Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

3.1.0 - 2026-02-09

Added

  • Support for 3.14.

Changed

  • Migrated from Github to SourceHut for lirc source code hosting.

3.0.0 - 2024-10-20

Added

  • Support for Python 3.12 and 3.13.

Removed

  • Support for Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8. These versions are no longer supported by Python.

Fixed

  • The Client’s simulate method was sending the command twice by default. The repeat_count keyword argument was set to 1 instead of 0. This now defaults to 0.

    On older versions, this can be worked around by explicitly setting the repeat_count keyword argument to 0 when calling the simulate method.

2.0.2 - 2022-11-25

Added

  • Official support for Python 3.11. There is no user-facing change here. However, the tests are now also being run against Python 3.11 on CI and being advertised as supported via a pypi classifier.

2.0.1 - 2021-11-28

Changed

  • All double underscore (__) internal attributes have been changed to instead be prefixed by a single underscore (_). This removes the name mangling that Python does on those attributes.

Fixed

  • lirc.Client will throw a TypeError only if the passed connection is not an instance of AbstractConnection. Previously, it would throw a TypeError if connection was not an LircdConnection.

2.0.0 - 2021-04-18

Fixed - Potential Breaking Changes

  • The Client’s send_once method was sending an IR code twice by default. This is because the repeat_count keyword argument was set to 1 instead of 0, causing it to send the initial IR code and repeat it once. This now defaults to 0.

    On v1, this can be worked around by explicitly specifying the repeat_count to only send 1 IR signal by setting it to 0:

    import lirc

client = lirc.Client()
client.send_once('remote', 'key', repeat_count=0)

  • The Darwin connection to lircd was set to default to /opt/run/var/run/lirc/lircd when it should have been /opt/local/var/run/lirc/lircd. This is unlikely to have an impact since the previous default directory was incorrect.

    With v1 and on macOS, this can also be worked around by explicitly specifying the connection path rather than relying on the default.

    import lirc

client = lirc.Client(
  connection=lirc.LircdConnection(
    address="/opt/local/var/run/lirc/lircd",
  )
)

1.0.1 - 2020-12-26

Fixed

  • PyPI is complaining that v1.0.0 is already taken, since it was a release that was deleted from a previous mistake.

1.0.0 - 2020-12-26

Added

  • DefaultConnection.address and DefaultConnection.socket may raises an UnsupportedOperatingSystemError if the operating system you’re on is not MacOS, Linux, or Windows.

Changed

  • lirc.Client raises a TypeError instead of a ValueError now if a connection is passed in that is not an instance of LircdConnection.

  • send on lirc.Client is now called send_once.

  • start_repeat on lirc.Client is now called send_start.

  • stop_repeat on lirc.Client is now called send_stop.

Removed

  • socket property from LircdConnection.

Fixed

  • The remote and key optional arguments to the lirc.Client’s stop_repeat method were not overriding the last sent remote and key.

0.2.0 - 2020-12-13

Added

  • LircdConnection to handle configuring the connection on Client.

Changed

  • Lirc is now named Client.

  • Client now takes in a connection as the optional argument to configure it’s connection. That connection must be a LircdConnection class if you would like to customize the connection. The LircdConnection takes in an address, socket, and timeout with optional keyword arguments. Anything not specified with use the defaults for that operating system.

Removed

  • DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH constant on Client. It no longer makes sense with cross-platform support.

  • ENCODING constant on Client.

  • socket_path and socket_timeout on the Lirc constructor.

0.1.0 - 2020-07-13

  • Initial Release