Stettin
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One just arrived, a rosewill, doesn't work. = (
I'm not sure why are are getting bad remotes, but this one is one of the most common ones used in HTPCs. It was a toss up between getting the FLIRC and one of these for me.
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PM sent a couple days ago. Let me know if you have issues sending via paypal. Let me know what to try next.
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This was ordered through Amazon, so not sure how you could issue a refund. I created an RMA but have the option to cancel it.
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After having trouble with a Cox cable box emulated remote on my Harmony, I gave this one last try on my laptop which happens to have a fresh build of windows 7 and a real TiVo remote. I was unable to get even Alt-F4 to work without the unit freaking out and getting stuck in repeat mode. The launch WMC function seemed to work, but simple stuff like play and skip did not. I installed event ghost and "Ctrl+P" bound for "play" registered just "Ctrl".
Sadly I'll have to return this unit as it doesn't seem to work right for even simple keystrokes.
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I have tried the FLIRC Harmony profile, a standard Microsoft MCE Keyboard, HP multimedia remote, and the TiVo. I haven't tried just picking a random device yet. I can try that next, however I am confused why I could not revert back to getting the TiVo remote to work. I tried forcing a firmware upgrade again, clearing the configurations, but still no luck.
I'll try to emulate another remote tomorrow, it is a bit late for me to get started on that tonight. I'm willing to put in a little more time before returning it. By the way it was fulfilled by Amazon with FLIRC as the seller, so I think I'd have to send it back through them.
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I am logging events in EventGhost. I consider myself a fairly advanced user and am frustrated with how touchy this device is.
I managed to get just about everything working right using my old TiVo remote (skips, etc, launching). I used interkey delay of 3 and only had sequence modifiers checked.I programmed my Harmony ONE to emulate a TiVo remote and could not reproduce the functionality. I went back to the TiVo remote again to try and set it up once more and am unable to get something as simple as CTRL+P to record and replay. The GUI shows a successful read of the remote button, but when I press the button again, AI get the following in EventGhost]
Keyboard.LCtrl+U00Keyboard.U00The P apparently is getting missed.I also noticed when trying to bind ALT+F4 to a button, the ALT would get stuck permanently. The only way I can type anything even on my other keyboard was to remote the FLIRC and plug it back in.I've rebooted 3 times, with no luck. I must have at least 5 hours into fiddling with this right now and I"m about to give up.Just for the heck of it I tried a couple more buttons and I can now bind "ctrl+f" for skip forward, but am unable to bind ctrl+b (back) or ctrl+p(play/pause) -
Any more ideas? If I can't get this working I'll have to return it :(
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I was sure I tried that, so gave it another go. Here are my results.
cleared config, select sequence modifiers.. bound "play" -- interkey delay 3, harmony delay 0tap onceKeyboard.LCtrlKeyboard.LShift+LCtrlKeyboard.LShift+LCtrl+8Keyboard.LShift+LCtrlKeyboard.LShifttap againKeyboard.LShiftKeyboard.LShift+LAltKeyboard.LShift+RShift+LAltKeyboard.LShift+RShift+LAlt+RAltKeyboard.RShift+LAlt+RAltKeyboard.RShift+RAltKeyboard.RAltCleared config again, set sequence modifiers - Tivo remote -- bound "play"press button 2 timesKeyboard.LCtrlKeyboard.LShift+LCtrlKeyboard.LShift+LCtrl+8Keyboard.LShift+LCtrlKeyboard.LShiftKeyboard.LCtrlKeyboard.LShift+LCtrlKeyboard.LShift+LCtrl+8Keyboard.LShift+LCtrlKeyboard.LShiftWhy should the same button recorded on 2 different remotes end up with 2 different outputs? -
I had just about everything working right on my HTPC using a Tivo Liquid PC IR receiver (sold by Nero several years ago). Unfortunately My volume down button on my AVR was the same IR signal as Mute on the PC. I had a workaround working OK with LM Remote Keymap to intercept the mute and bypass it, but recently that stopped working when my HTPC went into suspend mode.
I was in the market for one of those HP IR receivers commonly used for Harmony remotes to connect with, when I saw this product. I figured it was worth the extra cost for the increased functionality. I don't know if I made the right decision though.
Out of the box NOTHING worked right for Windows Media Center. I disconnected my old IR receiver and figured based on the product description that I could just use any remote to do custom commands. This seemed to work somewhat for arrow keys and enter, but none of the play, pause, stop, skip forward/backward, rewind/fast forward ever worked. I tried upgrading to the latest firmware and that didn't solve the issue. I thought maybe my Harmony remote wasn't working right, so tried my AVR remote buttons and the old Tivo Remote and have the same issue.
I have tried using the WMC profile (mapping the functions to remote buttons) and none of them work.
If I try the Full Keyboard (mapping the manual keyboard shortcuts) profile, something as simple as pausing works oddly. Here is an eventghost log of two "pause" (ctrl+p) mapping pushes
Click Ctrl, then P, pressed the button on my remote -- appears to record OK.
First push:
Keyboard.LShiftKeyboard.LShift+LAltKeyboard.LShift+RShift+LAltKeyboard.LShift+RShift+LAlt+RAltKeyboard.RShift+LAlt+RAltKeyboard.RShift+RAltKeyboard.RAltSecond push:Keyboard.LCtrlKeyboard.LCtrl+PKeyboard.PThis is after clearing the entire configuration.
Things like numbers, arrow keys, spaces seem to work OK. Anything more complicated and it doesn't seem to work.
I also need to get the skip forward and skip backward working (not the fast forward/backward) or else this unit will have to be returned.
I'm not sure exactly what information you guys need to help me out on this. I've went from a minor annoyance when waking my pc from suspend, to something that barely works at all.
Remotes tried:
Harmony One
RX-V867 Yamaha remote
Nero LiquidTV (Tivo remote)
I'm running the latest GUI and forced firmware upgrade.
Could I have a defective unit?
Can't get WMC functions to work
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Jason posted a couple days ago that the newest firmware does not fix the WMC issues. He's going to focus on that now. You are definitely getting the ALT key stuck. I noticed if I bound ALT+F4, it would get stuck and the only way to fix it would be to unplug the FLIRC. I was hoping that the stuck ALT key would be fixed in the newest firmware, but it doesn't like like that is the case.