FLIRC DONGLE USB INSTALL
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FLIRC DONGLE USB UPDATE
FLIRC DONGLE USB MANUAL

The Flirc is a USB dongle that attaches to your Fire TV or other media device. Among others it supports Playstation, XBOX 360 and Rasperry PI. It includes software for Windows, OSX or Linux to allow you to easily setup the pairing between your device and your Universal Controller. Because they’ve worked closely with Logitech, it supports Harmony devices right out of the box. The original Flirc came out in 2013 and received a lot of attention for its ability to control Raspberry PI apps such as XBMC/Kodi. The new version, 2.0, adds many new software features, hardware features, and partners.įor something that merely connects your remote to your devices it might seem expensive, but the Flirc uses an ARM processor for control and that means this is much more than just a listening device.

It’s a little computer that works with your remote to handle all of your device’s communications. Once you download the software for your operating system and device, Flirc’s PC app guides you through each step of the process in only a few minutes. After your remote is paired, you’re all done. If you add the FireTV or Kodi device to a Harmony Remote, as I’ve mentioned before, it works without any additional configuration. The only way to upgrade is to run Flirc GUI.Flirc should work on any device that supports USB keyboards.į, Inc. Unfortunately Jason (Flirc maker) doesn't provide stand-alone firmware binary file.

FLIRC DONGLE USB INSTALL

Maybe Canonical updated something in Ubuntu recently? I'll install Ubuntu 14.04 in VirtualBox later and check it.

FLIRC DONGLE USB UPDATE

The zipped version you've downloaded is an older one which probably had a bug with firmware version detection - that's why it wants to update firmware every time you run the app. I've tested unplugging and plugging back Flirc into the USB port (different ports, both 2.0 and 3.0), closing the app, starting it again (with both Flirc plugged and unplugged) and everything is working fine. I've installed Flirc GUI 1.4.4 right now and upgraded firmware to 3.8. I don't have any installed right now to do some tests. I don't know what's happening with Ubuntu recently.

GUI shows bootloader version during firmware upgrade, because Flirc switches to alternative mode in which it can do the firmware upgrade. Where or how can I get this firmware binary file?īootloader is never being updated. So I what to try to update/re-write the firmware. fl_product_type(717): unknown or unsupported variant

If is writes not only the new keys but the bootldr to the NVRAM each time I change something it will fail soon.įlirc_util version v1.4.4 This is a very dangerous bug because these flash memories have limited number of writing to it. Also the upgrade show a bootldr 2.1 upgrade than it says 'Firmware successfully upgraded' and show in de left lower corner ' Firmware v3.7'. But this make a downgrade to the firmware and every time I run the binary it need to upgrade the firmware to work. It did not see the stick and ask to upgrade firmware, after which it connected.

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Had to download the linux zip file and run the binary from the download directory. Tried to apt-get remove/purge and reinstall (no success) Than I had to do it again to program other keys and again. I was able to program the basic settings. I followed the instruction and added the APT Repository and installed the binary code.Īt first it ran with a error warning. I use Ubuntu 14.04 desktop 32bit version and 64bit on my laptop.

FLIRC DONGLE USB MANUAL

It is very difficult to get this IR dongle to work without support and good documentation so I believe that at least as a 'must have', for the people who bought the gadget to have a way to use de flirc_util for a manual firmware upgrade. Could you please make it possible for users of Flirc-USB to have a firmware download page here ?

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