[Solved] LIRC problems pls help

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First of all thanks for your work.

I have a little problem.
I just want to use one button to toggle my switch on and off.
But it doesn´t work.
Perhabs you could have a look and tell me what i did wrong.

My Lircrc:

#toggle
begin
   prog = irexec
   button = KEY_POWER
   config = sudo python /opt/scripts/wohnzimmerswitch.py toggle >/dev/null/ 2>&1
end

My python script:

import os
import sys

arg = sys.argv[1]

if arg == "toggle":
    bashCommand = 'curl -X GET --insecure "xxx:xxx" http://192.168.178.140/api/device/rfswitch1/toggle';
    os.system(bashCommand);

If i put the http:// part in my browser adress field it works like a charm.

@Andre-Bensch my set up didn’t work in my first try, too.
@georg90 gave me the tip: “check with ‘sudo irw’ if your remote is recognized - irexec daemon needs to run (run lirc)”

So make sure your lirc is running and then just type

sudo irw

Now you press the button on your remote which you recorded before. If lirc knows the button you just pressed it should look sth. like:

You can also execute the python script manually to check if the script is working

sudo python wohnzimmerswitch.py toggle

If you still got problems feel free to write me a personal message as i’m german, too.

Hi,

i found the errors in my code.

#toggle
begin
  prog = irexec
  button = KEY_POWER
  config = sudo python /opt/scripts/wohnzimmerswitch.py toggle >/dev/null 2>&1
end

and

import os
import sys

arg = sys.argv[1]

if arg == "toggle":
    bashCommand = 'curl -X GET --insecure --user "xxx:xxx" http://192.168.178.140/api/device/rfswitch1/toggle';
    os.system(bashCommand);

is working fine now.

Thanks