NAME

       irrecord - application for recording IR-codes for usage with LIRC

SYNOPSIS

       irrecord [options] file

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  will  record  the  signals  from your remote control and create a config file for lircd. A
       proper config file for lircd is maybe the most vital part of this package, so you should invest some time
       to  create  a  working  config file. Although I put a good deal of effort in this program it is often not
       possible to automatically recognize all features of a remote control.

       If the program fails to recognize the protocol of the remote control you should use the --force option to
       at least create a config file in raw mode.

       If file already exists and contains a valid config irrecord will use the protocol description found there
       and will only try to record the buttons. This is very useful if you want to learn a remote  where  config
       files  of the same brand are already available. Of course this will only work if the remotes use the same
       protocol but it's worth a try. You will find  template  files  for  the  most  common  protocols  in  the
       remotes/generic/ directory of this package. The name of the new file is created by appending .conf to the
       given filename in this case.

       -h --help
              display this message

       -v --version
              display version

       -a --analyse
              analyse raw_codes config files

       -f --force
              force raw mode

       -n --disable-namespace
              disables namespace checks

       -l --list-namespace
              list valid button names

       -H --driver=driver
              use given driver

       -d --device=device
              read from given device

SEE ALSO

       The documentation for lirc is maintained as html pages. They are located under html/ in the documentation
       directory.

       Further information on this topic is available in section "Adding new remote controls" in html/help.html