Linux Compatibility: SilverStone LC16M VFD + Remote

[phoronix]

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SilverStone LC16M VFD + Remote



Description:
Hardware Notes: LCD and remote are powered via the LIRC iMon Pad driver. LCD works great with LCDProc. Remote is a pile of junk. It's touch sensitive with multiple codes sent per command, so it's pretty much worthless. The IR receiver is also a pile of junk. The buttons of the front are standard USB keyboard buttons that you can reprogram.

lsusb -v
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 15c2:ffdc SoundGraph Inc. iMON PAD Remote Controller
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x15c2 SoundGraph Inc.
idProduct 0xffdc iMON PAD Remote Controller
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 0
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 41
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
bInterval 10
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
bInterval 10
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)

/proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0002 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button (FF)"
P: Phys=ACPI_FPB/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input4
H: Handlers=kbd event4
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button (CM)"
P: Phys=PNP0C0C/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input5
H: Handlers=kbd event5
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0003 Version=0000
N: Name="Sleep Button (CM)"
P: Phys=PNP0C0E/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input6
H: Handlers=kbd event6
B: EV=3
B: KEY=4000 0 0 0 0

[TaxAlien]

Hardware Notes: LCD and remote are powered via the LIRC iMon Pad driver. LCD works great with LCDProc. Remote is a pile of junk. It's touch sensitive with multiple codes sent per command, so it's pretty much worthless. The IR receiver is also a pile of junk. The buttons of the front are standard USB keyboard buttons that you can reprogram.

The remote is a bit sluggish, but I wouldn't call it worthless. I've been running mythtv box with gentoo using one of these for over a year and the remote has worked ok all that time. Note that to get the best configuration you should get a custom patch for lirc which enables the cursor keys to work either as keys or a mouse. The latter through X11 so that you just define it up in your xorg.conf.