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I'm still running an older firmware from the beginning of this month year since, since the programming feature got available on Windows. I'm using the same charge for at least 4-5 months almost daily with the standard white Panasonic Eneloop batteries (with very slow self-discharge), without any issues or hickups. I just wanted to share this and was wondering if others have the same experience with rechargeable batteries. Very happy with the product :-)

is there a way to know upon clicking Power button --it is triggering Power On or Power Off, because due to my set up I have command for power off but not for power on. Does it light up differently?

Is it possible some way to determine what state the remote thinks the power button is in? I would like to be able to indicate whether the remote believes the hit of the power button will be the Power On or Power Off macro? Thanks

Hi, I started to record keys and when I made a mistake and wanted to clean an erroneous key, i noticed that delete_index seems to be broken. $ flirc_util settings flirc_util version 26e271e49325ec7e449a705e4d438c7d0426fd0d [26e271e+] Firmware Detected FW Version: v4.9.7 SKU: Flirc 2.0 [dori] Branch: release Config: release Hash: 0x1DE23EB8 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 5EDD5604 108 01 a $ flirc_util delete_index 0 $ flirc_util settings flirc_util version 26e271e49325ec7e449a705e4d438c7d0426fd0d [26e271e+] Firmware Detected FW Version: v4.9.7 SKU: Flirc 2.0 [dori] Branch: release Config: release Hash: 0x1DE23EB8 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 5EDD5604 108 01 a I believe 4.9.7 is the very latest version of the firmware. I'm using flirc_util from the latest version of the https://github.com/flirc/sdk Thanks,

This is fixed in flirc_util version: 3.27.16

No, none. Upgrades may be a slower, but 20 seconds vs 40 seconds...

I published an update: Version 3.27.16 [gui] ARM64 library and software release [gui] ARM64 Updating static linux builds [gui] ARM32 Updating static linux builds [util] flirc_util record 'k' fix [util] flirc_util cleanup record help [util] flirc_util add delete_index [lib] general lib updates [lib] documentation cleanup Please let me know if you have any more trouble or find anything else.

@jason whilst you are in that area, it might be an easy fix to correct the help text for the buttons that are supposed to have an underscore in them. Eg print_screen, fast_forward etc.

Yes

yeah, just checked the code, looks like a bug, I'll get an update out. Thanks for all the due diligence with this, appreciate it and sorry for that.

I see the same result with flirc_util 3.27.15+ and the following Flirc 2.0 USB firmwares: v4.9.6 v4.10.5 The workaround is to either re-format and re-record the keys, or restore a config, or delete the named key (needs the remote used to record it): flirc_util delete <keyname> I have written a bash script which will enumerate the current settings so that you can at least re-prompt for each key quickly.

Yes, A/V in the Wizard is generally where you'll find many HDMI switches. I personally have been using an Orei HD-402 4x2 Matrix. Sadly, however, I had to manually create that device in the database via the learning feature. And it's not a thing that's built into the GUI. You have to create a JSON for the device after adding the admin config.

I've had the remote for about a week, and for the most part, I love it. Build quality is great, as everyone else has been saying. I've read a ton of the feedback threads on this forum, and there seems to be general consensus around a few items, like the popular request for "smart" activity switching / being able to map functions to the activity switching keys, and complaints that the remote is IR-only and doesn't support RF/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/whatever other nonsense your Harmony remote does or did. That being said, in this thread, I want to focus more on stuff I haven't seen posted or posted very sparingly, that could feasibly be implemented on the remote with the hardware as it currently exists, and then later my wish list for a gen 2/3 remote. Context: My home is a mix of Home Assistant and Q-SYS. Home Assistant exposes my hodgepodge of "smart" home devices to the Apple Home app for consistency, and Q-SYS is a DSP / AV router for all of my AV equipment with some custom scripting for complicated stuff (Q-SYS can also be thought of as an enterprise-type control system similar to Crestron in a lot of ways). Current Remote: Flirc USB Profiles: I was very surprised that adding the Flirc USB as a device for the remote doesn't come with all of the pairing profiles the Flirc USB supports standard. Where is the full keyboard profile? Especially under the "PC" and "Misc" device categories in the Skip app which seem like they'd be a natural fit. As other users have mentioned, the workaround for using the keyboard profile is to add a bogus device to the activity you're creating, and then manually having the Flirc USB learn that device's IR commands and map it to whatever keyboard keys you want. This works, but it feels very hacky and really I don't understand why it's necessary. Color Button Usage: The color button/colored mode D-pad almost feels like an afterthought or just a reason to throw in some colors and make the product look "pretty." It doesn't feel very functional. Expand The Effectiveness of the Color Button: It is very strange to me that the color button only gives the remote 4 additional buttons in the form of the arrow keys on the D-pad. In my opinion the color button would be way more useful if it was a mode switch button, similar to the existing activity buttons, a "sub-activity" or "secret menu" if you will. It should allow you to remap all of the keys under that color. A-Red "volume up" should do something different from A-Green, B-Red, C-Red, and A-colorless "volume up", etc. This would also go a long way to address the complaint I keep seeing that the remote doesn't support enough activities. Further, the Skip app currently suggests that the D-pad's "enter" button can be mapped in color mode, but in practice, the app allows you to do this, but then the remote doesn't do anything with that key. This seems like a bug and should be fixed- either removed in software, or implemented on the remote. Caps Lock instead of Shift: Right now the color button changes the D-pad functionality for a few seconds, then reverts the D-pad back to normal. This is very annoying when you want to use the color mode D-pad for an extended time. We should at least have the option to make the color button function more like a caps lock key instead of an automatically timing out shift key. Press it once to change the color to red (with LED feedback around the enter button while in that color), twice to change to green, etc, until you eventually revert back to colorless/LED feedback turned off. Tips for People Unsatisfied with IR Only: Build a Simple Hub: More advanced wireless "smart" home devices come with a hub device because the processing power required for some of these advanced features necessitates it, not to mention how impractical it would be to implement Wi-Fi on a triple-A battery powered remote. To move beyond IR with this remote, you'll need to implement your own hub of sorts. In my case, I bought a $35 Raspberry Pi 4 (and Flirc case of course), paired it with a Flirc USB, and stuck it in my entertainment center. The Raspberry Pi is programmed to wait for keyboard input, and then execute commands based on the received input. It allows me to use the Skip 1s to control my Q-SYS equipment (volume, mute, speaker routing changes) which is controlled via Ethernet, as well as change lighting scenes in my home. With the current hardware, I think it's the only solution if you need to control more than just IR devices. Although I don't think this is difficult, it may be too much for the average consumer. Gen 2/3 Remote Wish List: Backlighting: My biggest gripe with this remote currently is that there is no backlighting. I read on this forum that that was an intentional choice to squeeze as much battery life out of the remote as possible, but I would argue it's the wrong choice. Multiple times I've watched a movie at night and couldn't see the buttons on the remote. Thankfully now I've mostly memorized the button positions, but in a future remote, I'd like... Rechargeable Batteries and a Charging Dock: Like in many other high-end remotes. The Crestron remote comes to mind. It would also be a beautiful way to display the remote on a coffee table. Bonus points if the dock is wireless. Bonus points if the entire backlight changes color to match the current "color mode" of the remote. A Flirc Hub for the Flirc Remote: Would go a long way to please the power users and Harmony people without requiring a huge time investment on their part. Maybe instead of bundling the remote with a Flirc USB, bundle with a Hub, which is essentially a SBC with integrated IR/RF receiver, and Ethernet.

Skip 1s Universal Remote Control https://a.co/d/00StPivA

same for me, although sadly no one from FLIRC has commented half a year later

This whole FLIRC thing has been a frustrating and time consuming experience for me, you have to remember I am completely FLIRC ignorant, as you read on your seeing feedback from someone that is seeing a blank page in in his mind when you say FLIRC, please don't take my feedback the wrong way. Suggestions based on my experience so far. Add a search button to at least the main page of the site if not to the header of every page on the site so people can search the sites content when all else fails. Add a Home page link to every page on the website, for example in the page header of the forums so when a user needs to go back to the main site. Add link to videos so users can download it off your server and watch as a fail safe when the video on the main page fails to play, I have never had a video on YouTube fail to play for me yet all the failed videos I have encountered on the web was on YouTube want to be sites, maybe consider dumping copies on YouTube also. Consider adding a link to latest firmware on front page and on "Downloads" page, the only way I found the firmware was by coming here and you providing me the link but now I have the link to the firmware I am confused even more than ever, I go here and it says " !! WINDOWS USERS: Go to advanced->force firmware upgrade" Ok great I am a windows user so where is the "force firmware upgrade" for me to download and use? Their needs to be a link to the file so I can download spent 10 minutes trying to find the "force firmware upgrade" with no luck. When I go to the "Support" page that page has no use to me I expected to find things like you find on all other hardware sites when you click on support, once you locate your product in support it provides updated direct links to all documentation, tutorials, user manuals software upgrades, firmware updates, I bet the FLIRC business owner has been to a few hardware sites in the past so knows what I am trying to say. You might consider adding tutorials on main page right below "Easy Setup " I looked for this easy setup info and have yet to find it, the wife and I both laughed when we go back to the main page and see "Easy Setup" while searching for the setup info. Consider a EMAIL link on ALL PAGES so a owner of a FLIRC can contact the company in case they have problems or questions. I stumbled onto a helpful video on YouTube, its a low quality video shot one handed with a cell phone but it covers enough about the FLIRC to make me dangerous the video leaves me with a bunch of other questions I will reserve until after I am directed to the correct firmware link and update the firmware maybe the new firmware and the instructions will help answer all my other questions. I played with my current remote just enough to discover that I need another remote so went and bought a new one its a RCA remote RCRN04GR you can go here and plug the model number into the "Search" and it takes you to the info http://voxrightnow.custhelp.com/app/home/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNDEyMTQ5NzczL3NpZC9hT200UEwzbQ%3D%3D I bought and built a Raspberry Pi to run Openelec on then decided it would be easier to use a remote than a keyboard and mouse I stumbled on to the FLIRC when researching remotes for the Raspberry Pi. Thanks for the help the FLIRC looks like what I need and a solid product I just need the info on how to use and maintain it.