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Hi, so from what I can see there's been no response from any member as listed in the staff directory for ages on any of the many topics and issues that have been raised. Is this project dead like the batteries in my remote? It takes very little to post something, even if it's an update saying other life priorities have come up and you have to take step back for a period; at least let us know. As it stands my remote is effectively useless because it never last more than a few days on batteries. I can even take the batteries out and use in other remotes sometimes so it's not simply the batteries are completely flat, they're just drained to a point lower than the remote needs. From what I can tell many people have provided crucial feedback to help work out some of the issues, and at this point it just feels like you're using people for free testing on a product that really isn't fit for purpose at the moment. Just be honest about where the product is and your commitment to it.

@Nathan @jason Thanks for the email update, just wanted to feedback that it worked and recieved. Much appreciated.

I am also facing the same issue, I ending up using 1 battery pair in about a day ( remote gets used actively for 3-4 hours, and is left dormant the rest of the time ) Activity Led Timeout set to 0.5s, brightness 3% and the colored ring brightness set to 0, timeout 0. Need a resolution for this ASAP else will have to ditch the remote, cannot pay for 1 pair of alkaline batteries a day. Used up Duracell batteries ( 10 pieces ) in the last few days or use. Now planning to switch to rechargeable and test for a few days before deciding to return. Really torn down by this, worked hard to get the Denon to work along with Jason. Now i can hardly use this remote.

It's working now, replied on other post.

Hi, I already get it that the A, B, and C buttons have no influence on control state, and that they only remap all the other buttons of the remote (so they are more "modes" than "activities"). But I'm a bit confused with the behavior of the power button: When setting up an activity, I can define explicit "Power Up" and "Power Down" sequences of steps. Most of my devices have a power toggle button (versus discrete power state codes), so it is very important for me that the power up/down state of the remote matches the real state of the devices (otherwise devices will end up out of power sync state with the remote state). How can I figure out from the remote interface if the remote assumes it is on the "up" or "down" state (and consequently if the behavior of pressing the power button should be to trigger the "power down" or "power up" action)? If there's no way, is there any way for me to force an explicit action irrespective of the power state according to the remote, for example, always trigger the "power up" action on a short press and the "power down" action on a long press?

I should've replied to this thread when I fixed it, sorry. As @ytsejam1138 said, my problem was dying batteries.

Installing now, thanks Jason. I will post results after testing.

@ytsejam1138 @Shiv @TonyC @MoSPDude I'm really sorry about this. I did not see your thread but did some random testing on a couple units and saw a strange edge case that could effect a small number of remotes. I worked on this endlessly over the past few days and think it's resolved. But need help confirming. The firmware is attached, you can load it in the admin panel or you can use the update tool: SkipUpdate for Mac and SkipUpdate for Windows skip.1s.a06.release-4.12.21.bin

Here's the dependencies list reformatted to existing package names on my Linux Mint 21.1 system (Ubuntu 22.04 based) to the best of my ability, possible there is some redundancy and only 2 or 3 of them are named differently libhidapi-dev libhidapi-hidraw0 libqt5core5a libqt5network5 libqt5xml5 libqt5xmlpatterns5 libqt5svg5 libqt5svg5-dev qtbase5-dev Edit: forgot qtbase5-dev

Came here just to say this worked for me on Mint 21.1/Ubuntu 22.04 Today. This should be the official Linux how-to. More or less did exactly the same thing and grabbed the udev script from here. The official repo is broken and the official install script doesn't report errors. Rebooted twice before discovering it never installed any packages! Also the udev files are not bundled into the tarball so this was the only place to find them. Again this is what worked for me. I think a few of the dependency names are wrong. Reminder to anyone looking for apt packages, make use of "apt search <keyword>" and break the keyword into a component part, sometimes Ubuntu names things weird. Thanks for sharing. Was at first quite disappointed from the messy experience at first but it got better. :)

My pleasure. Yeah, looks like I have a bug in the command, so sorry about that. On my list is a bit of a firmware re-write to bring it up with the remote as well as make the configs human readable JSON.

I have simmilar problem using curl instaling version on Ubuntu 22.04 64bit. Script successful executed, but nothing was installed. (I think the repo is broken or unavailable) Then I tryed manual install from sources with success : 1. https://flirc.com/ubuntu-software-installation-guide - download Latest Archive 64bit 2. Unzip and copy flirc_util and Flirc files to /usr/local/bin/ 3 In directory /etc/udev/rules.d create new file and name it 99-flirc.rules. Paste bellow content: # Flirc Devices # Bootloader SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTR{idVendor}=="20a0", ATTR{idProduct}=="0000", MODE="0666" SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTR{idVendor}=="20a0", ATTR{idProduct}=="0002", MODE="0666" SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="20a0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0005", MODE="0666" # Flirc Application SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTR{idVendor}=="20a0", ATTR{idProduct}=="0001", MODE="0666" SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTR{idVendor}=="20a0", ATTR{idProduct}=="0004", MODE="0666" SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="20a0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0006", MODE="0666" 4. Restart computer 5.When I try to start Flirc I got libreadline.so.7 missing dependencies error. In Ubuntu 22.04 is now version libreadline.so.8 installed so I crate symlink : sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.8 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.7 6. Install other dependencies. (not all will install, but don't afraid and continue) sudo apt install libhidapi-hidraw0 sudo apt install libqt5core5a sudo apt install libqt5network5 sudo apt install libqt5xml5 sudo apt install libqt5xmlpatterns5 sudo apt install libhid sudo apt install qt5-qtbase sudo apt install qt5-qtsvg sudo apt install hidapi 7. Start configuration program using sudo command (without sudo program starting, but throw errors) : sudo Flirc

Linux Improvements and New Tooltips Hello to all of you who subscribed to our Skip updates and features newsletter! The second update brings you only a single changelog, but there are a few nice little quality-of-life improvements. You can find the full changelog below. Here are the highlights: Linux support continues to improve. The highlight effect on buttons in compact mode has been fixed Mouseover Tooltip on Device Sometimes, it's the little things. Now, when you hover over a device on the Activity and Buttons Panel, you'll see both the manufacturer and model information. This change provides you with helpful data at a glance. What’s Next As always, we have multiple upcoming goals. In the near term, we expect to have Linux auto-updates to match Windows and Mac updates. In the longer term, we are fully delving into remote control learning that takes full advantage of the advances we have made in library database management. If you missed it, check out our library update blogpost! Changelogs [0.9.95] - August 25 2023 New - Mouseover Tooltip on Device New - Linux Improvements Fixed - Highlight effect on remote buttons in compact version Database - Denon - AVR-X6400H Database - Denon - DHT-S517 Database - Emotiva - XMC-2 Database - LG - OLED48C25LB Database - Roku 4 (Additional Channels) Database - Sony - STR-DA5500ES Database - Yamaha - RX-V4ABL

These are the codes for the Philips 42PFL6907K/12 TV. philips.json

thanks a lot for the video, that was very helpful. I've been able to confirm that the config for the Denon DHT-S517 seems to be working!

thank you so much. I'll schedule this in our tasks.

We are working on learning right now. It's no longer being pushed back, it's active in our sprints. I don't have a timeline yet. We have the app in a great spot in terms of bugs, performance, flexibility. This is now our focus. In the mean time, I'm debugging denon devices at the moment. Can you give me the model of your device?

https://mailchi.mp/19b87292b505/skip-app-v0994-90-updates-a-better-database-linux-support-and-button-sorting?e=[UNIQID] Skip App Updates and Linux support Hello to all of you who subscribed to our Skip updates and features newsletter! Ever since we started shipping the Skip app and Skip 1s remote, we’ve been hard at work. New updates, fixes and features, and support for specifically requested devices have been at the top of our list. You can find the full changelog below of our most recent updates. I wanted to take a second to highlight the most exciting changes. Linux is now supported. Please download and try it out. You can post feedback in our forums. Massive performance improvements in Windows Complete device communication architecture re-write Drag and drop colors and glows cleaned up Problems with text disappearing in dark mode on the Mac have been resolved Add/Replace/Merge Custom Devices - A massive improvement to our Device Library. See the Flirc blog for a full rundown on this update Button Filtering and Sorting With this update, it is possible to both filter and sort buttons by assignment. Know at a glance which buttons you’ve assigned and which still need to be dragged and dropped! [0.9.94] - August 18 2023 Improved - Action manager animation Improved - Wizard animation New - Segfault and Error Catching New - Error trigger on Admin Page for testing Fixed - Do not set led ring color on Admin page Fixed - Activity Manager compact mode styles Linux - Always center app window Linux - UI Improvements [0.9.93] - August 1st 2023 Improved - brand import can merge/replace/add now Fixed - Apple TV automapping Fixed - Apple TV, adding unpair code Fixed - Automapper overrides Fixed - Brand import blank window bug Fixed - Brand import bugs Fixed - Panel visual bug in remote manager Fixed - Vizio Cursor Enter automapping Fixed - Windows firmware upgrade issues Database fixes and additions below Database - Apple TV Code cleanup Database - BenQ-EW3280U Database - Dyson-HP01 Database - Dyson-HP04 Database - Gigabyte - Aorus FO48U Database - Harman Kardon - AVR 154 Database - Humax-PT1000ES Database - IFI - NEO DSD Database - JBL - Cinema SB350 Database - Logitech - Squeezebox Database - miniDSP - SHD Database - Marantz - SR5015 Database - Onkyo - TX-RZ620 Database - Primaluna - EVO300 (repeated entry removed) Database - Samsung - E235 Database - Sceptre - U550CV (repeated entry removed) Database - Sony - BDP-S350 Database - Sony - XBR-65X900F (repeated entry removed) Database - Toshiba - CT-90326 Database - Velodyne - CHT-Series Database - Velodyne - CHT Database - Yamaha - TSR-7850 [0.9.92] - July 19th 2023 Significant performance improvements Add Activity highlight bug fix Linux - Initial release with device communication Linux - Prompt user to install usb udev rules Windows - USB stability improvements Improved close action list by clicking empty areas Improved cursor button in color mode Fixed double circle when dragging Fixed colors button glow Database - BenQ - EW3280U Database - Humax - PT1000ES Database - Pioneer - VSAAX10 Database - Tangent - BTII Database - Topping - PRE90 Database - Yamaha - TSR-7850 [0.9.90] - June 30th 2023 Fixed: Certain text fields in the wizard on mac in dark mode were unreadable Fixed: Importing a configuration would not honor the brightness settings of imported config file Fixed: Crash when issuing invalid JSON in administration panel Fixed: Setting compact mode was not persistent across sessions Fixed: Wizard Search bar was too long Fixed: Windows About popup missing version number Fixed: Macro testing will now honor delays Fixed: Brand and models suggestions after clear the text input Fixed: Deleting current activity restores main window tab switch Fixed: Device brand and model selectors had incorrect width Fixed: Compact mode duplicate scroll bar in activity manager removed Fixed: Importing user created config correctly shows up in user list again Fixed: Spelling Improved: Performance of unnecessary config comparisons Improved: Importing user configs automatically corrects case Improved: Adds action list sort options Improved: Manual importing prompts user to replace existing config on device New: The pull request number is included in the About window New: Integration of Linux work Database Updates - Elgato EyeTV Remote Database Updates - Harmon Kardon - AVR154 Database Updates - IOTAVX - SA3 Database Updates - JBL - Cinema SB350 Database Updates - Kanto - SYD & YU4 Database Updates - Logitech - Squeezebox Database Updates - Manhattan T3-R Database Updates - NAD - C542 Fixes Database Updates - Onkyo - RZ620 Database Updates - Primaluna - EVO300 Database Updates - Sceptre - U55CV-U Database Updates - Sceptre - X435BV-F Database Updates - Sony - STR-DN840 Database Updates - Sony - XBR-65X900F Database Updates - Toshiba - CT-90326 Database Updates - Westinghouse - ID6 Light Fan

I am experiencing the same problem even with LED brightness at 20%. In the second battery swap, the remote was completely untouched with zero use. So there is a notable battery drain on standby.

I mapped the "red" button as my power on/input select macro. When I want to watch TV, I hit Activity A, the Color button, then the Red/Up Arrow. I also set the power button to power off everything by configuring both the power on and power off to have only power off. The one downside to this is if I use the wizard to add device, it overwrites the customization. Fortunately going into the wizard generally only happens when creating the Activity. Also, I export my configuration and back it up to github so I can always revert back if I make a mistake. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am not affiliated with Flirc. I'm just a friendly guy with a (strange) passion for remote controls My Skip 1s Configuration: https://github.com/benjaminmetzler/skip_remote Find me on Mastodon at: https://mas.to/@benjaminmetzler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------