6.4.8. ioctls LIRC_GET_MIN_TIMEOUT and LIRC_GET_MAX_TIMEOUT

6.4.8.1. Name

LIRC_GET_MIN_TIMEOUT / LIRC_GET_MAX_TIMEOUT - Obtain the possible timeout range for IR receive.

6.4.8.2. Synopsis

6.4.8.3. Arguments

fd

File descriptor returned by open().

timeout

Timeout, in microseconds.

6.4.8.4. Description

Some devices have internal timers that can be used to detect when there’s no IR activity for a long time. This can help lircd in detecting that a IR signal is finished and can speed up the decoding process. Returns an integer value with the minimum/maximum timeout that can be set.

Note

Some devices have a fixed timeout, in that case both ioctls will return the same value even though the timeout cannot be changed via ioctl LIRC_GET_REC_TIMEOUT and LIRC_SET_REC_TIMEOUT.

6.4.8.5. Return Value

On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the errno variable is set appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the Generic Error Codes chapter.