irsend (1)

irsend [options] DIRECTIVE REMOTE CODE [CODE...]

Asks the lircd daemon to send one or more CIR (Consumer Infra-Red) commands. This is intended for remote control of electronic devices such as TV boxes, HiFi sets, etc.

DIRECTIVE can be:

SEND_ONCE         - send CODE [CODE ...] once
SEND_START        - start repeating CODE
SEND_STOP         - stop repeating CODE
LIST              - list configured remote items
SET_TRANSMITTERS  - set transmitters NUM [NUM ...]
SIMULATE          - simulate IR event

REMOTE is the name of a remote, as described in the lircd configuration file.

CODE is the name of a remote control key of REMOTE, as it appears in the lircd configuration file.

NUM is the transmitter number of the hardware device.

For the LIST DIRECTIVE, REMOTE and/or CODE can be empty:

LIST   ""    ""   - list all configured remote names
LIST REMOTE  ""   - list all codes of REMOTE
LIST REMOTE CODE  - list only CODE of REMOTE

The SIMULATE command only works if it has been explicitly enabled in lircd.

-h --help

display usage summary

-v --version

display version

-d --device

use given lircd socket [/var/run/lirc/lircd]

-a --address=host[:port]

connect to lircd at this address

-# --count=n

send command n times

irsend LIST DenonTuner ""
irsend SEND_ONCE  DenonTuner PROG-SCAN
irsend SEND_ONCE  OnkyoAmpli VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP VOL-UP
irsend SEND_START OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN ; sleep 3
irsend SEND_STOP  OnkyoAmpli VOL-DOWN
irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1
irsend SET_TRANSMITTERS 1 3 4
irsend SIMULATE "0000000000000476 00 OK TECHNISAT_ST3004S"

/etc/lirc/lircd.conf

Default lircd configuration file. It should contain all the remotes, their infra-red codes and the corresponding timing and waveform details.

If lircd is not running (or /var/run/lirc/lircd lacks write permissions) irsend aborts with the following diagnostics:

"irsend: could not connect to socket"
"irsend: Connection refused" (or "Permission denied").

The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation directory.

lircd(8), mode2(1), smode2(1), xmode2(1), irrecord(1), irw(1), http://www.lirc.org.