial and examples for self-building) but they all work only with RS-232.
Can anyone recommend me some?

[Gamester17]

Can't you just buy and use a RS232 to USB converter?

...otherwise I guess it depends where in the world you live?
Anir Multimedia Magic
ATI/NVidia/X10 I & II RF Remote
Bluetooth mobile phones
Creative iNFRA CDROM
Creative Infra Receiver/CIMR100
Creative LiveDrive
Iguanaworks USB transceiver
InnovationOne's COMMANDIR USB Transceiver
Ira (InfraRed Adapter)
IRdeo
Irman
IR Trans
Logitech/AST
X10 MP3 Anywhere RF receiver
Packard Bell receiver
PCMAK
PixelView RemoteMaster
Pinnacle Systems PCTV (pro) receiver
REALmagic by Sigma Designs
Remotec Multimedia PC Remote BW6130
Sasem OnAir Remocon-V
Silitek SM-1000
Sound Blaster Extigy/Audigy 2 NX
Soundgraph iMON
Streamzap PC Remote
Tira
Windows Media Center Remote (new and old version)
X10 MouseRemote

or you could make your own:
http://usbirboy.sourceforge.net
http://www.xs4all.nl/~dicks/avr/usbtiny/
http://www.alldiy.info/usb.html
http://www.foxharp.boston.ma.us/avrlirc/
http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~mozgic/UIR/

[knatsch]

Can't you just buy and use a RS232 to USB converter?

Are these really working with lirc? If I remember correctly I read somewhere that lirc does not support these adapters.

Windows Media Center Remote (new and old version)

Is this one ment? Or does someone have a link to the correct remote control?

[Gamester17]

Originally Posted by knatsch

Are these really working with lirc? If I remember correctly I read somewhere that lirc does not support these adapters.

I don't know, try asking on LIRC forums.

Originally Posted by knatsch

Is this one ment?

yes that is the one and yes that will work

[Unbehagen]

the best (and cheapest) solution for me was: Buy a XBox DVD Kit. IR Receiver and remote for about 10€ on ebay. And an XBox/USB adapter, so you can plug it into your pc. It works with Lirc! Needed some hours to get it to work with it though, but that was every time I tried to do Lirc stuff.

[markr]

I use the MCE remote and reciever and it works well. It also comes with two IR transmitters which you can use to drive other bits of gear (for example I've got scripts that change the settings on my amplifier using the IR transmitters).

[Kako78]

Originally Posted by markr

I use the MCE remote and reciever and it works well. It also comes with two IR transmitters which you can use to drive other bits of gear (for example I've got scripts that change the settings on my amplifier using the IR transmitters).

Very interesting. I thaught that LIRC was unable to use these transmitters.
Would you please share your scripts ? I'd definitely love to do that as well.

For knatsch, go for a MCE remote, they are very easy to setup with Lirc.
Instructions at MythTV wiki worked like a charm for me.

Thanks
Kako78

[mace]

usb to serial dongles won't work. For serial recivers lirc uses sensitive timers and usb signaling breaks that.

Xbox1 remotes works nicly with lirc and XBMC, just use the atiusb driver. MCE 2005 remotes also work very well with the mce_usb2 driver

[knatsch]

Thanks guys I have bought the MCE and the usb receiver is working very well
Kako78, your guide was very helpful to get it running!

[djh_]

Thought I'd wade in here to share my own ignorance. I'm currently using a Harmony 885 with my Xbox XBMC install and my Linux box arrives tomorrow. So will the Xbox IR receiver work equally well with it under Linux, assuming I have a USB adapter?