billtenbroeck

I downloaded the latest Flirc USB software last evening, re-setup my Skip remote, and now the spurious signal has been resolved. My only remaining issue is the intermittent freezing of the remote. For instance you want to go from one app on the Shield desktop to another on the other side of the screen. It will often be like left-cursor, left-cursor, left-cursor, freeze. And you then have to wait a few seconds for it to unfreeze. At the moment, I'm inclined to think the above is likely due to some non-optimized code during the beta period. And for now I'll keep loading the most recent betas as they are released to see if this behavior changes. When it does, I think we'll have a very good product indeed.

I reset everything, and I'm down to one issue it appears before I can start using/testing things. For some reason, there is a random signal being sent either from the Flirc USB or the Skip, which is causing problems. It doesn't seem to have any specific frequency of occurrence, but happens every 30 to 60 seconds. So for instance, when I am in Youtube, I'll be watching a video, and the full-screen will collapse back to the normal screen. Or, in the Shield home page, I can cursor down a few rows, and it will randomly scroll back up a row. I'll look to see what logging options there might be, but this behavior seems to be fairly consistent - but at no specific interval. Thanks for any feedback or suggestions.

I just received my Skip, and I'm trying to get it to work with my Shield. My Shield edition doesn't have an I/R sensor (I didn't know this before), so I also purchased a Flirc USB. I originally tried to set the USB to use the Shield pre-configuration, but when I did, it ended up sending spurious signals to the Shield. I re-tried it numerous times, and finally reverted the USB back to the Minimalist configuration. That seemed to solve the spurious signals. But now when I try to use the Skip to control the Sheild, nothing happens. I've assigned the various cursor keys to the controls on the Skip via the Skip app, but they don't seem to do anything. I have my TV and my Denon receiver configured as well, and they work just fine. Is there some particular method to set the USB and the Skip to work together? When you use them together, do you actually assign the keys in the Flirc app, as well as assigning them in Skip? Would I be better served by purchasing a generic I/R receiver for the Shield? I've attached my Skip configuration. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks! Flirc.skip