Github: https://github.com/Bluscream/flirc-bridge?tab=readme-ov-file#flirc-bridge
Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/bluscream1/flirc-bridge/tags

So, I ended up in creating a simple Windows-App (Visual-Studio-based): It will read your customized INI-File and send Keystrokes depending on the app, that is currently focused. As follows you will find my INI-File (In this early version you will not find multiple focused apps, but this is to come):

; This file is expected to be placed at: %ProgramData%\FLIRC-HTPC\FLIRC-HTPC.ini
;
; SendKeys-Reference (see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/sendkeys-statement )
; BACKSPACE    {BACKSPACE}, {BS}, or {BKSP}
; BREAK        {BREAK}
; CAPS LOCK    {CAPSLOCK}
; DELETE       {DELETE} or {DEL}
; DOWN ARROW   {DOWN}
; UP ARROW     {UP}
; LEFT ARROW   {LEFT}
; RIGHT ARROW  {RIGHT}
; END          {END}
; ENTER        {ENTER} or ~
; ESC          {ESC}
; HELP         {HELP}
; HOME         {HOME}
; INSERT       {INSERT} or {INS}
; NUM LOCK     {NUMLOCK}
; PAGE DOWN    {PGDN}
; PAGE UP      {PGUP}
; PRINT SCREEN {PRTSC}
; SCROLL LOCK  {SCROLLLOCK}
; TAB          {TAB}
; F1           {F1}
;  :             :
; F16          {F16}
; Keypad +     {ADD}
; Keypad -     {SUBTRACT}
; Keypad *     {MULTIPLY}
; Keypad /     {DIVIDE}
;
; To specify keys combined with any combination of the SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT keys, precede the key code with one or more of the following codes:
;    Key    Code
;    SHIFT   +
;    CTRL    ^
;    ALT     %
;
; To specify that any combination of SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT should be held down while several other keys are pressed,
; enclose the code for those keys in parentheses. For example, to specify to hold down SHIFT while E and C are pressed, use
;    +(EC).
;
; To specify repeating keys, use the form {key number}. You must put a space between key and number.
; For example, {LEFT 42} means press the LEFT ARROW key 42 times; {h 10} means press H 10 times.
;
; Example for starting Windows-Explorer from Windows-Startmenu: "^{ESC}Explorer{ENTER}"
;

[General]
3994093319="0"
4211345159="1"
4194633479="2"
4177921799="3"
4144498439="4"
4127786759="5"
4111075079="6"
4077651719="7"
4060940039="8"
4044228359="9"
2540177159="{ENTER}"
2673870599="{UP}"
2657158919="{DOWN}"
2590312199="{LEFT}"
2640447239="{RIGHT}"
3526166279="{ESC}"
2473330439="%{F4}"
3943958279="%{TAB}"
1353647879="{POWERSHELL:\"& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Scripts\Toggle-VPN.ps1'\"}"           ; "SAMSUNG Extra"
2490042119="{EXECUTE:\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Scripts\StartTV.bat\",\"\",\"\"}"           ; "SAMSUNG List" (mapped to Logitech-Harmony-Button "DVR")
1738016519="{EXECUTE:\"C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe\",\"c:\Windows\",\"/s /f /t 0\"}" ; "SAMSUNG PowerOff"

[dvbviewer]
1353647879=""                        ; Override "SAMSUNG Extra"
2490042119=""                        ; Override "SAMSUNG List" (mapped to Logitech-Harmony-Button "DVR")
3960669959="x"                       ; "SAMSUNG PrevChannel"
3760129799="{F6}"                    ; "SAMSUNG Info"
3927246599="{F7}"                    ; "SAMSUNG Yellow"
3843688199="{F8}"                    ; "SAMSUNG Menu"
3041527559=" "                       ; "SAMSUNG Pause"
2957969159="e"                       ; "SAMSUNG Guide"
3058239239="r"                       ; "SAMSUNG Record"
3125085959="+{LEFT}"                 ; "SAMSUNG Rewind"
3074950919="+{RIGHT}"                ; "SAMSUNG FastForward"
3977381639="{ADD}"                   ; "SAMSUNG ChannelUp"
4010804999="{SUBTRACT}"              ; "SAMSUNG ChannelDown"

If you like this approach, feel free to download source-code ( https://www.klimkeit.net/Flirc-HTPC/download.php?filename=Flirc-HTPC_(source-code).zip ) or the compiled-version ( https://www.klimkeit.net/Flirc-HTPC/download.php?filename=Flirc-HTPC_(compiled).zip ). The programm should be started like this: "Flirc-HTPC.exe -IRmethod=Flirc-Libs" - It will silently minimize to Windows-Systemtray.
Since I do not want to bother with any redistribution-/license-aspects, the download is missing the files "libflirc.dll" and "libir.dll". Get them from the SDK: https://github.com/flirc/sdk - Path: /libs/Win64

Sorry: No support or warranty for this - Just shared "as is".

My process
Using the commands below, I downloaded the binaries and loaded the libraries I was missing. I also pasted in the recommended udev rules.

sudo apt install libreadline7 libhidapi-hidraw0 libqt5xmlpatterns5

wget http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x86_64/flirc.latest.x86_64.tar.gz

tar xvzf flirc.latest.x86_64.tar.gz

cd Flirc-3.27.12

After unplugging and replugging the Flirc, I was able to successfully test it:

1. I recorded a key press from my remote, turning it into the 'e' key. Then I pressed the key on the remote again and it typed an 'e'!

   1. Flirc-3.27.12$ ./flirc_util record e
       Press any button on the remote to link it with 'e'

        Succesfully recorded button

      Flirc-3.27.12$ e

2. I successfully started the GUI, and upgraded the firmware via the GUI
3. I successfully confirmed the firmware update, the self test, and the stored 'e key' macro. 

   1. Flirc-3.27.12$ ./flirc_util settings
      3.27.12
      FW Version: v4.10.3
         SKU:     Flirc 2.0 [dori]
         Branch:  release
         Config:  release
         Hash:    0x9E8F9304

      Settings:
        sleep detection:  always enabled
        noise canceler:   always enabled
        inter-key delay:  N/A for current firmware
        variant:          Flirc
        builtin profiles: NA
        Memory Info:      NA
        product sku:      Flirc 2.0 [dori]

      Recorded Keys:
      Index  hash       IK   ID  key
      -----  --------   ---  --  ------------
          0  F6F39F97   054  01  e
      
      Flirc-3.27.12$ ./flirc_util unit_test
      Flirc Okay

Issues encountered

1. Adding the repository, per the docs, did not work at all for me, it comes up as 'insecure' and even using the apt flags for --allow-unauthenticated didn't help. The x86_64 repo doesn't have a Release file. That seemed to be one source of the issues, but I think there are multiple problems that would need to be addressed to allow the repo to work.

2. After initial install, I was still getting the error below, even though the device showed up in lsusb. Ultimately it seems I was encountering an issue where udev rules are not applied until the device is removed and then reinserted.

   Flirc-3.27.12$ ./flirc_util settings
   device disconnected, can't run command

3. Running the Flirc self test unexpectedly erased the key I had recorded during testing.
4. I was unable to find a download for the firmware, so I had to use the GUI to update the firmware. I probably would not have loaded the GUI or it's dependencies at all otherwise.

https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/hs4-products/hs4-plugins/audio-video-infrared-plug-ins-aa/ak-flirc-alexbk66/1706867-ak-flirc-plugin-introduction-configuration?p=1706872#post1706872

I configured Flirc to control the Sunrise TV Box UHD (Swiss internet provider).

This box is manufactured by Sagemcom (DIW384 UHD) and is controlled by a bluetooth remote.

Below the list of all remote command that I found using the command line function:

The keypad can be programmed using the Flirc application and by simulating a standard keyboard.

Thanks to yawor for his post explaning this function : 

Config for the logitech Harmony HUB

This is the last config I am using now : https://www.dropbox.com/s/mptca2zqjcqvtmd/Sunrise_Flirc.fcfg?dl=0

You can use the config file without learning the commands (they are saved in the flirc config file).

1. flash your Flirc dongle from the PC or MAC with the config file
2. Connect the Flirc to the usb port of the sunrise tv box. Make sure that the harmony hub can send the IR signal to Flirc dongle.
3. Add the sunrise tv box from the harmony application :
4. Now you can validate that it works in the next screen from the harmony application :

Wanted some info if someone can help me

i have a computer monitor (dell s2719h) and a fire tv stick which i connect to it through hdmi ,all good till now ,everything is working ok except 2 things.. i can’t control the volume and turn on/off the fire stick using the remote ,everything else is working without a problem. So.. my question is.. 

if i attach the flirc usb to the fire stick is possible to control the volume and turn on/of the fire stick using the fire remote ? I was thinking that is not working now because the monitor/fire stick doesn’t have ir .. so if i add the flirc to fire stick maybe will work ?! 
Any ideas ? Has someone tryed it ?

thanks

asus m2n-e motherboard

amd 5200 cpu

5gb ddr2-800 ram

64gb g2 ssd for windows 7 install and xbmc

640gb western digital black (has ubuntu w/ xbmc on it, i dual boot via bios until i decide which way i want to go)

1.5tb samsung drive (movies)

nmediapc 6000b case (cheapest with full atx support) and the pro-lcd

avermedia ultratv 1500 mce (going to replace with a digital tuner for ota hdtv)

tv is a 6 year old winbook t37

receiver is a 5 year old philips htib

logitech harmony 650

lenovo n5902a (to control the computer until my flirc shows up)

both OS's are running xbmc 10.1

lcd panel is working in windows with the mplay software, haven't tried configuring it in xbmc yet.

next purchases will be a new tv and receiver

i then have to build 3 more of these for the other rooms in the house....

Not the clearest of photos but just thought I'd show the completion of a recent HTPC build of mine.

I wanted to have the functionality of fully shutting down (S5) / powering back up which only the FLIRC-SE offers.  I wanted a large chassis (Silverstone GD08), bigger than anything Streacom could offer, which naturally causes complications to mounting a FLIRC-SE.

Sorry about image quality but as you can see, I've mounted the unit by attaching it to a drive bar door in the top right.  3 holes drilled, one for the IR sensor (will cover with tinted film) and two for the mounting bolts (used black plastic M3 bolts)

Edit: Sorry if this is in the incorrect section, but didn't have any questions or issues, just wanted to give thanks.

I've been pretty happy with this. All of the buttons are mapped.

Figured I'd share if someone wants to save themselves some time (3Minutes) programming it themselves.

XB1_Kodi_Kevo.fcfg

With this you can decode, analyse, reverse engineer IR signals & much much more.

Details along with a video tutorial on how to start using your Flirc with AnalysIR can be viewed in this post.

The interface is achieved via the existing Flirc GUI, and we have only tested with the newer Flirc.

We have not tested with the original Flirc as we have only the newer one available for testing.

To see the blog post & video tutorial click: Using AnalysIR with Flirc – Video tutorial

Disclaimer: You need a registered copy of AnalysiR to use this feature.

## I can only get 7 command working since when the XBone only sends out  IR on 7 commands to control your cable box when in TV app. Other commands like ONEguide don't send IR.   If there are more let me know but I could only get 7 commands###

Since I didn't have a remote I had to tell the XBone that I had a cable box so that it will send those IR commands out when using voice commands.

I picked COX and any type of model. I don't believe it matters since you will pair these commands with the FLIRC.

The XBone voice commands that can be paired are .

XBOX SKIP BACKWARD

XBOX REWIND

XBOX PAUSE

XBOX PLAY

XBOX FAST FORWARD

XBOX SKIP FORWARD

I setup my laptop with FLIRC software and FLIRC installed. Lauch it v3.6 and open up the firetv skin. I had my laptop setup near my Kinect so it can capture the IR signal. The voice commands can also be control with a controller.

I then simply paired the following.

XBOX SKIP BACKWARD         = LEFT

XBOX REWIND                        = UP

XBOX PAUSE                           = RETURN/ESCAPE

XBOX PLAY                              = PLAY/Pause

XBOX FAST FORWARD          = Right

XBOX SKIP FORWARD            = Down

This allows me work voice control my FireTV which in term controls Kodi. I do sometimes get double or triple commands sent. I saw a few tipson how to try to resolve them and hope that fixes it.

I've been quietly sulking for the past year until I finally came across your wonderful little product.  It arrived today, took me two minutes to get it to work, and I'm still smiling a few hours later.

There's doubtless a small army of unfulfilled MBP retina users out there who are as sad and pathetic as I once was.  Take a few minutes to post your link on some of the forums.  Help them!  They need you!     ;-)

Thanks again.

Alex

Anyone else trying to control their PS4?

After reading the posts of Jason (his follow up in cases there are bugs in a release) I was very confident about the product and bought it this weekend. After adding my Xbox one remote I am now a very happy user / customer.

So thanks and keep up the good work!

Regards,

Mark

i just wanted to say thank you.

Got my flirc yesterday for my streacom htpc and i think it is awesome, but i only had some hours to play with it until now.

Before i start questioning i'm reading through the forum, new IR-Device and new remote (harmony touch) is damn confusing.

My first impression is that this is an XBMC thing, good for me using mediaportal. :(

I'm switching over from the libCEC adapter because there are some features missing like startig programs and powering on both, tv and pc).

That's it! :D

Will head over again when done with the setup or completly distracted. ;)

greetz loki

About my setup:

I wanted to setup the ultimate home theater pc in my living room.  My main requirements are to stream my local videos, pictures, and music AND play PC games in addition to Playstation, Playstation 2, and Wii games all on the same machine.   After looking over various options, I decided to purchase the Alienware X51 i7 (8 CPUs) /8Gb/1TB with the AMD Radeon R9 270 graphics card.  This was largely due to it's small form factor and performance specs, and after receiving it, I can say it meets all my needs perfectly. 

The first thing I did was blow away the disk and install a minimal Xen partition using Debian Wheezy with a single CPU and 1Gb of RAM.  I then configured the remaining disk space as a volume group with 2 logical volumes (300/500).  Once that was up and running, I setup a Windows 7 Home Premium guest (HVM) with 4 CPUs and 4Gb RAM and assigned it to the 300GB logical volume. Then I configured Xen to pass-through the Radeon card to the Windows 7 guest.  Once this was done, I connected the HDMI output of the Radeon card to my TV for video/audio out.  Once I booted the Win 7 guest, I downoaded the graphics drivers, rebooted and voila!  

At this point, getting the network working was top priority.  The Alienware has a Broadcom WiFi chipset that simply doesn't work with the available Linux drivers.  This was my original plan since I don't have any ethernet cables in the living room (and certainly didn't want to run any just for this).  To remedy this, I purchased an ASUS EA-N66 Wireless Bridge and connected it to the ethernet port.  After a very simple setup, networking was good to go!

I setup a second Debian Wheezy guest (PVM) and assigned it to the 500GB logical volume and configured it with 2GB RAM and 2 CPU's.  This was going to be my backend work horse with SabNZbd and various utilities that manage my media libraries.  This was important to me because the Windows machine simply can't handle multiple simultaneous users and switching out of XBMC to tinker with a python script gone awry is not my idea of a good time.  Especially while the wife and kids are trying to watch TV!

So far so good right?  Wrong.  For reasons that I still haven't figured out, I could not pass through my USB devices from Xen to my Win 7 guest.   What was strange is that the VGA card worked, but none of my USB ports.  This was a big problem for obvious reasons.  No USB means no FLIRC (or any other USB devices)!  I was about to throw in the towel and simply restore the Alienware back to factory install when I happened upon a product called Virtualhere.  Virtualhere is Linux server software that shares USB devices over TCPIP.  I thought it was definitately worth a try so I downloaded it and gave it a whirl.  I setup the virtualhere server on the Xen hypervisor and then installed the client on the Windows 7 guest.  A few clicks later and I saw ALL of my USB devices which include the following:

XBox 360 Controller Receiver (for my Xbox 360 controllers)

ASUS USB-BT400 Bluetooth (for the PS3 and Wii controllers)

Logitech K400r Keyboard/Mouse

FLIRC (Xbox One Remote)

After this, I downloaded and installed each of the drivers on the Windows 7 guest and began configuring/installing the necessary software:

XBMC (Media Center)

EPSXE  (Playstation)

PSCX2 (Playstation 2)

Dolphin (Wii)

For FLIRC, the configuration utility did not work (even though the drivers installed successfully) on the Windows 7 guest.  I took the FLIRC to another Windows 7 machine, installed the software and it worked like a charm.  I was able to configure my Xbox One Remote Control perfectly using the FLIRC setup tool (XBMC configuration).  I saved the settings, unplugged it, and then plugged it back into the Windows 7 guest.  Fired up XBMC and lo and behold, it was working perfectly.

I still have a lot of work to do to get it how I want but it is definitely headed in the right direction.

Peace!

Unfortunately, there's one thing it can't do, which is change the inputs on anything, or control an HDMI switch. As you can see in the previous photo, I've got a Monoprice 4x2 matrix switch handling all my devices. It lets me take any of my inputs and send them to either the projector, or my PC monitor on the other side of the room. Normally I use a Harmony remote to control everything (to help me remember which inputs are which). The Xbox One was actually a fifth input, but that didn't matter, because the Xbox One has an HDMI input that you run your STB through. Anyhow, I really wanted to be able to turn everything on and off with the Xbox voice commands, and I noticed that the HDMI switch has a serial port on it:

It turns out that you can completely control the switch via the serial port, doing anything that the remote can do. Even better, Monoprice publishes (on their website, despite the big "CONFIDENTIAL" label) documentation on the commands you need to send to control the thing:

Serial ports are kind of hard to find on modern PCs, but I had an ARM dev board lying around. It's a PandaBoard, which has the hardware of a high-end smartphone from two or three years ago. My original plan was to stick it inside an empty NES case and use it for emulation, but that didn't pan out (not fast enough, and vsync didn't work), so it's been sitting on a shelf for ages. I thought, this thing has serial ports, and some googling turned up FLIRC, and this thing has USB ports, and even though it's got an ARM chip, you can load Ubuntu Linux onto it instead of Android... It would be crazy expensive to buy this just for this project (the board is a few hundred dollars), but since I already had the thing lying around... I figured why not put it to some use for a change. If I was doing this from scratch, I'd grab a Raspberry Pi to do it at a fraction the cost. Anyhow, here's it all wired up (albeit pulled out from the back of the shelf):

I programmed the FLIRC to send a keystroke whenever it saw the power command for my OTA STB, because the Xbox One would be the only thing that would ever send that command, and it would only send that command when it was turning everything on or off. Then I configured Ubuntu to run a script whenever it saw the keystroke the FLIRC would send, and I wrote some bash scripts:

And what's the result? It all works! The final setup is actually the *first* photo in this post, you can just barely see the PandaBoard and FLIRC hiding at the back of the shelf behind the AV receiver, out of view. I can now say "Xbox On", and the FLIRC will see the Xbox's commands, and cause my HDMI switch to get turned on and switched to the right inputs. It also turns the HDMi switch off when I tell the xbox to shut down, although the scripting on that is a little spotty (it only works about half the time), so I'll need to tweak the script to get that as solid as the power up.

Here's a youtube video of everything getting turned on. I've cut out the lengthy wait for the projector to warm up. Keep in mind that the XBox has absolutely no way to directly control the HDMI switch!

I just had to say thank you very much for a great product. Got the flirc the other day plugged it into my windows 7 laptop and programmed it as a full keyboard. Man was that easy I use it for xbmc and windows media center it works like a charm.

I have it plugged into a belkin powered USB hub plugged into my htpc using one of the USB ports,I then used the next USB port for my Logitech k400 wireless keyboard and low and behold I can use them at the same time that's incredible. So my wife can use the lg remote that came with the tv and we can use the keyboard when we want to surf the web I love it.

Showed my setup to a couple of friends last nite and they were blown away with it they all wanted to take the flirc home and try it. Of course the wife said no way it's hers now. So I told them to go to your website and order there own flirc.

Thank you again loving it.

Bob

Maybe you recently purchened a Logitech device and still got the extender in the packing, like I did. :)

The benefit of this extender is the foot wich holds the flirc-device slightly up and gives it a good stand

http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/349/4872 (search for "PN 993-000293")

This is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJHG2K8NQas

These are the scripts including the keyboard.xml https://www.dropbox....Z/XBMCEyeTV.zip

Features that I have added to the remote are:

1. Screenshots (automatically upload to photo stream)

2. Blacklight

3. Growl notifications toggle (incomplete)

and a few more custom app controls as you can see...

PS: I dont mean to post such a large image but I cant seem to resize it here.

Thanks,

Keith

P.S.  I tried it today just for the heck of it on my Windows 8 system and was able to control Windows Media Center, Plex App, and the Metro interface with the same remote I was using for my TV.  What a cool product!

Here is my gear!

thanks  ;)

Moutaz

My Logitech Software profile is as follows:

Activity - Watch TV

Devices:

TV - Sony
Receiver - Yamaha
Media center - Sony DVD recorder RDR-HX725 (This sends majority of the commands)

Media center - Apple TV (I've added this to fill in extra buttons that the Sony recorder couldn't fill and also to assign signals to custom buttons)

After setting up the activity to implement all four devices, I went into the customise buttons screen. I filled in any gaps of buttons which weren't assigned and also made custom buttons for the LCD screen on the remote. These custom LCD buttons were what I used the Apple TV for, I just assigned random actions.

To setup Flirc, I opened the keyboard map and went through the WMC keyboard map from their website, assigning all the buttons that were relevant. There were one or two buttons left over which I could use in XBMC. I also assigned the custom buttons (such as launching certain programs, close (alt+f4), and other windows functions.

So far, this is working flawlessly. There might be a quicker way of doing things, but this way I know exactly what is assigned to what.


I don't know where I found out about Flirc, but I've got to say that I'm extremely happy I stumbled upon it. You guys have an amazing product here :)