The code for the RCU remote control unit has been moved into a separate plugin named "rcu"

12 files changed, 916 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 22e2837f..7bfae8b5 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6925,3 +6925,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added some typecasts to silence gcc compiler warnings (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
 - Fixed handling overlapping timers in case a VPS timer with higher priority needs
   to interrupt a timer with lower priority.
+- The code for the RCU remote control unit has been moved into a separate plugin
+  named "rcu".
+  The REMOTE=RCU option in the 'make' call for VDR is now obsolete.
+  The command line option --rcu is now obsolete. Use -Prcu instead. If you have
+  used --rcu with a device path, use -P"rcu -d<device>".
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 3e7bde85..1096a31f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -47,15 +47,12 @@ If you have an infrared remote control unit you can define the REMOTE macro
 to one of the following values in the 'make' call to make the respective control
 the default:
 
-  REMOTE=RCU    control via the "Remote Control Unit" receiver
-                (see http://www.tvdr.de/remote.htm)
   REMOTE=LIRC   control via the "Linux Infrared Remote Control"
                 (see http://www.lirc.org)
 
-Alternatively you can use the '--rcu' or '--lirc' options at runtime.
-These options accept an optional path to the remote control device,
-the defaults of which can be set via the RCU_DEVICE and LIRC_DEVICE macros,
-respectively.
+Alternatively you can use the '--lirc' option at runtime.
+This option accepts an optional path to the remote control device,
+the default of which can be set via the LIRC_DEVICE macro.
 
 If your video directory will be on a VFAT partition, you can call VDR with
 the command line option '--vfat'.
diff --git a/Make.config.template b/Make.config.template
index f128c5b3..9b92621a 100644
--- a/Make.config.template
+++ b/Make.config.template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: Make.config.template 2.5 2012/01/18 12:20:51 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Make.config.template 2.6 2012/02/27 10:56:28 kls Exp $
 
 ### The C compiler and options:
 
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ CONFDIR      ?= $(VIDEODIR)
 ### The remote control:
 
 LIRC_DEVICE ?= /var/run/lirc/lircd
-RCU_DEVICE  ?= /dev/ttyS1
 
 ## Define if you want vdr to not run as root
 #VDR_USER ?= vdr
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93a51125..a5ff9c5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.24 2012/01/18 12:19:37 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.25 2012/02/27 10:54:38 kls Exp $
 
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ SILIB    = $(LSIDIR)/libsi.a
 
 OBJS = audio.o channels.o ci.o config.o cutter.o device.o diseqc.o dvbdevice.o dvbci.o\
        dvbplayer.o dvbspu.o dvbsubtitle.o eit.o eitscan.o epg.o filter.o font.o i18n.o interface.o keys.o\
-       lirc.o menu.o menuitems.o nit.o osdbase.o osd.o pat.o player.o plugin.o rcu.o\
+       lirc.o menu.o menuitems.o nit.o osdbase.o osd.o pat.o player.o plugin.o\
        receiver.o recorder.o recording.o remote.o remux.o ringbuffer.o sdt.o sections.o shutdown.o\
        skinclassic.o skins.o skinsttng.o sourceparams.o sources.o spu.o status.o svdrp.o themes.o thread.o\
        timers.o tools.o transfer.o vdr.o videodir.o
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs fribidi)
 endif
 
 LIRC_DEVICE ?= /var/run/lirc/lircd
-RCU_DEVICE  ?= /dev/ttyS1
 
-DEFINES += -DLIRC_DEVICE=\"$(LIRC_DEVICE)\" -DRCU_DEVICE=\"$(RCU_DEVICE)\"
+DEFINES += -DLIRC_DEVICE=\"$(LIRC_DEVICE)\"
 
 DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
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new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f90922ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
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diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/rcu/HISTORY b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/HISTORY
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..692f6208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/HISTORY
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+VDR Plugin 'rcu' Revision History
+---------------------------------
+
+2012-02-27: Version 0.0.1
+
+- Initial revision.
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60bcf904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#
+# Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
+#
+# $Id: Makefile 1.1 2012/02/27 10:46:08 kls Exp $
+
+# The official name of this plugin.
+# This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
+# By default the main source file also carries this name.
+# IMPORTANT: the presence of this macro is important for the Make.config
+# file. So it must be defined, even if it is not used here!
+#
+PLUGIN = rcu
+
+### The version number of this plugin (taken from the main source file):
+
+VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ print $$6 }' | sed -e 's/[";]//g')
+
+### The C++ compiler and options:
+
+CXX      ?= g++
+CXXFLAGS ?= -g -O3 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
+
+### The directory environment:
+
+VDRDIR ?= ../../..
+LIBDIR ?= ../../lib
+TMPDIR ?= /tmp
+
+### Make sure that necessary options are included:
+
+include $(VDRDIR)/Make.global
+
+### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+
+-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+
+APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+
+### The name of the distribution archive:
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+ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
+PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
+
+### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
+
+INCLUDES += -I$(VDRDIR)/include
+
+DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
+
+### The object files (add further files here):
+
+OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
+
+### The main target:
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+all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+
+### Implicit rules:
+
+%.o: %.c
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) $<
+
+### Dependencies:
+
+MAKEDEP = $(CXX) -MM -MG
+DEPFILE = .dependencies
+$(DEPFILE): Makefile
+	@$(MAKEDEP) $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) $(OBJS:%.o=%.c) > $@
+
+-include $(DEPFILE)
+
+### Internationalization (I18N):
+
+PODIR     = po
+LOCALEDIR = $(VDRDIR)/locale
+I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
+I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCALEDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
+I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
+
+%.mo: %.po
+	msgfmt -c -o $@ $<
+
+$(I18Npot): $(wildcard *.c)
+	xgettext -C -cTRANSLATORS --no-wrap --no-location -k -ktr -ktrNOOP --package-name=vdr-$(PLUGIN) --package-version=$(VERSION) --msgid-bugs-address='<see README>' -o $@ $^
+
+%.po: $(I18Npot)
+	msgmerge -U --no-wrap --no-location --backup=none -q $@ $<
+	@touch $@
+
+$(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCALEDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	cp $< $@
+
+.PHONY: i18n
+i18n: $(I18Nmsgs) $(I18Npot)
+
+### Targets:
+
+libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
+	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+dist: $(I18Npo) clean
+	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
+	@mkdir $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
+	@cp -a * $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
+	@tar czf $(PACKAGE).tgz -C $(TMPDIR) $(ARCHIVE)
+	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
+	@echo Distribution package created as $(PACKAGE).tgz
+
+clean:
+	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~ $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/rcu/README b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d66729ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/README
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR).
+
+Written by:                  Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@tvdr.de>
+
+Project's homepage:          http://www.tvdr.de/remote.htm
+
+Latest version available at: http://www.tvdr.de
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+See the file COPYING for more information.
+
+Description:
+============
+
+The "Remote Control Unit" used to be part of the core VDR source
+code, and has been moved into a separate plugin in version 1.7.25.
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/rcu/rcu.c b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/rcu.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0abedde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/rcu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,420 @@
+/*
+ * rcu.c: A plugin for the Video Disk Recorder
+ *
+ * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
+ *
+ * $Id: rcu.c 1.1 2012/02/27 11:49:51 kls Exp $
+ */
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <vdr/plugin.h>
+#include <vdr/remote.h>
+#include <vdr/status.h>
+#include <vdr/thread.h>
+#include <vdr/tools.h>
+
+static const char *VERSION        = "0.0.1";
+static const char *DESCRIPTION    = "Remote Control Unit";
+
+#define REPEATLIMIT      150 // ms
+#define REPEATDELAY      350 // ms
+#define HANDSHAKETIMEOUT  20 // ms
+#define DEFAULTDEVICE    "/dev/ttyS1"
+
+class cRcuRemote : public cRemote, private cThread, private cStatus {
+private:
+  enum { modeH = 'h', modeB = 'b', modeS = 's' };
+  int f;
+  unsigned char dp, code, mode;
+  int number;
+  unsigned int data;
+  bool receivedCommand;
+  bool SendCommand(unsigned char Cmd);
+  int ReceiveByte(int TimeoutMs = 0);
+  bool SendByteHandshake(unsigned char c);
+  bool SendByte(unsigned char c);
+  bool SendData(unsigned int n);
+  void SetCode(unsigned char Code);
+  void SetMode(unsigned char Mode);
+  void SetNumber(int n, bool Hex = false);
+  void SetPoints(unsigned char Dp, bool On);
+  void SetString(const char *s);
+  bool DetectCode(unsigned char *Code);
+  virtual void Action(void);
+  virtual void ChannelSwitch(const cDevice *Device, int ChannelNumber);
+  virtual void Recording(const cDevice *Device, const char *Name, const char *FileName, bool On);
+public:
+  cRcuRemote(const char *DeviceName);
+  virtual ~cRcuRemote();
+  virtual bool Ready(void);
+  virtual bool Initialize(void);
+  };
+
+cRcuRemote::cRcuRemote(const char *DeviceName)
+:cRemote("RCU")
+,cThread("RCU remote control")
+{
+  dp = 0;
+  mode = modeB;
+  code = 0;
+  number = 0;
+  data = 0;
+  receivedCommand = false;
+  if ((f = open(DeviceName, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK)) >= 0) {
+     struct termios t;
+     if (tcgetattr(f, &t) == 0) {
+        cfsetspeed(&t, B9600);
+        cfmakeraw(&t);
+        if (tcsetattr(f, TCSAFLUSH, &t) == 0) {
+           SetNumber(8888);
+           const char *Setup = GetSetup();
+           if (Setup) {
+              code = *Setup;
+              SetCode(code);
+              isyslog("connecting to %s remote control using code %c", Name(), code);
+              }
+           Start();
+           return;
+           }
+        }
+     LOG_ERROR_STR(DeviceName);
+     close(f);
+     }
+  else
+     LOG_ERROR_STR(DeviceName);
+  f = -1;
+}
+
+cRcuRemote::~cRcuRemote()
+{
+  Cancel();
+}
+
+bool cRcuRemote::Ready(void)
+{
+  return f >= 0;
+}
+
+bool cRcuRemote::Initialize(void)
+{
+  if (f >= 0) {
+     unsigned char Code = '0';
+     isyslog("trying codes for %s remote control...", Name());
+     for (;;) {
+         if (DetectCode(&Code)) {
+            code = Code;
+            break;
+            }
+         }
+     isyslog("established connection to %s remote control using code %c", Name(), code);
+     char buffer[16];
+     snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%c", code);
+     PutSetup(buffer);
+     return true;
+     }
+  return false;
+}
+
+void cRcuRemote::Action(void)
+{
+#pragma pack(1)
+  union {
+    struct {
+      unsigned short address;
+      unsigned int command;
+      } data;
+    unsigned char raw[6];
+    } buffer;
+#pragma pack()
+
+  time_t LastCodeRefresh = 0;
+  cTimeMs FirstTime;
+  unsigned char LastCode = 0, LastMode = 0;
+  uint64_t LastCommand = ~0; // 0x00 might be a valid command
+  unsigned int LastData = 0;
+  bool repeat = false;
+
+  while (Running() && f >= 0) {
+        if (ReceiveByte(REPEATLIMIT) == 'X') {
+           for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+               int b = ReceiveByte();
+               if (b >= 0) {
+                  buffer.raw[i] = b;
+                  if (i == 5) {
+                     unsigned short Address = ntohs(buffer.data.address); // the PIC sends bytes in "network order"
+                     uint64_t       Command = ntohl(buffer.data.command);
+                     if (code == 'B' && Address == 0x0000 && Command == 0x00004000)
+                        // Well, well, if it isn't the "d-box"...
+                        // This remote control sends the above command before and after
+                        // each keypress - let's just drop this:
+                        break;
+                     Command |= uint64_t(Address) << 32;
+                     if (Command != LastCommand) {
+                        LastCommand = Command;
+                        repeat = false;
+                        FirstTime.Set();
+                        }
+                     else {
+                        if (FirstTime.Elapsed() < REPEATDELAY)
+                           break; // repeat function kicks in after a short delay
+                        repeat = true;
+                        }
+                     Put(Command, repeat);
+                     receivedCommand = true;
+                     }
+                  }
+               else
+                  break;
+               }
+           }
+        else if (repeat) { // the last one was a repeat, so let's generate a release
+           Put(LastCommand, false, true);
+           repeat = false;
+           LastCommand = ~0;
+           }
+        else {
+           unsigned int d = data;
+           if (d != LastData) {
+              SendData(d);
+              LastData = d;
+              }
+           unsigned char c = code;
+           if (c != LastCode) {
+              SendCommand(c);
+              LastCode = c;
+              }
+           unsigned char m = mode;
+           if (m != LastMode) {
+              SendCommand(m);
+              LastMode = m;
+              }
+           LastCommand = ~0;
+           }
+        if (!repeat && code && time(NULL) - LastCodeRefresh > 60) {
+           SendCommand(code); // in case the PIC listens to the wrong code
+           LastCodeRefresh = time(NULL);
+           }
+        }
+}
+
+int cRcuRemote::ReceiveByte(int TimeoutMs)
+{
+  // Returns the byte if one was received within a timeout, -1 otherwise
+  if (cFile::FileReady(f, TimeoutMs)) {
+     unsigned char b;
+     if (safe_read(f, &b, 1) == 1)
+        return b;
+     else
+        LOG_ERROR;
+     }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+bool cRcuRemote::SendByteHandshake(unsigned char c)
+{
+  if (f >= 0) {
+     int w = write(f, &c, 1);
+     if (w == 1) {
+        for (int reply = ReceiveByte(HANDSHAKETIMEOUT); reply >= 0;) {
+            if (reply == c)
+               return true;
+            else if (reply == 'X') {
+               // skip any incoming RC code - it will come again
+               for (int i = 6; i--;) {
+                   if (ReceiveByte() < 0)
+                      return false;
+                   }
+               }
+            else
+               return false;
+            }
+        }
+     LOG_ERROR;
+     }
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool cRcuRemote::SendByte(unsigned char c)
+{
+  for (int retry = 5; retry--;) {
+      if (SendByteHandshake(c))
+         return true;
+      }
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool cRcuRemote::SendData(unsigned int n)
+{
+  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+      if (!SendByte(n & 0x7F))
+         return false;
+      n >>= 8;
+      }
+  return SendCommand(mode);
+}
+
+void cRcuRemote::SetCode(unsigned char Code)
+{
+  code = Code;
+}
+
+void cRcuRemote::SetMode(unsigned char Mode)
+{
+  mode = Mode;
+}
+
+bool cRcuRemote::SendCommand(unsigned char Cmd)
+{
+  return SendByte(Cmd | 0x80);
+}
+
+void cRcuRemote::SetNumber(int n, bool Hex)
+{
+  number = n;
+  if (!Hex) {
+     char buf[8];
+     sprintf(buf, "%4d", n & 0xFFFF);
+     n = 0;
+     for (char *d = buf; *d; d++) {
+         if (*d == ' ')
+            *d = 0xF;
+         n = (n << 4) | ((*d - '0') & 0x0F);
+         }
+     }
+  unsigned int m = 0;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+      m <<= 8;
+      m |= ((i & 0x03) << 5) | (n & 0x0F) | (((dp >> i) & 0x01) << 4);
+      n >>= 4;
+      }
+  data = m;
+}
+
+void cRcuRemote::SetString(const char *s)
+{
+  const char *chars = mode == modeH ? "0123456789ABCDEF" : "0123456789-EHLP ";
+  int n = 0;
+
+  for (int i = 0; *s && i < 4; s++, i++) {
+      n <<= 4;
+      for (const char *c = chars; *c; c++) {
+          if (*c == *s) {
+             n |= c - chars;
+             break;
+             }
+          }
+      }
+  SetNumber(n, true);
+}
+
+void cRcuRemote::SetPoints(unsigned char Dp, bool On)
+{
+  if (On)
+     dp |= Dp;
+  else
+     dp &= ~Dp;
+  SetNumber(number);
+}
+
+bool cRcuRemote::DetectCode(unsigned char *Code)
+{
+  // Caller should initialize 'Code' to 0 and call DetectCode()
+  // until it returns true. Whenever DetectCode() returns false
+  // and 'Code' is not 0, the caller can use 'Code' to display
+  // a message like "Trying code '%c'". If false is returned and
+  // 'Code' is 0, all possible codes have been tried and the caller
+  // can either stop calling DetectCode() (and give some error
+  // message), or start all over again.
+  if (*Code < 'A' || *Code > 'D') {
+     *Code = 'A';
+     return false;
+     }
+  if (*Code <= 'D') {
+     SetMode(modeH);
+     char buf[5];
+     sprintf(buf, "C0D%c", *Code);
+     SetString(buf);
+     SetCode(*Code);
+     cCondWait::SleepMs(2 * REPEATDELAY);
+     if (receivedCommand) {
+        SetMode(modeB);
+        SetString("----");
+        return true;
+        }
+     if (*Code < 'D') {
+        (*Code)++;
+        return false;
+        }
+     }
+  *Code = 0;
+  return false;
+}
+
+void cRcuRemote::ChannelSwitch(const cDevice *Device, int ChannelNumber)
+{
+  if (ChannelNumber && Device->IsPrimaryDevice())
+     SetNumber(cDevice::CurrentChannel());
+}
+
+void cRcuRemote::Recording(const cDevice *Device, const char *Name, const char *FileName, bool On)
+{
+  SetPoints(1 << Device->DeviceNumber(), Device->Receiving());
+}
+
+class cPluginRcu : public cPlugin {
+private:
+  // Add any member variables or functions you may need here.
+  const char *device;
+public:
+  cPluginRcu(void);
+  virtual const char *Version(void) { return VERSION; }
+  virtual const char *Description(void) { return DESCRIPTION; }
+  virtual const char *CommandLineHelp(void);
+  virtual bool ProcessArgs(int argc, char *argv[]);
+  virtual bool Start(void);
+  };
+
+cPluginRcu::cPluginRcu(void)
+{
+  // Initialize any member variables here.
+  // DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY HAVE SIDE EFFECTS, REQUIRE GLOBAL
+  // VDR OBJECTS TO EXIST OR PRODUCE ANY OUTPUT!
+  device = DEFAULTDEVICE;
+}
+
+const char *cPluginRcu::CommandLineHelp(void)
+{
+  // Return a string that describes all known command line options.
+  return "  -d DEV,   --device=DEV   set the device to use (default is " DEFAULTDEVICE ")\n";
+}
+
+bool cPluginRcu::ProcessArgs(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  // Implement command line argument processing here if applicable.
+  static struct option long_options[] = {
+       { "dev",      required_argument, NULL, 'd' },
+       { NULL,       no_argument,       NULL,  0  }
+     };
+
+  int c;
+  while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
+        switch (c) {
+          case 'd': device = optarg;
+                    break;
+          default:  return false;
+          }
+        }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool cPluginRcu::Start(void)
+{
+  // Start any background activities the plugin shall perform.
+  new cRcuRemote(device);
+  return true;
+}
+
+VDRPLUGINCREATOR(cPluginRcu); // Don't touch this!
diff --git a/vdr.1 b/vdr.1
index d8322e18..b900b4e6 100644
--- a/vdr.1
+++ b/vdr.1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.1 2.7 2011/12/04 14:41:00 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.1 2.8 2012/02/27 11:01:17 kls Exp $
 .\"
 .TH vdr 1 "10 Feb 2008" "1.6" "Video Disk Recorder"
 .SH NAME
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ to be a "full featured" card, which means it must contain an MPEG decoder
 and provide audio and video signal outputs.
 
 \fBvdr\fR uses the On Screen Display of the DVB card to display its menus.
-It can be controlled by the PC keyboard, a home built "Remote Control Unit"
-(RCU) or the "Linux Infrared Remote Control" (LIRC).
+It can be controlled by the PC keyboard or the "Linux Infrared Remote Control" (LIRC).
 
 Remote access is possible via the "Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol" (SVDRP),
 which can be accessed on port 6419, for instance by \fBtelnet\fR.
@@ -154,10 +153,6 @@ particular options) you can use
 
 (note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard expansion).
 .TP
-.BI \-\-rcu[= path ]
-Use a serial port remote control device.
-If \fIpath\fR is omitted, vdr uses \fI/dev/ttyS1\fR.
-.TP
 .BI \-r\  cmd ,\ \-\-record= cmd
 Call \fIcmd\fR before and after a recording. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for
 more information.
diff --git a/vdr.5 b/vdr.5
index 198c9531..84635502 100644
--- a/vdr.5
+++ b/vdr.5
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.5 2.27 2012/01/11 13:16:57 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 2.28 2012/02/27 11:05:15 kls Exp $
 .\"
 .TH vdr 5 "10 Feb 2008" "1.6" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
 .SH NAME
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ units. Each line consists of one key assignment in the following format:
 \fBname.key  code\fR
 
 where \fBname\fR is the name of the remote control (for instance KBD for the
-PC keyboard, RCU for the home-built "Remote Control Unit", or LIRC for the
+PC keyboard, or LIRC for the
 "Linux Infrared Remote Control"), \fBkey\fR is the name of the key that is
 defined (like Up, Down, Menu etc.), and \fBcode\fR is a character string that
 this remote control delivers when the given key is pressed.
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 417ee19d..f01239aa 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 2.29 2012/02/19 11:37:35 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 2.30 2012/02/27 10:59:55 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include "menu.h"
 #include "osdbase.h"
 #include "plugin.h"
-#include "rcu.h"
 #include "recording.h"
 #include "shutdown.h"
 #include "skinclassic.h"
@@ -201,14 +200,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   bool UseKbd = true;
   const char *LircDevice = NULL;
-  const char *RcuDevice = NULL;
 #if !defined(REMOTE_KBD)
   UseKbd = false;
 #endif
 #if defined(REMOTE_LIRC)
   LircDevice = LIRC_DEVICE;
-#elif defined(REMOTE_RCU)
-  RcuDevice = RCU_DEVICE;
 #endif
 #if defined(VDR_USER)
   VdrUser = VDR_USER;
@@ -236,7 +232,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       { "no-kbd",   no_argument,       NULL, 'n' | 0x100 },
       { "plugin",   required_argument, NULL, 'P' },
       { "port",     required_argument, NULL, 'p' },
-      { "rcu",      optional_argument, NULL, 'r' | 0x100 },
       { "record",   required_argument, NULL, 'r' },
       { "shutdown", required_argument, NULL, 's' },
       { "split",    no_argument,       NULL, 's' | 0x100 },
@@ -350,9 +345,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     break;
           case 'P': PluginManager.AddPlugin(optarg);
                     break;
-          case 'r' | 0x100:
-                    RcuDevice = optarg ? : RCU_DEVICE;
-                    break;
           case 'r': cRecordingUserCommand::SetCommand(optarg);
                     break;
           case 's': ShutdownHandler.SetShutdownCommand(optarg);
@@ -455,8 +447,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                "  -p PORT,  --port=PORT    use PORT for SVDRP (default: %d)\n"
                "                           0 turns off SVDRP\n"
                "  -P OPT,   --plugin=OPT   load a plugin defined by the given options\n"
-               "            --rcu[=PATH]   use a remote control device, attached to PATH\n"
-               "                           (default: %s)\n"
                "  -r CMD,   --record=CMD   call CMD before and after a recording\n"
                "  -s CMD,   --shutdown=CMD call CMD to shutdown the computer\n"
                "            --split        split edited files at the editing marks (only\n"
@@ -479,7 +469,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                LIRC_DEVICE,
                LOCDIR,
                DEFAULTSVDRPPORT,
-               RCU_DEVICE,
                VideoDirectory,
                DEFAULTWATCHDOG
                );
@@ -707,8 +696,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
      }
 
   // Remote Controls:
-  if (RcuDevice)
-     new cRcuRemote(RcuDevice);
   if (LircDevice)
      new cLircRemote(LircDevice);
   if (!DaemonMode && HasStdin && UseKbd)