Irreco for n900 tutorial

2009-09-09

Irreco user guide by Sami Mäki and Sami Parttimaa.

Upcoming Fremantle and project status

2009-09-08

Maemo 5 version of Irreco for Nokia N900 is now available in extras-devel repository. The new Fremantle port takes advantage of N900's internal IR transmitter. The irreco-for-n900 metapackage is recommended. It includes Irreco core package, LIRC server and Internal LIRC backend. In addtion, the user can browse through over 2 000 IR command files in the LIRC Database for devices by hundreds of manufacturers.

New project group is currently creating a QT version of Irreco. More of that at this site, when the time comes.

Tutorial for new Remote upload / download feature

2009-01-29

Irreco user guide by Sami Mäki and Harri Vattulainen.

Tutorial for new Theme Editor

2009-01-29

Irreco user guide by Pekka Gehör.

Irreco 0.7.0 - Remote upload / download and Theme Editor

2009-1-29

• Support for uploading and downloading remotes
• Theme Editor feature added
• Layout.conf files reorganized
• Command Chains moved to layout.conf files
• Web Browser backend for Irreco

Irreco allows user to upload his/her own remotes to database. All irreco users can download remotes from database. User can create and edit his/her own themes with Theme Editor. Check out the new Web Browser backend here. This version of Irreco requires maemo version 4.2008.36-5

Test report.

Public Git repository for Irreco

2008-11-19

Irreco source code is now publicly available at repo.or.cz. See download section for details.

Tutorial for new Theme Manager

2008-11-11

Irreco user guide by Sami Mäki.

Irreco 0.6.5.1 - Theme Manager

2008-11-11

• Theme Manager feature added
• Support for uploading and downloading themes
• Options to theme.conf file
• Options to button.conf file

Theme Manages allows user to upload his/her own themes to database. All irreco users can download themes from database. User can delete his/her themes and downloaded themes. Some options added to .conf files. Check the new options to theme.conf and button.conf files from here. This version of Irreco requires maemo version 4.2008.36-5

Test report.

Tutorial for new Commandline Backend and new theme system

2008-08-29

Irreco user guide by Joni Kokko and Sampo Savola.

Irreco 0.6.4 - Themes and Commandline Backend

2008-08-27

• Button images can now be selected from themes
• Wallpapers are organized by theme
• Modifications to theme hierarchy
• Commandline Backend

This version uses new theme system. If you want to update your old version of irreco to this version, you have to update themes also. button styles must be set again, after upgrade. This version does not contain upload / download feature. Those are moved to next version. More information about themes in here. Check out the new Commandline Backend here. MythTV Backend is dropped from Irreco meta package, but it is still available at the extras repository. This is bacause MythTV can be used with Telnet Backend.

Test report.

Irreco 0.6.2 - Bugfixing

2008-08-06

Compatibility problem with chinook fixed. This version works with chinook and diablo.

Irreco 0.6.1 - Libsoup

2008-08-05

• xmlrpc changed to libsoup
• buttons-folder changed to theme-folder

New theme system is coming with next version of irreco, that allows users to upload and download their own button styles and backgrounds to database. This version contains new theme-folder architecture only. After you update irreco to version 0.6.1 you must to update themes also. This version works only with DIABLO.

Test report.

Tutorial for adding Telnet controller in Irreco

2008-06-27

Irreco user guide by Joni Kokko, Sami Mäki, Sampo Savola and Harri Vattulainen.

Tutorial for using new webdb-feature to upload and download devices in Irreco

2008-06-27

Irreco user guide by Joni Kokko, Sami Mäki, Sampo Savola and Harri Vattulainen.

Irreco 0.6.0 - Download and upload devices

2008-06-27

• Upload device dialog
• Download device dialog
• User registration dialog
• Backend api changed
• IrTrans supports new features
• New telnet backend

Users can download devices from database and registered users can upload their own devices to database.

With telnet backend user can use Irreco for controlling mediaplayers and other software which can be controlled via telnet. Comes with default telnet commands for MPD, Foobar, MythTV, VLC and Winamp.

Test report.

User Guide

2008-05-26

Irreco and IRTrans user guide by Teemu Hirvonen.

White theme

2008-05-13

White theme by Teemu Hirvonen. You can download it from themes page.

Irreco 0.5.7 - Bugfixing, Documenting, Tweaking

2008-04-25

• GtkButtons can once again be added using Style Browser dialog.
• Made GtkButtons without a name a bit larger.
• Changed comments so that Doxygen documentation generator works properly.
• MythTV command additions requested by Gerolf Ziegenhain and Marcus Redeker.
• Some Maemo integration patches by Joni Kokko.

Test report.

LIRC instructions

2008-03-20

Added LIRC instructions to documentation page.

Irreco 0.5.6 - Bugfixing

2008-04-03

• Disabled home and menu hardkey support because OS has special use for them.
• Revorked IRTrans handling, should be less error prone.
• Fixed some problems with the order some dialogs are shown.

There were also some problems with theme packages at first, but those too have been fixed. Also OK and Play/Pause buttons have been added to all themes, you can get them by updating the theme packages in Application Manager.

Mika Oikarinen has been testing Irreco, the test report is here. Most of the bugs found during testing have been fixed.

Irreco 0.5.5 - Themes and misc changes.

2008-02-08

• Added icons to Hardware Keys dialog.
• allow-text bstyleconf attribute implemented.
• About dialog added.
• Some code cleanup.
• Fast click will no longer move buttons in Edit remote window. Instead the popup menu is now reliably shown.
• Buttonstyle selection dialog is more responcive. It no longer waits for all images to be loaded before showing itself, instead, it shows the dialog first and loads images afterwards.

You can download Evil, Sunflower, Modern and Scifi themes from the themes page.

Irreco 0.5.4 - Extras repository

2008-01-23

• Improved backend error dialog.
• Added Irreco to maemo extras repository.

Irreco can not be installed from the extras repository for OS2008. If you already have an older version of Irreco installed, you should uninstall it before downloading a new version from the repository.

New website

2008-01-14

A new pretty website layout created by Teemu Hirvonen.

Irreco 0.5.3 - OS2008 port

2007-12-21

• Support for OS2008 / Chinook
• Command chain execution rate can be set.

Ir Remote Control version 0.5.3 for OS2008
IRTrans debian package version 5.9.07 for OS2008

Irreco 0.5.2 - Hardware keys

2007-12-05

• Commands can be attached to hardware keys.
• Saving of command chains to configs rewritten to support hardware keys.
• Irreco will automatically convert the old configs to the new format.
• Fixed problems with layout changing.
• Rename remote command now saves the new name to the config files.
• Previous / Next remote commands now properly rotate around the list of remotes.

Ir Remote Control version 0.5.2 for Nokia N800

Irreco 0.5.1 - Bugfixes

2007-11-08

• Fixed mythtv related crash.
• Fixed empty select remote menu.
• Added some help messages.
• Misc ui tweaks.

Ir Remote Control version 0.5.1 for Nokia N800

Irreco 0.5.0 - MythTv control

2007-11-02

This version of irreco brings a lot of internal changes and a MythTv control backend. You should uninstall the old version of Irreco before installing Irreco 0.5.0. Also, if you have not installed the new version of IRTrans package. You should do so now.

• Major updates to internal project structure.
• All backends now have their own subdir and makefiles.
• IrrecoUtil is now a library instead of just *.c file.
• Irreco backend api version 2.
• New button styles.
• Mythtv control backend by Jami Pekkanen.
• Devices can be handled directly from a device menu, instead of going through backend configuration dialog.
• New logo and icon.
• Wait command for command chains.

Ir Remote Control version 0.5.0 for Nokia N800
IRTrans debian package version 5.9.07

Irreco 0.4.5 - IRTrans dongle autodetect

2007-10-26

This version support autodetection of IRTrans dongles, but in order for that to work, you must install version 5.9.07 of the IRTrans debian package.

• IRTrans dongle autodetect.

Ir Remote Control version 0.4.5 for Nokia N800

Irreco 0.4.4 - Background images

2007-10-05

• Minor user interface tweaks.
• Background images / color.

Irreco 0.4.3 - Minor Ui improvements

2007-09-28

• User interface improvements for Irreco
• User interface improvements for IRTrans backend

Irreco 0.4.2 - Ui improvements

2007-09-21

• User interface updates for Irreco.
• User interface updates for IRTrans backend.
• Select remote menu crash fixed.

Irreco 0.4.1 - Fullscreen mode

2007-09-17

Hi, heres a new version of Irreco. This version mostly tweaks things that were not guite ready when i made 0.4 release. Also, if you want to create customise the way your buttons look, take a look at Custom button styles at the documentation page.

• Fullscreen mode
• Rudimentary support for teaching Ir commands to IRTrans

Irreco 0.4 released with IRTrans Ethernet support

2007-09-10

• User interface improvements.
• New extendable backend system.
• Lirc backend.
• IRTrans backend.

Irreco 0.3 released - First public release

2007-07-12

• First released version.
• Supports LIRC with a separate binary named netirsed, which is based on irsend command from LIRC sources.
• User can create several Remotes, each remote has unique button layout.
• Internal button layout editor.
• Saves / Reads remotes to config file.
• Read button styles from config files.