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billpatrianakos / LIRC_Raspian_Buster.md
Last active December 22, 2022 21:01
How to set up LIRC on Raspbian Buster (2019, 4.x kernel)

Infrared and LIRC

*Beware: These instructions have been cobbled together from all of the sources I found that got my specific unit working. I can verify it works on a Pi 3B running the latest OS as of summer 2019. Everyone's hardware and system will be a bit different so your mileage may vary. Before you go crazy trying to debug issues sending a signal, grab an existing lirc config for any remote and use the lirc CLI to send a signal out and verify your hardware is sending the signal by viewing the IR LED through a front-facing smartphone camera (almost all smartphone front cameras - even new iPhones - will not filter out IR light and you should see the LED flash when sending a signal). If you see your hardware is sending a signal and/or you can see that the IR input is seeing some signal, then you know your setup works and the issue may be that the remote you're trying to learn simply won't work with LIRC. I know for a fact that many Comcast/Xfinity cable remotes are actually RF devices and need to have

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billpatrianakos / connect.rb
Last active August 24, 2019 15:33
Connect over SSH without having to remember domains or IP addresses
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Connect
#
# Quickly SSH into a server or get its details without
# having to remember IP addresses or domain names.
#
# SETUP
# -----
# Fill out the following:
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billpatrianakos / lirc_pi_zero_w.txt
Last active December 16, 2023 19:20 — forked from prasanthj/lirc-pi3.txt
Getting lirc to work with Raspberry Pi Zero W (Raspbian Buster)
# Steps to get IR receiver and transmitter from Amazon [1] working on a Raspberry Pi Zero W.
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lirc
# Remove this line from /boot/config.txt
dtoverlay=lirc-rpi,gpio_in_pin=18,gpio_out_pin=17
# Add the following lines in /boot/config.txt
dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=23
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billpatrianakos / server-reboot
Created June 18, 2018 21:41 — forked from DanielBlanco/server-reboot
Restart resque workers after server reboot
#!/bin/bash
# This is an sample file, put a copy of this file inside /shared/bin
# I'm assuming a capistrano directory structure under /var/www/my-project/
#
# Called by crontab when the server reboots
#
# To use this file execute with root privileges:
# crontab -e
#
# then add this line:
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billpatrianakos / installfest_easy.sh
Last active September 19, 2016 23:27
Commands to install everything a student needs during a web development class
#!/usr/bin/sh
# Install Fest 2.0
##
# Welcome message
##
echo "################################"
echo "# Welcome to InstallFest v2.0 #"
echo "#==============================#"
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billpatrianakos / style.css
Created November 8, 2015 15:51
Sample stylesheet for weekend workshop
/**
* Main Stylesheet
*
* Do not code any styles within this file.
*
* USAGE:
* Import all styles into this file. Start with
* baseline styles at the top, site styles in the
* middle, then mobile styles at the end.
*/
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billpatrianakos / keybase.md
Created May 5, 2015 20:53
Verifying my identity

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

  • I am billpatrianakos on github.
  • I am billpatrianakos (https://keybase.io/billpatrianakos) on keybase.
  • I have a public key whose fingerprint is 357C 84B8 9FC4 141D 4545 F86D 4D75 39A8 3499 95DF

To claim this, I am signing this object:

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billpatrianakos / gist:12eedfe39f6d6b2ce533
Created December 15, 2014 20:11
Quick-n-dirty CLI random password generator
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Password Generator!
#
# Online password generators are kind of
# sketchy. Why copy and paste a string you
# got from some random website that could
# be building a rainbow table from the string
# they generate for you when you can run a
# quick script locally and get a secure password
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billpatrianakos / gist:c4b7d8c38fc441c91d79
Created December 15, 2014 20:00
Shortcut script to connect to servers via SSH without remembering IPs
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Connect
#
# Connects to a server by name and user
# Usage: Run `connect <hostname> <user>`
# <user> is optional and defaults to '<REPLACE WITH YOUR OWN DEFAULT>'
if ARGV[0].nil?
puts <<-END