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  3. Logitech harmony 900 setup

    in How To

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    I then have to click on devices on the remote and select (Panasonic TV) to make the remote work with xbmc - this then stops me being able to adjust the volume on the amp!!

    In the myharmony.com software. When you go into the device section (and there is a picture of your remote) you can change the volume buttons on the panasonic device to use another device when those buttons are pressed.

     

    e.g. my remote (harmony 300). When i'm controlling xbmc with the xbmc device (panasonic), when I press volume up it sends a signal to the TV (not XBMC) to increase the volume.

     

    I will agree with you, setting up the harmony remote is a hassle and a half!

     

    Does this help?

  5. A faster remote

    in Remote Controls

    Posted

    Yes it does respond alot better, still a touch of lag, that I think only us nerds will notice. It got me the WAF, so I am working on getting the other 4 XMBC boxes setup. So I will be ordering more FLIRC's and Harmony's this week. 

    Awesome stuff :)

  7. A faster remote

    in Remote Controls

    Posted

    I didn't try it yet, however I don't think it would change anything. I think the speed of the keystrokes is a hardware limitation of the remote.

    I would say it's worth a try before spending anymore money - it's been tuned to the harmony remote so if that's not snappy enough for you the issue is definitely with the harmony.

    Can't hurt to try.

     

    As far as speed is concerned the Official XBMC remote for android is by far the quickest responding remote i've used. Although I have haptic feedback on my phone the lack of physical buttons is the reason I prefer using a remote control and Flirc.

  10. XBMC Control - Add missing essential key(s)

    in Ideas and Suggestions

    Posted

    I am trying to use FLIRC and as recommended in the Harmony Remote thread, I am using a Panasonic TC-P65VT30 remote as template.

    Seems to work ok, but I am missing a few useful buttons that are present on the Zotac MCE remote, and most other MCE remotes.

     

    MCE button: Go to XBMC / MCE home page.

    Power on button: Wake the machine from sleep.

    Power off button: Put the machine to sleep.

    Context button (c key): Context menu.

    Info button (i key): Item info or OSD info

    OSD button (o key): On screen display and diagnostic info 

    As in missing the physical keys (on your remote) or in the flirc programming software?

     

    I did see the two threads on power commands, but since openELEC/XBMC and Windows MCE work out of the box with the MCE remote power on/off buttons, I'm wondering if it is not possible to implement whatever native power wake/sleep commands are already supported?

    Programming Flirc to send "s" will bring up the shutdown menu.

    Wake from sleep is still in the beta forums (but seems to be going quite well) Check out:  for more info on that.

  15. Flirc + RaspBMC. 2 Quick questions.

    in General Questions

    Posted

    Oh, in regards to External USB power:

    It doesn't matter what USB power source you use with the Raspberry Pi, it's own USB ports still can't power things like the XBox360 pad. Which is why you have to connect an independently powered USB hub which is up to the job if you want to use something like that.

    Ah yes, my brother has a PS3 and we had similar problems with certain USB ports. My Macbook Pro also is pretty rubbish for charging anything (I think it just happen to me the version I have).

     

    I think the thread I linked to the use was using a phone charger and it wasn't cutting it when the Flirc was introduced to the system though of course different chargers output different amounts of current

  16. Flirc + RaspBMC. 2 Quick questions.

    in General Questions

    Posted

    Hi Tokubetsu, welcome to the forums,

     

    I saw one unreplied post relating to Flirc not responding after a film starts on RaspBMC. Is this the norm, or does Flirc work fine at the start/middle and after a film is watched on RaspBMC?

    Should work the whole time. Quick way to check for any problems would be to use a regular USB keyboard and see if that has issues (as 99% of the time Flirc is for all intents and purposes a USB keyboard)

     

    The other question, which I have seen answered in other threads, but will ask just to make sure:

    Flirc doesn't need external USB power does it?

    Nope, but it will draw power from the Raspberry pi so make sure you have a good power supply as we've being seeing issues related to not enough power. See this thread for a good example of this:

     

    I've been mulling about how best to collect information and tips about/from raspberry pi devices/users on getting the most out of Flirc. (I don't own a raspberry Pi of my own). I've been busy at the moment but I will figure something out at some point. If you get a Flirc perhaps you would be interested in helping?

     

    Don't hesitate asking anymore questions :)

  20. Not enough buttons to use flirc!

    in Remote Controls

    Posted

    Ah no!

     

    You might be right, one further attempt would be to try a television manufacturer for the DVD setting (e.g. if you're using a samsung tv, program the DVD as a panasonic)

     

    Any better?

     

    I like the harmony remotes (although the web software is still pretty clunky) I have and it's nice and cheap "Harmony 300"

  22. Flirc presses keys without me using the remote

    in Firmware Bugs

    Posted

    I'm having the same problem with constant phantom keypresses when the flirc is plugged in. Like other users, it happens even when taking the batteries out of the remote. I'm running Windows 8 and I have a Harmony 300 remote. Everything was working fine until I tried to program a few keys last night.

    Here's what I've tried so far, with no success:

    • Moved the flirc to a different usb port.
    • Moved the flirc away from the computer with a 6' usb extension cable.
    • Tried using the flirc at night/day, with room lights on/off.
    • Tried running the GUI and pressing DEL to remove the problem keypresses.
    • Tried clearing the configuration in the GUI, although I can no longer even do that because I can't access the dialog box with all of the phantom keypresses.
    • Tried plugging the flirc into another computer, cleared the configuration, updated the firmware to v256.
    Nothing has worked, the computer is completely unusable whenever the flirc is plugged in. I have to unplug the flirc just to be able to log on to the computer since I can't get past the password entry screen. Please help!

    When you tried it in the other computer did it react the same way?

  23. XBMC Android

    in General Questions

    Posted

    Setting "interkey_delay" to 2 seems to nail it. As I said, the default "6" lead to sticky keys.

    Great stuff!

    Thanks for posting, i'm thinking about making some stickies (or something similar) for certain devices as they seem to have some quirks - i'll be sure to include this tip :)

  25. Alphanumeric remote incl. shift, alt, etc.

    in Remote Controls

    Posted

    Where is the control button on your remote?

     

    My understanding was:

    If you press left alt + s on the remote you get é

    If you press right alt + s on the remote you get +

    If you just press s you get s

     

    So you would have 26 letters on the keyboard plus additional 2 punctuation buttons (, and .) = 28

    3 different permutations of each button = 84

    Plus 17 buttons that don't appear to be affected by shift (towards the top of the remote)

     

    84+17 = 101 buttons

     

    I get the feeling i've missed something again though.

     

    Anyhow, remember that flirc can only store 160 keys (http://www.flirc.tv/faq/)

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