Module Lirc

module Lirc: sig  end

This module provides access to LIRC (see also the project homepage)

exception Lirc of string

generic exception for the module

exception DaemonDown

exception raised when the LIRC daemon is shut down

High level function

val connect : string ->
       ?config:string -> ?check:(string -> bool) -> (string -> bool) -> unit

connect prog handler initialize a client with name prog then call handler each time a code is received, until it return false

config : path to the configuration file (defaults to ~/.lircrc)

check : allow to check each code found in the configuration file (defaults to the constant true function)

Low level functions

type t

configuration file handle

val init : string -> unit

init prog initialize the lirc client with name prog

val deinit : unit -> unit

lirc client release

val readconfig : ?check:(string -> bool) -> ?config:string -> unit -> t

reading of the configuration file
Raises Lirc"readconfig" if config does not exists or check return false.

check : allow to check each code found in the configuration file (defaults to the constant true function)

config : path to the configuration file (defaults to ~/.lircrc)

val freeconfig : t -> unit

release of the configuration handle

val nextcode : t -> string list

nextcode t return the list of the codes received since the last call. If no codes were received, wait for a code.