IR Blaster plug in config problem

[netchord]

And it worked. I copied the file across to the server, moved it to my IRBlaster dir, changed as root and relocated to that directory, fixed ownership on the file to look the same as the others (in my case, squeezeboxserver;nogroup). Then I went to a player prefs>IR-Blaster, hit Reload and there was the MSR device in full glory.

I believe there are 2 possibilities at this point: either you're not adding to the right directory, or the file is not readable (owner/rights issue) by the server.

Do you savvy the Terminal app on the Mac ? This is what I'd do:
1. Go the the dir: "cd /full-path-to-IRBlaster-dir<return>"
(don't type the quotes. Hit return after each commands below to launch execution)
2. Have a look at the damage: "ls -la"
(a list of files in the dir, owner, rights… is displayed)
3. Change what's needed.
3.1 Ownership: "sudo chown newowner:group-of-newowner MSR.conf"
(sudo asks for your mac login password first. Then when you're authenticated the command is executed with elevated privileges. The idea here is to assign ownership of the file to the user:group that owns the standard slim.conf file.
Once executed, do another "ls -la" and the landscape should look different)
3.2 Relax access rights: "sudo chmod a+rwx MSR.conf"
(makes the file readable, writable and executable for anybody. Not secure but practical.
Once executed, do another "ls -la" and landscape should look different)
4. You're done, time to quit: "exit"
(and you can close the window and quit Terminal.app. Keeping the window open won't harm and allows to look at the trace. You can use copy-paste if you want to post what you see.)

With a reload on the server, a restart if reload fails, you should see the MSR device. If not, I guess this is not the right directory.

we're getting closer! i went through this with the standard "get info" menu in the finder, permissions looked correct, but in comparing the settings for the slim and MSR files, i noticed that the slim file type was listed as an executable, while the MSR showed as a text file (even though i'd changed the extension, or so i thought). in the get info screen, there's a check box to "keep file extension hidden" and this box was checked for the MSR text file. unchecking it revealed the file was actually named MSR.conf.text. i deleted the .text extension, confirmed i really wanted to change the extension to .conf, reloaded on server, é voila! there it was.

now...have not yet been able to get it to work, ie, send commands to the G61, but i need to spend some more time with it i suppose. all i really want to do is control volume on the G61 from the squeezepad/iPeng apps, and perhaps power up/power down...

[epoch1970]

Et voilà!
So much for the mac hiding things you're not supposed to care about.

Cheers

[netchord]

Et voilà!
So much for the mac hiding things you're not supposed to care about.

Cheers

many thanks for your help.

[wgrant]

we're getting closer! i went through this with the standard "get info" menu in the finder, permissions looked correct, but in comparing the settings for the slim and MSR files, i noticed that the slim file type was listed as an executable, while the MSR showed as a text file (even though i'd changed the extension, or so i thought). in the get info screen, there's a check box to "keep file extension hidden" and this box was checked for the MSR text file. unchecking it revealed the file was actually named MSR.conf.text. i deleted the .text extension, confirmed i really wanted to change the extension to .conf, reloaded on server, é voila! there it was.

now...have not yet been able to get it to work, ie, send commands to the G61, but i need to spend some more time with it i suppose. all i really want to do is control volume on the G61 from the squeezepad/iPeng apps, and perhaps power up/power down...

netchord, did you ever get it to work? If so, how? I want to do this with a Meridian G68.
Thanks,
Wayne