pope5 Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Hello, I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 which also has an ir booster. When I install an app, which uses the ir booster to control my Samsung LCD TV, this works. When I then use my Galaxy to pair some keys with flirc, flirc does not recognize any key. When I take the original Samung remote control flirc recognizes the keys. Is there a difference between the original remote control and the Galaxy? Thank you for your answer. pope5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris! Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 It would appear that there is a difference. I don't have a IR phone to try it on though i'm still a little surprised this is the case. Harmony remotes don't have a problem with flirc (and this is essentially what the S4 is acting as) Dumb question but when you are pairing the two is it a case that the phone and flirc are both expecting an IR input to store and assign to a key. So in actual fact neither of them are emitting anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope5 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I just tried again to pair my Samsung Galaxy with running remote control app with flirc. First I selected "clear configuration". Then I selected the full keyboard, klicked the key "1! (got the Message press the button to be paiered with "1). And then I pressed the "1" on the remote control app4. But nothing happens. Then I pressed the "1" on the smartphone some more times and then I got a window from flirc with the text "Button already exists." and the possibility with cancel or redo. When I click redo, the window comes again (without any more action from me). When I klick cancel I can try another key. But this has the same effect, except, that the error windows comes up directly after the first press on the smartphone. One more interesting thing. I also have a tablet with an ir booster. Also there I have a remote control app. And when I pair some keys with flirc, this works as expected. Now, the question comes up: is the ir booster of the smartphone working at all. Yes it works, because I can control my Samsung LCD with the smartphone. If you have any questions, let me know, that I can help you. pope5 (I run Gui 1.2.6 and Firmware v2.6) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfountain Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I too have this same problem with the Galaxy S4, works fine controlling my other equipment directly, but very hard to impossible to get Flirc to recognize keystrokes. Did you ever come up with a resolution for this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgarcor Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 I have tested S4 by using another application called AnyMote. I was able to program Flirc with a random remote chosen inside it. And control Kodi with it. I have to admit that not all the keys from all the remotes that are inside AnyMote are suitable to be recorded by Flirc. Some keys have more problems than others. The official application in S4 I haven't tested it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope5 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 I have solved the problem by using the USB Infrared Toy v2 which costs about 20,- US$. Link to this page and select the USB Infrared Toy: http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=52 another address, where you can buy it is http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/usb-infrared-toy-v2-p-831.html?cPath=174 The software I used can be found here: The IR Scrutinizer software is a bit more than most IR Toy users will want, but it does solve the immediate issue of capturing multi-part signals using the IR Toy. You can fetch it here:http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=12313 Discussion/help here:http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14986 With this IR Toy, I was able, to determine all ir signals of all my remote controls. I hope, this info ist usefull. pope5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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