X10 is a radio remote compatible with LIRC.

Install the lirc package.

To support power actions directly from Kodi (like shutdown option) upower needs to be installed.

For some reason udev loads the wrong kernel module for this radio remote, so you need to blacklist it. This is done in /etc/modprobe.d/

Errors in dmesg with the wrong module:

ati_remote 1-1.1:1.0: Unknown input from channel 0x00: data 72,9d
ati_remote: Weird data, len=5 20 fa 5b 65 b6 20 ...
ati_remote: Weird data, len=5 20 fa db 5d b6 00 ...

To blacklist the module create the following file:

/etc/modprobe.d/remote_blacklist.conf

# For some reason udev loads the wrong kernel module for the X10 radio remote, so blacklist it
blacklist ati_remote

This maps the keys from your remote to strings you can use for programs like mplayer.

It can automatically generated or copied from one of the provided examples in /usr/share/lirc/remotes.

To generate your own lircd.conf use:

# irrecord -H atilibusb --disable-namespace lircd.conf

More details are available at LIRC#Creating remote configuration.

Here is one for a Medion X10 Remote:

# Please make this file available to others
# by sending it to <lirc@bartelmus.de>
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.2(default) on Sun Aug 12 02:13:30 2007
#
# contributed by Ben Adler @ gmx dot net
#
# brand: Medion / X10 (part of https://www.medion.de/md8824/)
# remote control: RF Vista Remote Control (OR24V)
# P/N: 2003 5335
# devices being controlled by this remote: USB RF remote receiver (CM20E), P/N 2003 1776

begin remote

 name Medion_X10
 bits 16
 eps 30
 aeps 100

 one 0 0
 zero 0 0
 pre_data_bits 8
 pre_data 0x14
 post_data_bits 16
 post_data 0x0
 gap 227978
 toggle_bit_mask 0x80800000

 begin codes
 red 0x87B2
 yellow 0x0934
 blue 0x8AB5
 green 0x0833
 power 0xD702
 text 0xEB16
 tvrecord 0x6D98
 disc 0xD904
 table 0x86B1
 tvplay 0xF11C
 back 0x75A0
 info 0x042F
 volume_up 0x5E89
 volume_down 0xDD08
 mute 0x5580
 channel_up 0xE00B
 channel_down 0x618C
 cursor_up 0xEF1A
 cursor_down 0x77A2
 cursor_left 0xF21D
 cursor_right 0x749F
 ok 0xF31E
 start 0x709B
 track_previous 0xF621
 track_next 0x78A3
 record 0xFC27
 pause 0x7EA9
 stop 0xFD28
 seek_backward 0x79A4
 play 0xFA25
 seek_forward 0x7BA6
 1 0xE20D
 2 0x638E
 3 0xE40F
 4 0x6590
 5 0xE611
 6 0x6792
 7 0xE813
 8 0x6994
 9 0xEA15
 0 0x6C97
 asterisk 0x0C37
 hash 0x8DB8
 clear 0x0530
 enter 0x8BB6
 photo 0x5A85
 music 0xDB06
 video 0x82AD
 end codes

end remote

Alternate config file:

begin remote

 name mceusb
 bits 16
 eps 30
 aeps 100

 one 0 0
 zero 0 0
 pre_data_bits 8
 pre_data 0x14
 post_data_bits 16
 post_data 0x0
 gap 227978
 suppress_repeat 12
 min_repeat 3
 toggle_bit_mask 0x80800000

 begin codes
BDelete 0xF520
BBlue 0x0A35
BChanUp 0xE00B
BChanDown 0x618C
BChannelList 0x85B0
BDown 0x77A2
BDVD 0xD904
BEight 0xE914
BReneme 0x0B36
BFive 0x6691
BForward 0x7BA6
BFour 0xE510
BGreen 0x88B3
BVideoDesktop 0x0631
BEditImage 0x0D38
BSetup 0x709B
BSnapshot 0x6D98
BLeft 0x729D
BChannelSearch 0x719C
BTvPreview 0x84AF
BMute 0xD500
BNine 0x6A95
BOK 0xF31E
BOne 0x628D
BPause 0xFE29
BPlay 0xFA25
BPower 0xD702
BRecord 0xFC27
BRed 0x87B2
BPrevious 0x76A1
BRewind 0x79A4
BRight 0xF41F
BSeven 0x6893
BSix 0xE712
BNext 0xF823
BAcquireImage 0x8CB7
BStop 0x7DA8
BTxt 0x6B96
BThree 0x648F
BTwo 0xE30E
BUp 0xEF1A
BVolDown 0x5D88
BVolUp 0xDE09
BYellow 0x0934
BZero 0xEC17
BTv 0x012C
BVcr 0x022D
BMusic 0xDB06
BRadio 0x032E
BPhoto 0xDA05
BFullscreen 0x0E39
BDvdmenu 0xEE19
BDvdaudio 0x0F3A
 end codes
end remote

Recent versions of LIRC drop support for the lirc_atiusb kernel module and so it is now necessary to use the atilibusb driver.

Simply add "atilibusb" to the LIRC_DRIVER field so that the file looks like this:

# Parameters for lirc daemon
#

LIRC_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
LIRC_DRIVER="atilibusb"
LIRC_EXTRAOPTS=""
LIRC_CONFIGFILE=""

Start/enable lircd.service.

~/.lircrc is the default MPlayer filename for the LIRC config, see mplayer(1) to change this.

Change in ~/.lircrc:

begin
 button = VOLUME_UP #VOLUME_UP is the string defined in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
 prog = mplayer 
 config = volume 1 #this is mplayers internal command, see "mplayer -input cmdlist" for more
end

begin
 button = VOLUME_DOWN
 prog = mplayer
 config = volume -1
end

begin
	button = RIGHT
	prog = mplayer
	config = seek +1
end

begin
	button = LEFT
	prog = mplayer
	config = seek -1
end

begin
	button = UP
	prog = mplayer
	config = seek +50
end

begin
	button = DOWN
	prog = mplayer
	config = seek -50
end

begin
	button = PLAY
	prog = mplayer
	config = pause
end

begin
	button = PAUSE
	prog = mplayer
	config = pause 
end
#show elapse/total time in the upper left corner
#Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20200808073444/http://prasinos.eu/articles/mplayer-lirc-elapsed-time
begin
	button = GUIDE
	prog = mplayer
	config = osd_show_property_text "${time_pos} / ${length}"
end

Please see Kodi#Using a remote control.

The below example ~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml file is compatible with the alternate lircd.conf posted above.

<!-- This file contains the mapping of LIRC keys to XBMC keys used in Keymap.xml -->

<lircmap>
 <remote device="mceusb">
 <pause>BPause</pause>
 <stop>BStop</stop>
 <forward>BForward</forward>
 <reverse>BRewind</reverse>
 <left>BLeft</left>
 <right>BRight</right>
 <up>BUp</up>
 <down>BDown</down>
 <select>BOK</select>
 <pageplus>BChanUp</pageplus>
 <pageminus>BChanDown</pageminus>
 <back>BDelete</back>
 <menu></menu>
 <title>BChannelSearch</title>
 <info>BSnapshot</info>
 <skipplus>BNext</skipplus>
 <skipminus>BPrevious</skipminus>
 <display></display>
 <start>BPlay</start>
 <record>BRecord</record>
 <volumeplus>BVolUp</volumeplus>
 <volumeminus>BVolDown</volumeminus>
 <mute>BMute</mute>
 <myvideo>BRed</myvideo>
 <mymusic>BYellow</mymusic>
 <mypictures>BGreen</mypictures>
 <mytv>BBlue</mytv>
 <one>BOne</one>
 <two>BTwo</two>
 <three>BThree</three>
 <four>BFour</four>
 <five>BFive</five>
 <six>BSix</six>
 <seven>BSeven</seven>
 <eight>BEight</eight>
 <nine>BNine</nine>
 <zero>BZero</zero>
 <PlayDVD>BDVD</PlayDVD>
 <ShowVideoMenu>BDvdmenu</ShowVideoMenu>
 <NextSubtitle>BTxt</NextSubtitle>
 <AudioNextLanguage>BDvdaudio</AudioNextLanguage>
 <ContextMenu>BSetup</ContextMenu>
 </remote>
</lircmap>