Flirc USB / Mobile push message question/problem

[cableffm]

Hello!

I am experiencing a very weird problem with my Flirc USB on an HTPC.

I don't  know when it started exactly.

I have used the Flirc USB with my Logitech Harmony Elite to control my HTPC for few years without any problems.

But at someday the HTPC started reacting to  Push-/or Mobile messages on our iPhones (wife's and mine's) with actions like closing the MPC-Player or playback the next file in the folder, changing Browser tabs. 

I have ignored it for few months, but I was able to track down the problem.

An incoming push-message on iOS generates a ctrl+page-up / or ctrl+page signal, which controls the computer.

As you can imagine  e.g. when you working in a browser tab, you got a message and whoop-you are 3 browsertabs forwarded, its really annoying.

When I unplug the FlircUSB, it all works OK.

Have you heard this before or has anybody experienced this? Is there (hopefully) a solution perhaps?

Thank you

Tom

 

[cableffm]

anybody?

[cableffm]

What i ve found out is the iPhone is sending out  some IR signal everytime when receiving / displaying a pushmessage.

An unsatisfying solution is to keep the iPhones turned down with Screen to the table, but wtf?? Why??

Edited November 1, 2023 by cableffm

[frangipan]

@cableffm The Flirc device is quite sensitive. I've not heard of phones emitting IR but then again, my LCD TV does so why not a phone screen? My solution was to cover the Flirc window with some opaque material (eg. card) to reduce its sensitivity. This stops wayward IR signals from triggering events but still allows remote controls to work with Flirc.