JP1 Remotes

Same bug here as jurgyman, & deleting RemoteMaster.properties then restarting doesn't correct the oversized window, using .RemoteMasterv2.02 Beta.

Debian box, Java is 'openjdk-6', Version: 6b24-1.11.1-6

(User kludge to make window fit: 'Alt-space', then 'x', to maximize window.)

Still experimenting with 'i2c-parport', but no nothin' yet. Modules are loaded, but there's no feedback in 'dmesg' that anything was discovered, or not discovered. Perhaps it's time to email some upstream module authors.

No success yet, but here's what I have so far, taking binky123 's advice.

Given:
modprobe -v i2c-parport type=7

It's necessary to unload any parallel port modules (e.g. 'modprobe -rv lp parport'), otherwise an error pops up in 'dmesg':
[461489.579278] parport0: cannot grant exclusive access for ...

Thanks for those links; while RM is useful and worthwhile, (NB: I haven't yet tried it in Linux), it sounds a bit high level, ( Java as opposed to C ), and as such is beyond the intended scope of this thread. Plus it's good policy to have several ways to do something, so that if "Plan A" fails, we ...

I'm interested in having a non-emulator Linux hardware interface to my JP1 remotes. There's a kernel module that seems as though it might be right for the job, but I haven't yet found any docs online (even here) that explain how to hook things up, just some leads and clues. So here's some of the ...