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I just purchased the Flirc for my PS4. I plugged it into my laptop and installed the software under Win 7. I was able to run the GUI to program it, but from the command line I get no response when trying to run "flirc_util record pause". It just returns immediately to command prompt. I tried reboot as well as unplugging dongle and plugging it back in. Any help?

Ok thanks I have that part sorted. When I run flirc_util to record the pause key action I'm getting: Warning: Cannot open USB Device I am running cmd prompt as Administrator, Windows 8.1 Professional. Anything I am missing? Configuration within the GUI is fine, tried with GUI application both running and not running if that makes any difference. I was running the command flirc_util record pause And I'm assuming it should prompt for a keypress input after that? I have also seen mention of the command record_api (with suitable parameters), but the support section just mentions using 'record pause'.

Yawor, Thanks for your advice however i do have limitations with the harmony hub as it will only send out the commands its been programmed for using its profile. The smart remote i think only communicates with the hub using RF protocols and it's the Hub itself that sends out a IR signal or Bluetooth signal for the playstation3. So it looks like for me to get the extra keys that i want to use i will need to program the Harmony Hub with the new values by using some existing remote and then go back and map flirc using the updated command with the mapped Smart Remote. I could always use a spare remote and program flirc with it for additional stuff, but that then defeats the purpose of using the Harmony setup with just one remote. Now are there any specific types of remotes i should not use for creating these custom commands with the harmony so that there is no confusion and or overlapping between different devices i have?

Current stable firmware version is 3.5 and is included in Flirc software 1.3.4 which can be downloaded from a download section on the website. It has the Flirc-SE power button working, but you need to use command line util to record the power button for now: flirc_util record power

ok thanks. i'm not sure you'll be able to pick one up in radioshack as i think i've had it at least 4 years and is probably EOL'd years ago. might be easier to dig thru my stuff to see if i have a different remote. did try doing the double press thing and was able to get some of the keys working, some said already programmed and with my tests in the command shell weird things happened e.g. programmed number keys and pressed & released 3 button quickly many times and i got things like 332323232333232323232323. fiddle with the interkey delay would fix that? might just be easier to find another remote though :)

Hi, I got my Harmony 650 remote to work OK with WMC and FLIRC, however, I press the button, have to wait a tad until it actually moves in WMC until I press the next one otherwise it misses. I am guessing I can fix this with interkey delay in either FLIRC or the Harmony software or the repeats in the Harmony software so I have been playing around with no luck. It would be helpful to better understand how each of these things work. Most forum posts I saw just say hey try increase or decreasing this or that but I feel like I am just floating around in the dark on this. Specifically it would be great if someone could provide a good definition of each of the following AND some background on what each is actually doing. FLIRC Interkey Delay (one thing I don't understand is the delay in what FLIRC expects to receive or is this only the delay in how fast FLIRC sends the keyboard command...I am guessing the first because a PC should be able to rapidly receive keyboard commands and buffer them if needed), definition, how works would be great, is the 0-6 in ms or is it just 0-6 with no direct tie to the time. FLIRC Sequence Modifiers - not sure what this is but noticed that it needs to be on for WMC Harmony Interkey Delay - again define and how will this work with the FLIRC interkey delay...do they need to match, is there a best way to setup, etc. Harmony Key Repeats - definition, how does this relate to interkey delay issues, etc. Having this all in one place and how to use all of these in tweaking the performance or fixing issues would be great (I think?)!

Predominantly going to be explaining flirc stuff, in theory there shouldn't be too much tweaking needed. Most of the recent articles in the zendesk are done by me (under Jason's name) as I have more time for doing it, unfortunately I don't know the nitty gritty of how the settings work so Jason will be writing those articles - he has a lot less free time than I do. I do I agree with you though and we are working on it. I've taken the choice to aim the help documents (at least to start with) toward less technical documentation - we will introduce a "technical section" though. Interkey delay is telling flirc how long to wait before sending another command to the computer (even if it receiving ir signals), Increasing the interkey delay will tell flirc to wait longer before deciding the button was let go. Decreasing the interkey delay will tell flirc to wait less before deciding the button was let go. Not sure if the numbers directly correlate

I am trying to setup a Harmony remote with FLIRC/WMC and noticed some inconsistencies between what is documentd by FLIRC and Microsoft re: keyboard shortcuts for WMC. Here are links to the sources I looked at: Per FLIRC https://flirc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202923419-Controller-presets-in-Flirc-GUI Per Microsoft http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/media-center-keyboard-shortcuts#1TC=windows-7 Per This Post http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff404226.aspx Summary of issues I identified....not sure if FLIRC is actually sending the wrong command or if it is just the documentation. PER FLIRC- Home: Windows key + alt PER MICROSOFT- Open Media Center or return to the Media Center start screen: Windows logo key+Alt+Enter PER FLIRC- Go to music: ctrl+s PER MICROSOFT- Go to the Music library page: Ctrl+M PER FLIRC- Mute: Shift + F8 PER MICROSOFT- Mute or unmute volume: F8 PER FLIRC- Pause: ctrl + 8 PER MICROSOFT- Pause or resume: Ctrl+P PER FLIRC- Play: Ctrl + shift + 8 PER MICROSOFT- Play: Ctrl+Shift+P PER FLIRC- Previous : ctrl + , PER MICROSOFT- Skip back: Ctrl+B PER FLIRC- Stop: ctrl+shift+alt+8 PER MICROSOFT- Stop: Ctrl+Shift+S PER FLIRC- Subtitles: c PER MICROSOFT- Ctrl + U PER FLIRC- Lower volume: Shift + F9 PER MICROSOFT- Turn down volume: F9 PER FLIRC- Increase volume: Shift + F10 PER MICROSOFT- Turn up volume: F10 PER FLIRC- Page down (really last item): end PER MICROSOFT- Go to the last item in a list: End PER FLIRC- Page up (really first item): home PER MICROSOFT- Go to the first item in a list: Home

Sorry, one more thing. I realize XBMC is probably your biggest user base but WMC is still pretty popular. It would be awesome to have a built in profile for WMC and a matching FLIRC WMC profile in Harmony. That way you can probably move away from a WMC compatible remote and use your own commands that work well with FLIRC (or I guess base it off WMC but there is the double press/every other IR command is different issue I am aware of). Anyway, it would be great to be a plug n play replacement for WMC vs. all the programming, fishing around, building tables, etc.

I have cleared the whole configuration for the Flirc each time I have tried before setting the whole thing up again and I have also now tried with the Interkey setting in the Flirc Software at every setting from 0-6 and none fix the problem! I can upload a video but it is not really going to tell you much more then what I have described: When I press the Prev button on my Harmony remote in something like XBMC which is set to the Back button on the FireTV config in Flirc it sends the command twice most of the time so instead of backing up one screen it backs up 2 screens! Showing you this on a video will just be exactly as I described in words. The next thing I will try is to map the Back button to a different key on the Harmony remote (Maybe the Menu button) and see what results come in for that, this does though point to an issue with the Flirc as I have had this Remote for years and it currently controls 8 devices and not once before have I had an issue with it sending a command twice to any device besides the Flirc...

I'm using Sony VL series remotes. The problem with the repeated sendings of the "back" command is weird. I can actually hear a click when it's sent the second, third, etc. times. The first press of the button usually gets somewhat better results as it doesn't always send the Fire all the way back home or produce a series of clicks. But the second time it always does. I haven't determined how long I have to wait, but if I press the return button once, thereafter the second press produces multiple clicks and sends me back home no matter where I am or what I'm doing. But if I wait for a long time the effect goes away. It's a weird problem and a challenge to describe. I wish I could show it to you.

OK, now that I'm home and can look at my Harmony remote settings, I find it is not the inter-key delay that I tweaked to make it so I did not get doubled up button presses (sorry about my bad advice above). Using the MyHarmony software, I chose the device I use to control the FireTV, selected Change Device Settings, selected the Device Command Repeats menu item... ...and set Device Command Repeats to 0... I hope this helps you too. -Randy

I am using the FireTV Controller View setting in the Flirc Config software. I am not sure what you mean by the XBMC buttons don't match? If the ParentFolder command is not the right one to send from the Harmony then can you please tell me what is?

With Harmony remotes, I'm 99.6364% sure you want a low value inter-key delay to keep the IR command from repeating. Try setting it to the lowest or second to lowest number. -Randy

Back is set to the "Prev" button on the Harmony Remote and that in turn is invoking the "ParentFolder" command. This does give me the Back functionality throughout the FireTV but it sends the command twice more then 50% of the time. Is ParentFolder the correct command to send? I will wipe the Flirc configuration fully again and re-set it up and let you know with Interkey Delay of 6 as the last time I only changed the Interkey setting without a clean wipe.

Increasing the Interkey Delay to 5 or 6 actually made the problem worse and now other keys like Up etc. are sending the command twice! Any other way to solve this?

I have a Harmony 525 and have set it up using the Flirc -> XBMC profile in the Harmony Software and everything works ok except for the remote seems to be sending 2 commands on occasion when it should only send 1 particularly for the Back command! I have tried the fix that another poster has mentioned here: https://flirc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202819236 and reduced the setting to 0 but it does not seem to make any difference... Are there any other fixes for this? Also might the Inter Key Delay in the Flirc Software under Advanced help with this as well?

The MCE remote and its provided receiver will wake the Fire. The button in the extreme lower right that looks like a PC and is labeled "Desktop." In theory though, any key should wake it up. Haven't found anything that will put it to sleep reliably yet. Which is kind of surprising since the Fire has a built-in sleep command.

I think just about any input wakes it and the standard sleep works to shut it down. I have the xbmc power off command using the harmony profile and it shuts the firetv down (sleep) to wake you could record home or menu etc.

I just got in a Flirc from Amazon, and I'm trying to set it up to use my FiOS remote. Everything was working perfectly for about 5 minutes, until I made the dumb mistake of updating the firmware. Now, the unit will not program any buttons correctly. It seems to be clearing the configuration correctly, because the command line says 0 buttons programmed. However, when trying to record buttons using the GUI, it doesn't work. It will record the first button correctly (up), but when moving onto the next (left), it says "Button already exists". No matter how many times I clear the configuration, it still says the same thing. I can manually erase the buttons, but even when doing that, the buttons all seem to have the same action. If I program up first, everything goes up. It seems like the firmware update messed up the Flirc, because I can't think of anything else that I did between it working and it not working. Please help.

It is an extremely configurable remote (high-end dealer programmable type model, similar to Control4, Crestron, etc. type genre) Here are 3 configuration options for the IR codes it has - any clue on if I might try changing some of these? I can also dump the actual IR codes it is sending for one key if that would help... Minimum Repeats (set to 1 by default) The number of times that the repeating part of the IR code is sent. Some infrared receivers need a command to be repeated a certain number of times to work properly, and some may not work properly if the command is repeated at all. Frequency (38.0 Khz by default) The carrier frequency of the IR code. You should not need to change this value unless directed to do so by Technical Support. Sustain (Checked by default) Cause the IR code to repeat for as long as the button is held down. Most infrared codes will transmit continuously as long as the button is held down, but some infrared receivers may not work properly if the command is repeated at all. If the Sustain button is checked, the code will be transmitted for as long as the button is held down, or the Minimum Repeats times, whichever is greater. If the Sustain button is not checked, the code will be transmitted only the Minimum Repeats number of times regardless of how long the button is held down.

I am curious about getting an "exact" list of how you set this up. If I set it up in Harmony as FLIRC/XBMC, I do not get enough buttons (no home, menu, not sure what else). So, I thought, this thing is programmable, and Microsoft/Media Center PC will have all the buttons, so I programmed the Harmony as WMC PC. Sure enough, I have all the buttons and they all work except for the issue described above - pushing the up or down key registers as a double-press. Oh, this is on version 3.4 RC2 EDIT: Got it working! I went back to FLIRC/XBMC in Harmony, then renamed this device Amazon Fire TV. Then, for the screen buttons I assigned Red to Home, and Green to Menu. Then I assigned the Harmony's Exit and Menu button to Red, and the Guide buttons to Green. (is this confusing yet?) Now, all the buttons work like I want, the buttons assigned on the screen are labeled for WAF (wife acceptance factor), and the Guide, Exit, and Menu buttons all make sense to me. Of course you can assign them any way you want, but this worked for me. Also, I customized the activity to send a "Home" (Red with my mapping) command to the AFTV at the tail of the macro, so that it would power up and be at the home screen.

That's the latest RPM I could find too. It's old and I got the same errors you did. Here's what I did to create a working (and current) version: Download the latest DEB file that matches your architecture here: http://apt.flirc.tv/arch. For example, for 64 bit at this time that's http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64/binary/flirc_1.3.2-1_amd64.deb. Convert it to an RPM with alien: sudo alien -r flirc_1.3.2-1_amd64.deb Remove the unnecessary and conflicting entries: rpmrebuild -p --change-spec-files="grep -i flirc" flirc-1.3.2-2.x86_64.rpm That command will create a new rpm that should install cleanly and seems to work fine for me. I'm on Fedora 21 64-bit.

As an experiment program two keys on your remote to execute "return". On the Sony VL Series remotes that I use the component light comes on for a different amount of time for each button. I can also hear a series of clicks indicating that the return command is being sent repeatedly when a button is pushed just once. The number of clicks is greater for the button that keeps the light on longer. So, as Jason said, it's an artifact of the remote itself. But it is strange that it happens with only the return command. Perhaps there's something else going on that needs to be understood.

Oh I got it!!! I used an old xtreamer remote. Teached the Flirc the FF IR Code and bind it to key 'F' at the keyboard profile. Then the same for Rewind. All I have to do is teach the Logitech harmony remote flirc profile the xtreamer remote IR codes (as new commands) and that's it. WORKS LIKE A A CHARM!!! The potential of this small thing is amazing! I can write a powershell script and run it with IR command!!!