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I discovered that the Tablo app on Android TV does not respond to the typical "Back" command on the Shield TV. The "Back" button on the Shield's remote does nothing though the "B" button on the Shield game controller does work. Instead of responding to the Android Key Code "KEYCODE_BUTTON_B" the Tablo should respond to "KEYCODE_BACK". I've notified the Tablo company but does anyone have a workaround in the meantime? The family is not keen on having to use a game controller to watch television.

I bought a flirc streacom edition. My HPTC runs Fedora, I can't run windows nor ubuntu. I downloaded the "static universal pacakge", it's called 2.0.4 however the GUI version tells it's 1.4.4. I tried to upgrade firmware, but it tells me that FLIRC SE is already on the latest version, 3.6. This doesn't seem correct since I see references everywhere to firmware 3.8. It seems there is a problem with the "universal package" having an older GUI and older firmware. To the dev - can you please make it simpler and allow people to upgrade to firmware 3.8 or whatever the latest stable firmware is via command line - flirc_util seems to work, I only need the proper bin file. Can you please post a link to the latest firmware. Thanks

There are 2 New Flirc USB, both not working command line tools, on two different computers: c:\Program Files (x86)\Flirc>flirc_util.exe keys Records: NAc:\Program Files (x86)\Flirc>flirc_util.exe settings flirc_util version v2.0.3 [v2.0.3+] Firmware: v4.0.5 [0x98DF4099] Settings: sleep detection: NA noise canceler: NA inter-key delay: NA seq. modifiers: NA variant: Flirc builtin profiles: NA Memory Info: NA Records: NAIn the GUI codes are sometimes written ... but menu item =advanced= not saviing ... I tried to reflash the firmware, use the utility zadig_2.2 ... does not help. ???

Hello Jason Just a quick update. After installing v2.0.4 I did a couple of tests. If I put the computer to Sleep using the Sleep command in the Start Menu (Windows 10) and then press a Key on the Keyboard to turn it on again then the Flirc is still shown as Connected. However, if I put the computer to Sleep using the Remote (Sleep / Wake) button assigned to PowerOff then use the Keyboard to turn the computer back on then the Flirc is shown as Disconnected. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Kevin

Fixed this by going into flirc software and clearing all data. Btw using flirc_util.exe record powerin command line does not wake the pc from a compelte power off?

Attached....Hopefully :)... need to always use the Add to Post?. my_flirc_configbad.zip The 153 firmware version was the fw_wake.bin. I saw that before the official firmware page. Now switched to the official version from here http://blog.flirc.tv/?page_id=46. However I've noticed that the Version 1 firmware also has the record wake command, yet on the page at http://blog.flirc.tv/?page_id=46. you say this is not availible until Firmware 1.1! What is the current status of the sleep issue? My computer will wake from sleep fine using any key via a standard keyboard when entering an S3 sleep state. But I need to use the "special" record wake command with flirc. If I use the following from the commandline powercfg -devicequery wake_from_s3_supported The list does not show either the flirc device or an additional HID Keyboard device (only the HID Keyboard device for the normal keyboard. Another observation is that the Keyboard device for the Flirc has no Power Management tab in Device Settings. So it would look like, currently the Flirc is not registering it self to be an S3 wake supported device. Is this correct? Cheers Neal

I'm having the same problem with a new flirc I just received. I have an old plastic one that works fine with the remote, but the new metal one is giving me the "Button already exists." message after it accepts the first command.

I don't know what protocol is used by this remote but it may be NEC. If yes then this is a known issue with the way new Flirc handles repeats. This is being worked on so hang tight. You can try using it with different remote. If it doesn't use any NEC family protocol then it should work properly. The issue comes from the fact that NEC protocol doesn't use full frame repeats but only sends the command once and then sends short pulses that inform the receiver that the button is still pressed. From what I've observed the advanced settings may not yet work with new Flirc. Also Interkey delay is probably not needed and won't be supported by new Flirc as the repeat handling works in a different way (it detects delay between repeats during recording and stores that value together with the signal, so there is no need to manually tune that anymore). ---edit--- I've found details of protocol used by Emotiva's XDA-1 remote. It is NEC1 with Device 6 and Sub Device 255. It's hard to tell if XDA-2 also uses the same protocol, but it's highly probable.

Hello Jason Just a slight update. I spent some time last night with this and I am now able to have the HTPC Sleep when changing Activities on the Harmony, however, the issue remains with Waking the HTPC. Basically, I set the Harmony to Suspend and Wake the HTPC using the same Key (PowerOff) and then matched the Flirc Suspend / Wake key to use this command. The issue remains in that I am still only able to Wake the HTPC by using the Wireless Keyboard. Thanks in advance Kevin

I have an Amazon Echo paired with a Harmony Hub. I want to use Echo to tell Harmony to turn on my PC, and also to shut it off. I got the Flirc for that reason. However, I am limited with the things that Flirc can do. I can only setup Flirc as Kodi/XBMC in Harmony. This is an issue because Kodi has limited commands. Ideally I want to be able to run command "CRTL" and "F6". I was thinking I needed to setup Flirc as a keyboard. However, Flirc does not setup correctly as Windows MCE Keyboard. I have searched everywhere, and have yet to find one person with my similar situation. Can anyone help?

depends on the remote you have,,, HArmony 300 remotes cant be tweaked for speed/sensitivity ... While any other Harmony remote can... but i recall Jason saying that u can play with flirc's sensitivity using a command-line command,,, try that...

Issues with Microsoft MCE and MCE keyboard configured remotes (including universal remotes) Symptoms (all or one) When Programming FLIRC message of 'Button already exists' even though a different keyboard button is being programmed by a different remote control press Having to press a key on the remote twice to send a command Programming FLIRC issues when a different USB port is used from when it was originally programmed Cause (to each of the symptoms above) This remote profile is a microsoft protocol that uses a non-standard frequency. Flirc can work with it, but it's not the best The remote sends out a unique key code every other consecutive key press, for the same physical button. Probably one of those microsoft remotes that use the non standard frequency, 56kHz. 38kHz is the frequency most remotes use, which is the center frequency for flirc. Tricks have been played to get flirc to work at 56kHz, the placement from the front of the computer, to the back of the computer, will actually have slightly different frequency drifts, changing the unique pattern associated with a button. Solution (Remedy for all issues) Try another device setting; sony, samsung, boxee, plex. It won't matter which one you choose as you'll be programming flirc what each button does. other possible solutions: - (For issue 1) The quick remedy to this is to record each button twice, and "catch" each unique key code for every button. - (For issue 2) The flirc command line has an option called sensitivity. You can try lowering this number

Hi All, I just bought myself a Flirc because of the lack of 3rd party IR support in OSX. When installing and configuring the Flirc device I've updated the Firmware to 3.8 (GUI 1.4.4) and then started configuring my Microsoft MCE (Model 1039) RC6 Remote. While configuring I get an error message saying 'Button already exists' when recording some of the buttons on the remote. This is happening for my Up and Down buttons, it seems the Flirc device reads the IR signals sent by my remote as being the same for some button pairs (Up/Down, OK/Back). After searching this forum I fiddled around with the Advanced settings and I could not resolve the issue. One forum topic mentioned something about downgrading the Firmware so I thought lets try. After downgrading the Firmware to version 3.1 (GUI 1.2.8) on OSX with the 'flirc_util dfu' command and starting the GUI which then allows to install the lower Firmware, I noticed on 3.1 the RC6 behaviour is perfect, no more duplicate button messages and everything seems fine. I still have to record all the buttons twice because of some RC6-specific difficulties mentioned in other topics, but that's no problem. When doing some more testing I noticed the Flirc device would not wake up my Mediacenter from sleep, so I searched this forum again and tested all the configurations I found in different topics regarding sleep issues (Sleep detection and different suspend/wake/power button mappings) but none of them solved my problem. I am testing my Flirc device on 2 machines, one Mac Mini (2011) running OSX El Capitan (10.11.5) and one MacBook 12" (2015) also running OSX El Capitan (10.11.5). When putting the machine to sleep I can wake it again using my remote for about 1 minute, after this minute the machine does not respond to any buttons. On the Mac Mini I can see the Power LED going from steady to blinking when putting the machine to sleep, and this takes about 30 seconds. It seems that when the Power LED is still steady I can wake it using the remote, and when the LED goes blinking I can not. Because I'm very curious I updated the Flirc's firmware to 3.8 and tested the Sleep/Wake behaviour on this firmware, and on 3.8 the wake works just fine! Even after this one minute and with the Power LED blinking on the Mac Mini I can successfully wake it up using one of the desired Flirc configurations (one button with wake, or all buttons without wake). So now I'm in the position where I want the FW 3.1 RC6 behaviour but I need the FW 3.8 Sleep/Wake behavior so I'm kind of stuck here and I think I need some assistance from Flirc developer @jason. TLDR; On FW 3.1 RC6 is fine but Sleep/Wake doesn't work, on FW 3.8 RC6 is broken but Sleep/Wake works fine. Help!

Well. I'm now at a dead-end with these two remotes. They are brand new remotes. I have disabled all custom programming on both of them but I'm still having issues with FLIRC acknowledging the remote's signals. I'm running the latest FLIRC firmware and software. The HTPC is running Raspbian + Pixel with MythFrontEnd on a brand new RPi3. FLIRC does record the signals w/o any problems. I get a list of the keys via, "flirc_util keys" command and all of the keys are correctly listed. I press [UP] or [DOWN] and nothing happens. I stand next to the dongle, press the keys but nothing happens. Sometimes, FLIRC responds but it is rare. I retried everything with the other Charter remote but the results are the same. I get a non-Charter remote; I record the signals and everything works fine. Perfect. I have cleared the configuration and re-record the signals but nothing seems to work. I even tested one single key [9]. I record it and press the [9] key, nothing. I do the same thing with the non-Charter remote, and a "9" shows up on the console. Can it be the Charter remotes? It is possible but for two to be defective seems to be an impossibility...

I can confirm also that with an older harmony (non-hub style) Harmony One, I can get VERY BASIC control using the ps4 settings with Flirc (specifically, I am on a PS4 Pro.) I can navigate main PS4 menus, but forget playing bluray, netflix, youtube or anything else because there just doesnt seem to be a way to get play/pause working (even with all the command line stuff). Someone else mentioned very limited control in the bluray player, for instance. This is the case here as well. It's pretty much worthless to me if I cant even do a basic thing like pause a bluray or youtube vid from the remote. I guess if you just want to nav the ps4 menu and launch a game or app it will be fine - but thats much too basic for most of us probably. I am keeping my eye on this as a potential solution, coming soon. It seems to have the added benefit of also being able to power on the ps4 and is l licensed by sony so I'm guessing good compatibility. Maybe save that 20$ for this (which looks to be closely priced to the Flirc)? It looks to be specifically designed for I'm trying to do. PDP PlayStation 4 IR Receiver For Logitech Harmony Remote Control Devices by PDP Amazon Link: http://a.co/0Bss1OV I used something similar on my ps3 - essentially a IR to BT box that was made by Logitech and then discontinued with the release of the PS4. Worked good across the entire ps4 ui and video apps. I'm hoping for a similar experience with this when it releases in about a month. Of course, I haven't used this product and have no idea of the quality - just happened to find it on amazon (and the company, pdp, is also advertising it on their site).

I would like to add some more buttons to control Kodi (in addition to those provided by the built in profile for Harmony), so I was hoping to use my Microsoft RC6 IR keyboard to learn must standard keyboard command. However, the flirc does not seem to properly learn from this keyboard. For instance, when I learn the A key, the A key is indeed learned, but other keys and the keyboard will then also active A. You can not learn all the keys because as you start learning them you run into error saying the key is already learned. I read in the blog that support for RC6 was added, does this in fact work or are there limitations?

It seems this has also changed on the 1st gen Fire TV. If you're using a Mac keyboard layout the correct combination is "Command + Enter".

Hi, just tested Flirc 1.1.3 on a MacBook Pro (Mavericks), and the flirc_util command line utility fails to work as it tries to find a non-existent /usr/local/lib/libusb-1.0.0.dylib. It works (or at least it launches) if I copy libusb-1.0.0.dylib from Frameworks to /usr/local/lib, but if there's a way to make flirc_util find it in the app, that would eliminate one manual step (plus some confusion). Thanks, Ere

Hello, I'm using Flirc until this morning and I don't find how to use the equivalent of "right click" on the interface. This command is used to "mark as read", "remove", or other option. I think it's "Menu" because used for many commands. Could you help me please ? Thx in adv

So I've tried to get my Harmnoy One to turn m htpc on/off, but to no avail. I've gone to the settings of Flirc and checked the "Sleep detection", and I programed a button for the "Wake", but nothing happens. What I would want is for it to start up when I choose my " Watch Movies" Profile that I have programed into the remote, and turn off when I press the power button at the top of the remote. This has works with all other devices. How can i get windows to turn off with a command, and make the pc start up from a turned off state?

Hi all! Is there anyway I can teach my Flirc the Mac restart key combination "Control-Command-Power/Eject"? Thanks heaps for your help, Phil.

Hi, Flirc works fine with Kodi. I've also added the MCE keyboard in myharmony.com as a device. How do I get this working? I'm trying to use the alt-f4 command on the MCE soft keyboard to shutdown kodi when I exit the activity but getting zero response. Sorry I'm a bit of a newbie Thanks

Hi, I run Fedora 23. 1 year ago Flirc v1.3.6 was already not possible to install, I run it from command line. Today v1.4.3 is released. I'd like to run it (install or CL, no matter) but this last version is not available in the package list in the site I can download the Linux 32bit from downloads (BTW one have to download it and open the release_notes.md file to learn that) but not x86_64 and I can't get it working. ./Flirc ./Flirc: error while loading shared libraries: libXt.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I know, Jason it very busy, fully booked, but after hard development and tests on a new release the last steps are not done or not properly, this doesn't highlight all that valuable work. So, question: Anyone could help me?

If you know Python you could write a script which would be run directly from Kodi. http://www.barryhubbard.com/raspberry-pi/howto-raspberry-pi-openelec-power-wake-shutdown-button-using-gpio/ You can start by reading this article. It shows how to install GPIO support library for Kodi which enables you to write Python scripts for Kodi which can use GPIO pins. You can also try switching to OSMC. It uses the Raspbian as a base system and the root file system is writable. You can install what you need using standard apt-get command. I'm using OSMC on my RPi2 for a long time now and it works perfectly.

Assign a keyboard shortcut to the program you want to launch, if you right click on the program icon you will see an option to assign a keyboard command to start the program, assign that set of key presses to your Flirc button.