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thimk

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Bug? 

1st gen Flirc on Raspberry Pi 3. Bought 2014. Worked well on Pi 2. 

Now OSMC on PI 3. Flirc programmed on OSX 9,5 with Flirc v.1.4.4 (and its firmware). The latest v.3.1 crashes, even if it SHOULD work on OSX 9,5 and 10.

problem: Used on Kodi the cursor "runs" down lists (like Arrow down), or "skips" between choices on the home screen (like Tab) on its own. Then it stops. Interacting with the programmed remote OR a keyboard, starts the running and skipping again.

have tried pinning it down by exclusion, but no matter what else is attached to the Raspberry, if the flirc is present, the skipping begins like a nervous tick. 

Defect Flirc? 

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Easy test:

Yes, by inserting Flirc dongle in USB-port randomly chosen line in Finder Window immediately began "running", even before I opened Kodi. Where everything began jumping between options on the frontpage. So, no, its not OSMC.

Maybe it's firmware - but like I said, unfortunately I cannot update to latest Firmware, because the latest Flirc app crashes on OSX 9 and 10 .

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sure, but my trusty mac can runs 64 bit apps, so why does it crash?

And whats wrong with the flirc?

And how and where do I find the "save log" function, that I can it pass on to you? Library somewhere? Or ?

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Can I find the downloaded update for flirc in a temp folder somewhere?

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Inserted the Flirc in OSX 9.5, the only Flirc app that does not crash here is 1.4.4 (- which may be lacking an update to 64bit?)

       - The 1.44 app can no longer see the Flirc (so I cannot save a config file from here - but it could not that either, when it COULD se the Flirc)

       - The flickering is all over the OS, when the Flirc is in either USB-port

Move Flirc to iMac w OSX 10.6

        - Latest app, v.3.1 can se the Flirc, and it is now updated to newest firmware,  3.9

        - The saved config-file is saved - my_flirc_config.fcfg

        - The Flirc with remote seems almost stable here

        - There is the occasional skip, when using the remote's up or down "arrow" - then it skips one line.

Move the Flirc to the raspberry Pi 3

        - Flickering makes Kodi unusable.

Where can I manually find the update shown in the image, which v 1.4.4 cannot itself update, because the old is 32bit and the new (1.4.4 3.1.0) is 64bit?

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EDIT: OR is the new Flirc1.4.4 3.1.0 mentioned in the screen shot similar to the 3.1.0 app-version, that worked on the iMac?

64bit SHOULD work on my MBP mid-2010, as seen in the screenshot here from Mactracker

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I DID reload your recording, and thank you for that.

It did not help, though. And the two buttons are still acting up. Looking at the screen it seems they pass on 2 signals instead of one. Which for some reason set off a chain reaction with the previous recording, but with your edited recording only makes flirc "skip one" - 1 down becomes 2, from home bar and one down it skips the addons and chooses the off switch. 

MUST be the remote.

I lost patience after that and recorded an Apple aluminium. This on the other hand responds sluggish, needing several presses (battery, I think), and the flirc 1st gen has the problem of not being able to record a long press, but it's better than getting up all the time. 

Do you stille want me to try recording the other remote?

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And what about the 1.4.4 flirc app crashing on OSX 9.5?

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I don't know why the app is crashing on OSX 9.5, I can't even install it to try.

However, can you try running it with out the flirc present? Let's rule out that it's a problem with flirc + gui and not just the GUI.

Also, it's not worth pulling our hair out over this. Shoot me a PM, I'll replace yours with the new one.

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2 minutes ago, thimk said:

1.22 and 1.44 open on OSX9.5

the latest version not. 

replace my 1st gen with a new? That's extremely generous. But if you think it is not the remote, then thank you very much for this.

Anything else I can do?

Nah nothing you can really try. Honestly, I don't want to support the old version so much anymore as it's not time effective. It's just me, and Yawor is amazing, but is a volunteer.  We gave it a couple tries, not worth debugging any more beyond this. I'll still push a couple updates to the old one, but all the new features are coming to the new one.

Unplug all the hardware, and see if the GUI works/updates. If it doesn't work without any hardware, the GUI wont work with the new version of hardware. These are two separate issues though. I got your PM, I'll get you a replacement.

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