How to add LIRC to ir-keytable protocols?

I'm trying to issue a bash command on infrared remote control button presses. The IR receiver device is an usb device included in the Anysee e30 Combo plus DVB-T tuner, which works perfectly, otherwise. The output of the ir-keytable output: Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event0) with: Driver dvb_usb_anysee, table rc-anysee Supported protocols: NEC Enabled protocols: Name: Anysee bus: 3, vendor/product: 1c73:861f, version: 0x0100 Repeat delay = 500 ms, repeat period = 125 ms When I run ir-keytable -t to test whether the button presses are received, this works and I see scan codes and button labels(KEY_UP etc) showing up. To make a button press fire a bash conmmand, I think my only option is to use LIRC's irexec command. In installed lirc and configured it, then ran irw which is lirc's testing command. No output whatsoever. I checked that lircd is running and that irw can connect to the daemon. Note that LIRC is not under supported protocols of the ir-keytable command. Does this mean I can't use the hardware for this purpose? root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# modprobe ir-lirc-codec root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# ir-keytable -c -p NEC,LIRC Old keytable cleared /sys/class/rc/rc0//protocols: Invalid argument Couldn't change the IR protocols I saw on a few websites that people do this to add lirc as a protocol. I am not surprised this failed for me though, it would be odd that you could add an unsupported protocol by simply echoing it's name to a file. root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# echo lirc > /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument I am using a Raspberry Pi v2 as system (Debian Wheezy)