Newest:Help with Fedora 14, LIRC for pvr-150mce, Comcast DTA

I'm obviously not doing something right, perhaps not loading the IR blaster software correctly?  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Newbuntu81 (Mike)

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PART A.

[root@OptiPlex280-mbe Michael]# dmesg | grep firmware
[   11.639366] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if
[   12.016142] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
[   12.016155] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload (NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
[   12.123691] saa7164_downloadfirmware() firmware read 4019072 bytes.
[   12.123698] saa7164_downloadfirmware() firmware loaded.
[   12.123722] saa7164_downloadfirmware() SecBootLoader.FileSize = 4019072
[   12.123732] saa7164_downloadfirmware() FirmwareSize = 0x1fd6
[   12.123736] saa7164_downloadfirmware() BSLSize = 0x0
[   12.123740] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Reserved = 0x0
[   12.123745] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Version = 0x1661c00
[   13.020535] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
[   13.020686] ivtv1: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
[   16.860287] cx25840 2-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
[   16.921667] cx25840 3-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
[   18.963037] starting firmware download(2)
[   23.593038] firmware download complete.

[root@OptiPlex280-mbe Michael]# dmesg | grep blaster
(no results)

There is no indication that the IR blaster firmware has loaded, or that the IR blaster is recognized.

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PART B.

<Here is my rc.local file from /etc/>

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

/sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c
/sbin/modprobe lirc_dev debug=1 && modprobe lirc_zilog
touch /var/lock/subsys/local

#/sbin/modprobe lirc_serial
/usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0 --output=/dev/lircd


#this starts the IR blaster
/usr/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc --output=/dev/lircd1 --pidfile=/var/run/lircd.pid
#/usr/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc1 --output=/dev/lircd1 --pidfile=/var/run/lircd1.pid

#this starts the TV card remote
/usr/bin/mythlircd

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PART C.
If I run a [irsend LIST "" ""] i get this output.  I'm trying to get my IR blaster (USB PVR-150-mce) to work with my Comcast DTA (Pace, which is the DC50x).

irsend LIST "" ""]
irsend: DC50X
irsend: Hauppauge
irsend: linux-input-layer

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PART D.
This is my lirc file located at /etc/sysconfig/lirc

# Note: in addition to these parameters, you need to have working    -*- sh -*-
# configuration file for lircd (and lircmd if enabled).

# Options to lircd(8).  Typically, this will be empty, as which driver to use
# should be specified using the LIRC_DRIVER variable below.
LIRCD_OPTIONS=""

# The infrared receiver (and/or transmitter) driver to be used by lircd(8),
# similar to passing "-H driver" to lircd(8).
# Run "/usr/sbin/lircd -H help" to get a listing of supported drivers.
LIRC_DRIVER="devinput"

# Which lirc device will be used by lircd(8).
# This is the same as passing "-d device" to lircd.
# An empty value will use the default /dev/lirc0 device.
LIRC_DEVICE="name=Media\?Center\?Ed.\?eHome\?Infrared\?Remote\?Transceiver\?\(1934:5168\)"

# If "yes", the init script will try to start lircmd(8) too.
ENABLE_LIRCMD="no"

# Options to lircmd(8).
LIRCMD_OPTIONS=""


# Remote settings required by gnome-lirc-properties
MODULES=""
LIRCD_CONF=""

# Receiver settings required by gnome-lirc-properties
RECEIVER_MODEL="Media\ Center\ Ed.\ eHome\ Infrared\ Remote\ Transceiver\ \(1934:5168\)"
RECEIVER_VENDOR="Linux\ Input\ Device"

# Remote settings required by gnome-lirc-properties
MODEL="Linux\ Input\ Layer\ compatible\ Remote"
VENDOR="Generic"


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PART E.
If I run the below command, this is the output I get:
ls -al /dev/ |grep lirc

Output:
crw-------   1 root root    250,   0 May 10 16:13 lirc0


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PART F.
If I try sending an "ir blast" transmit command to the Pace DTA, I get errors.

[root@OptiPlex280-mbe Michael]# irsend SEND_ONCE DC50X 1
irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE DC50X 1
irsend: hardware does not support sending

[root@OptiPlex280-mbe Michael]# irsend SEND_ONCE Hauppauge 1
irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE Hauppauge 1
irsend: hardware does not support sending

[root@OptiPlex280-mbe Michael]# irsend SEND_ONCE linux-input-layer 1
irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE linux-input-layer 1
irsend: hardware does not support sending
[root@OptiPlex280-mbe Michael]#

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PART F. LINKS I'VE BEEN READING/RESEARCHING
Comcast Pace DTA: How To: http://regx.dgswa.com/html/node/134

1. Fedora 14 and LIRC: http://mythtv.info/wiki?title=LIRC&redirect=no

2. Mythtv.org: Fedora 14 and PVR 150: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/LIRC#Fedora_14_x86_64_Hauppauge_PVR_150

3. Wilsonet.com: http://wilsonet.com/?p=40

4. Gossamer-threads.com: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/452927

5. Fedoraforum.com: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=251071

6. Mythtv.org: http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-September/297868.html

7. Kernel.org: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jarod/linux-2.6-lirc.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/master

8. Mythtv Wiki: http://mythtv.info/wiki/LIRC#Fedora_14_x86_64_Hauppauge_PVR_150