runscottie Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Last weekend, out of the blue Flirc started acting up after almost 6 months of no problems. When I hit keys on the remote my Windows 8.1 HTPC would register multiple presses, I guess this is called sticky keys. Well, I came to these forums and discovered the updated GUI and firmware update. I followed steps to firmware update to v 3.1. First time I tried it failed and I had to reinstall drivers using zadig. Since then I've done successful firmware updates but its been a troubleshooting nightmare. Flirc GUI runs fine and sees my FLIRC connected. However, it reads any remote presses on the remote I had been using just fine for 6 months (SMK Link PS3 Bluetooth + universal remote) as duplicate presses. I have tried every combination of settings imagineable (turning on and off built-in profiles, noise canceller, playing with Inter-key delay, etc.). I also plugged FLIRC into a different PC, Windows 7, installed GUI 1.2.9 from scratch and tried all the above steps on this other PC. Same problems. Prior to using this remote with Flirc I used an old Verizon FIOS set top box remote. So I took this remote and tried to program FLIRC. The same issue is occuring with both remotes. I tried changing remote profile on the universal remote, same issues each time: I start trying to map keys but FLIRC can only map 1 or 2 keys before it starts throwing me "Button Already Exists" error message. For example, if I try to map keyboard keys "1", "2", and "3" to my remote, by the time I reach "3" i get the "button already exists" error. When I press "3" on the remote FLIRC GUI keyboard lights up on either the 1 or 2 keys. Did I brick my flirc with the firmware update issues? I've been pouring over forums looking for solutions. If I have to i will buy another flirc as this is integral to my current HTPC setup. But I'm afraid that if I purchase a new one that new flirc will have the same problems. Please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runscottie Posted November 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Oh, i should mentioned that I would like to try rolling back to a previous firmware if possible. But I can't find this anywhere on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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