Read keystrokes from LIRC dongle

[phibon]

Hello,

I've posted this question on the Arch Linux forums but I guess this is a better forum for my question. I'm working with a Wandboard Quad with Arch Linux installed.

Newbe here so be gentle.
I want to capture keystrokes send out by the LIRC dongle. I made a script file which runs correctly when I run it from the command line. But it doesn't seem to work when ir runs as a service.
Basically, what I've done is this:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
#!/bin/bash
while true
do
read -n 1 ir_code

case $ir_code in
"W")
echo "... inschakelen"
echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio200/value
sleep 2
echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio91/value
;;
"Z")
echo "Uitschakelen ..."
echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio91/value
sleep 2
echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio200/value
;;
esac

done
')

Is there a reason why this won't work as a service?

[WarheadsSE]

What user is the service running as? Does it have the appropriate rights?

systemd service? What do you have set for the Type=?

[phibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hat user is the service running as? Does it have the appropriate rights?

systemd service? What do you have set for the Type=?

[WarheadsSE]

Type=simple

[phibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')ype=simple

[WarheadsSE]

Can you post your service file?

[phibon]

Sure, here it is (name is irswitch.service:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[Unit]
Description=IR Switch - Switch relais on / off


[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/irswitch
Type=simple

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
')

I can see the 'irswitch' script in the 'top' list when active. But the script doesn't react to the key presses (of the LIRC dongle).

[WarheadsSE]

Does it ever get them at all, from the `read` call?

[phibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')oes it ever get them at all, from the `read` call?

[WarheadsSE]

Yes, obivously it does when not running as a service.