SOLVED does irremote have to be altered to work?

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I have brought my laptop away from home with me to do some programming and want to program a board I have made with an infrared sensor and an old tv remote as a txer everything works on my computer at home but when I try to compile the following sketch

/*
 * IRremote: IRrecvDemo - demonstrates receiving IR codes with IRrecv
 * An IR detector/demodulator must be connected to the input RECV_PIN.
 * Version 0.1 July, 2009
 * Copyright 2009 Ken Shirriff
 * http://arcfn.com
 * altered to work with any ir chip.
 * left to right output, 0 volts, vcc.
 * except ir with four pins on the top, left to right  output, vcc, 0 volts.
 */

#include <IRremote.h>
int RECV_PIN = 5;
IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
int a;

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  irrecv.enableIRIn(); // Start the receiver
}

void loop() {
  if (irrecv.decode(&results)) // have we received an IR signal?
  {
    for (int z=0; z<1; z++) // ignore 2nd and 3rd signal repeat
    {
    a = (results.value);
    Serial.print ("\n");// same as using Serial.println
    irrecv.resume(); // receive the next value
    a = (results.value);
    }
  } 
}

all I get is

C:\Program Files\Arduino\libraries\RobotIRremote\src\IRremoteTools.cpp:5:16: error: 'TKD2' was not declared in this scope
int RECV_PIN = TKD2; // the pin the IR receiver is connected to

The laptop has just had all the arduino software loaded onto it and this is the first time I have tried it but the sketches are from my dropbox so they all work.
Does anyone know why TKD2 is not declared? It looks to me like it is declared as pin 5?
or is there some other problem?
thanks.

2

Do you have an Arduino robot? If not, assign the RobotRemote folder to oblivion. Why the damned idiots at Arduino think they need to modify existing libraries, in a way that renders them unusable for everyone else, when they introduce a new product, such as the robot or the GSM shield, is a real mystery.

3

fine Paul, I have done that.
The error I am now getting is that there is no file irremote.h which I need to make an infrared sensor work.
Do I download another library file from somewhere or what?

4

I have also found Ken Shirriff's website and downloaded the irremote library he made.
the program now compiles. thanks for your input Paul I think it is working now but wanted to put an update on as soon as I got it to compile. I will put this as solved when I get my ir set up and working again.

5

Yes! thank you Paul and thank you Ken if you read this. The program works perfectly now.
I do wonder if this info might be added to the program in the examples?