LIRC enables receiving and/or sending infra-red remote controls signals. The only hardware is known to work (on the Mac operating system) includes the IR receiver in older HDHomerun tuner boxes and the Sony Vaio PCVA-IR5U receiver. Other hardware _could_ work but is untested. Lirc does not currently work with the IR receiver built into various Mac models. Lirc on OSX can also receive signals relayed from another Lirc server.
LIRC enables receiving and/or sending infra-red remote controls signals. The only hardware is known to work (on the Mac operating system) includes the IR receiver in older HDHomerun tuner boxes and the Sony Vaio PCVA-IR5U receiver. Other hardware _could_ work but is untested. Lirc does not currently work with the IR receiver built into various Mac models. Lirc on OSX can also receive signals relayed from another Lirc server.
To install lirc, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install lirc
To see what files were installed by lirc, run:
port contents lirc
To later upgrade lirc, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade lirc
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