LIRC - Linux Infrared Remote Control
Keywords: linux remote control, multimedia

This driver supports both receiving and sending (blasting) using the IguanaIR devices from http://iguanaworks.net/ir.

The LIRC driver works on top of the IguanaIR low-level userspace driver which provides a socket interface. It is available from the same source, and also packaged for many distributions including Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

The --device argument to the driver is a socket designator created by the low-level driveri. It defaults to '0' which implies /run/iguanair/0.

The kernel has built-in support for these devices in the iguanair module. This can be used instead of this driver in many cases. If the userspace driver should be used, the kernel driver must be blacklisted.