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Simple Sample

Here is the code for a simple sample using pyLirc

#!/usr/bin/python
#
#    pyLirc, lirc (remote control) module for python
#    Copyright (C) 2003 Linus McCabe 
#
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##
#
#     This is a small and quite bad testprogram for the lirc module but
#     it's getting better...
#
#  $Id: pylirc_test.py,v 1.8 2003/02/22 22:51:01 mccabe Exp $
#  $Log: pylirc_test.py,v $
#  Revision 1.8  2003/02/22 22:51:01  mccabe
#  Previous, accidental commit:
#  Added Brian J. Murrell's code to fetch repeatcount
#
#  This commit:
#  Changed Brians code to return a dictionary instead of a list.
#  Removed lirc_nextcode_ext() and merged it with lirc_nextcode() - new optional argument controls return type. Old programs should work as
#  before and new programs can benefit the new behaviour by passing true as first argument.
#
#  Revision 1.7  2003/02/22 22:12:40  mccabe
#  Testprogram to test pylirc in multiple threads
#
#  Revision 1.6  2002/12/21 20:30:26  mccabe
#  Added id and log entries to most files
#
import pylirc, time

blocking = 0;

#
if(pylirc.init("pylirc", "./conf", blocking)):

   code = {"config" : ""}
   while(code["config"] != "quit"):

      # Very intuitive indeed
      if(not blocking):
         print "."

         # Delay...
         time.sleep(1)

      # Read next code
      s = pylirc.nextcode(1)

      # Loop as long as there are more on the queue
      # (dont want to wait a second if the user pressed many buttons...)
      while(s):
         
         # Print all the configs...
         for (code) in s:
         
            print "Command: %s, Repeat: %d" % (code["config"], code["repeat"])
            
            if(code["config"] == "blocking"):
               blocking = 1
               pylirc.blocking(1)

            elif(code["config"] == "nonblocking"):
               blocking = 0
               pylirc.blocking(0)

         # Read next code?
         if(not blocking):
            s = pylirc.nextcode(1)
         else:
            s = []

   # Clean up lirc
   pylirc.exit()