This project allows you to control a YouView device from an Xbox360 controller using a Raspberry Pi and an infra-red LED.

It works with both Humax and Huawei devices, although you need to configure which device you are using, as the remote control protols differ.

This project assumes that an infra-red emitting diode has been connected to GPIO in P17 of the Raspberry Pi.

+3v3 ------------
          |
         +-+
         | |   300R
         | |
         +-+
          |
          |
         +-+
         \ /  ->  Infrared emitter
         ---  ->
          |
          |
          |
P17 --------------

I used an infrared LED from maplin (order code CY85G) and a 300 ohm resistor (order code M300R) which gives a lousy range, but doesn't require a transistor to drive the LED. You can increase the range by reducing the resistance. A 200 ohm resistor is safe, but do not go below 130 ohms as you risk destorying the GPIO port.

To automatically download and install this package, and all of the packages it depends upon, log in the Raspberry Pi and type:

curl -L http://tinyurl.com/ncca9nr | sh

The tiny URL is a link to https://raw.github.com/asrashley/pi-xbox-lirc/master/install-humax.sh

To automatically download and install this package, and all of the packages it depends upon, log in the Raspberry Pi and type:

curl -L http://tinyurl.com/na943cn | sh

The tiny URL is a link to https://raw.github.com/asrashley/pi-xbox-lirc/master/install-huawei.sh

To perform the steps in the automatic installer one-by-one:

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install xboxdrv
sudo apt-get install lirc
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install python-pip
git clone https://github.com/asrashley/pi-xbox-lirc.git
cd pi-xbox-lirc

Edit src/xboxlirc/target.py to select which device (Humax / Huawei) you want to control.

sudo cp lircd.conf /etc/lirc/
sudo cp hardware.conf /etc/lirc/
sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart

The automatical installation scripts will also automatically enable the driver when the gamepad is installed, but if you used the manual install procedure, you will need to perform the following steps to enable auto-start:

sudo python setup.py install
sudo cp xbox-daemon /usr/local/sbin
sudo chmod u+rx /usr/local/sbin/xbox-daemon
sudo cp 80-xbox360.rules /etc/udev/rules.d
sudo chmod u+rx /etc/udev/rules.d/80-xbox360.rules

If auto-start has been enabled, when the Xbox controller is inserted in to a USB port, the Xbox driver and the lirc bridge should be auto-started

To manually start:

/usr/bin/xboxdrv --trigger-as-button --id 0 --led 2 --deadzone 4000 --silent &
python -m xboxlirc