Chris!

In the myharmony.com software. When you go into the device section (and there is a picture of your remote) you can change the volume buttons on the panasonic device to use another device when those buttons are pressed. e.g. my remote (harmony 300). When i'm controlling xbmc with the xbmc device (panasonic), when I press volume up it sends a signal to the TV (not XBMC) to increase the volume. I will agree with you, setting up the harmony remote is a hassle and a half! Does this help?

Awesome. Thanks for taking the time to post - i'm sure others will benefit :)

Awesome stuff :)

Sorry about that - we'll try to make it more obvious what needs to be done when it goes stable. What do you think though, better responding?

I would say it's worth a try before spending anymore money - it's been tuned to the harmony remote so if that's not snappy enough for you the issue is definitely with the harmony. Can't hurt to try. As far as speed is concerned the Official XBMC remote for android is by far the quickest responding remote i've used. Although I have haptic feedback on my phone the lack of physical buttons is the reason I prefer using a remote control and Flirc.

Have you given the new XBMC setting and firmware a shot. It's still in Beta but it's certainly usable: http://blog.flirc.tv/flirc-has-a-harmony-profile/

Oh, I see. In the meantime you can use the "Full keyboard" layout... although the windows key isn't in the GUI (yet) so it would have to be command line: I'll move this thread to "suggestions" part of the forum (sorry for bouncing this thread around)

As in missing the physical keys (on your remote) or in the flirc programming software? Programming Flirc to send "s" will bring up the shutdown menu. Wake from sleep is still in the beta forums (but seems to be going quite well) Check out: for more info on that.

The loading the configuration should do the trick but I have heard reports on the forums that it doesn't seem to work sometimes. Jason is investigating.

You are right. The a newer Beta GUI was released and also Windows 8 installer (this was a big one), can only assume it was delayed due to time constraints getting it right.

Thanks for the feedback Loggio :) Flirc is still very much a work in progress - i'm sure Jason has tricks up his sleeve (or somewhere else if he's wearing a sleeve-less top)

Yep You'll need to be editing the keymap.xml file - it's not that hard. A great forum user make this thread: If you get stuck feel free to post questions :)

Ah yes, my brother has a PS3 and we had similar problems with certain USB ports. My Macbook Pro also is pretty rubbish for charging anything (I think it just happen to me the version I have). I think the thread I linked to the use was using a phone charger and it wasn't cutting it when the Flirc was introduced to the system though of course different chargers output different amounts of current

Hi Tokubetsu, welcome to the forums, Should work the whole time. Quick way to check for any problems would be to use a regular USB keyboard and see if that has issues (as 99% of the time Flirc is for all intents and purposes a USB keyboard) Nope, but it will draw power from the Raspberry pi so make sure you have a good power supply as we've being seeing issues related to not enough power. See this thread for a good example of this: I've been mulling about how best to collect information and tips about/from raspberry pi devices/users on getting the most out of Flirc. (I don't own a raspberry Pi of my own). I've been busy at the moment but I will figure something out at some point. If you get a Flirc perhaps you would be interested in helping? Don't hesitate asking anymore questions :)

A review from theitbros: http://theitbros.com/flirc-control-your-media-center-pc-with-any-remote/

Thanks for posting back, glad it's working :)

Hi stef1256, welcome to the forums, One thing that springs to mind was one user mentioning his Flirc was really buggy then he bought a better power supply for the raspberry pi and the flirc worked perfectly. This sounds like it could be a similar thing if it's working on one computer but not on the Pi Does this help?

Ah no! You might be right, one further attempt would be to try a television manufacturer for the DVD setting (e.g. if you're using a samsung tv, program the DVD as a panasonic) Any better? I like the harmony remotes (although the web software is still pretty clunky) I have and it's nice and cheap "Harmony 300"

Glad you're liking Flirc. Try a cable box or such like. One that springs to mind is Sky remotes (in the UK) but there seems to be a code for it for your remote: http://www.iinet.net.au/fetchtv/Fetchtv_Universal_Remote.pdf Does this help?

When you tried it in the other computer did it react the same way?

Great stuff! Thanks for posting, i'm thinking about making some stickies (or something similar) for certain devices as they seem to have some quirks - i'll be sure to include this tip :)

A forum review, but an in depth one all the same: http://www.hifivision.com/home-theater-pc-htpc-media-pc/43251-review-flirc-small-wonderful-companion-your-htpc.html

Where is the control button on your remote? My understanding was: If you press left alt + s on the remote you get é If you press right alt + s on the remote you get + If you just press s you get s So you would have 26 letters on the keyboard plus additional 2 punctuation buttons (, and .) = 28 3 different permutations of each button = 84 Plus 17 buttons that don't appear to be affected by shift (towards the top of the remote) 84+17 = 101 buttons I get the feeling i've missed something again though. Anyhow, remember that flirc can only store 160 keys (http://www.flirc.tv/faq/)

Was it this: (From: http://www.thepowerbase.com/2013/03/taking-control-interview-with-flirc-creator-jason-kotzin/) Seems like a switch wouldn't be happening anytime soon, if it does change. Only one guy know for sure though...

This was a well written post, interesting findings. I like the idea too, I think this is one of those things that would befit a lot of people.