irsimsend(1)

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version 0.10.2 · 3 versions
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💖 irsimsend — like, the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, welcome to irsimsend(1) — yes it's a User Commands situation, and yes I'm about to explain the whole entire thing to you like we're texting at 2am. grab a snack. 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

irsimsend — send simulated IR data. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it simulates infrared signals so you can test stuff without waving a remote at your laptop like a goblin. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

irsimsend [-k keysym |-l listfile ] [other options] <file>

irsimsend [-v |-h]

irsimsend <configfile>

so like, three whole ways to run this thing. pick your fighter. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

irsimsend is a simple little test tool — and bestie when I say simple I mean it, it's giving "does one thing and does it cutely". 🫶

what it does: you hand it a lircd configuration file, and it will send:

  • every single key defined in that file,
  • the keys listed in another file, or
  • a single symbol you typed right there on the command line.

then — and this is the fun part — the program uses the file driver to log all the sent data (that's the pulses and the spaces, the durations, all of it) into a file called simsend.out. 📝

and the symbols it sent? those get printed on stdout, so you can actually see what happened. no cap.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -c, --count <count> — repeat each sent signal <count> times. like when you're mashing the volume button but make it a flag. 🔁
  • -U, --plugindir <path> — load drivers from <path>. it's a ':'-separated search path, so basically the same energy as $PATH but for drivers. slay. 🔌
  • -l,--listfile <path> — send the symbols listed in the file at <path> instead of just the symbols sitting in the config file. and the file can go either way: it can list a single key symbol per line, or it can have a complete code string on each line, like 000000000000a123 01 KEY_POWER brand. choose your own adventure. 📋
  • -k, --keysym — send a single key symbol defined in file. one key. one moment. main character energy. ✨
  • -s, --start-space <useconds> — send an initial space before sending data. a lil dramatic pause, in microseconds. ⏸️
  • -v , --version — print version and exit. bye bestie. 👋
  • -h , --help — print help message. the classic. 🙈

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • ~/.cache/irsimsend.log — the debug log. 🐛 and listen, if you set the XDG_CACHE_HOME environment variable, this file gets relocated to $XDG_CACHE_HOME/irsimsend.log. fancy. how much logging happens respects the LIRC_LOGLEVEL environment variable — and if you don't set that, it defaults to the debug value in the [lircd] section of lirc_options.conf. iykyk. 📂

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages, and they live under html/ in the documentation directory. go read them, they're right there. 📖

lowkey a whole tool for testing IR without touching a real remote, and honestly? iconic. 💜

okay that's the whole page!! sending you so much love and also simulated infrared pulses 🧚✨

— with love, irsimsend 0.10.2 💖 (last change: Oct 2015), signing off, mwah 💋

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