Flatulator Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Using the Full Keyboard profile, I need to map the function key (Fn) plus the F4 key combo. I don't see the "Fn" key anywhere on the on-screen keyboard! Is there a reason for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yawor Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Hi. Why would you do that? Do you want to simulate some function from your hardware keyboard where you have Fn key to modify function key functions? That won't work. The Fn key is probably not even a system-visible modifier. It probably changes mode in hardware keyboard controller so when you press F4 key with Fn then the controller sends different data to the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatulator Posted December 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Trying to get stop, FF, RW, and play to work with a device called Mohu Channels that uses a proprietary god-awful remote. Fortunately, a USB keyboard does work with the device. I've had some success mapping most of the functions to my Harmony One and flirc, and found out through trying all keyboard combos with the hard-wired keyboard that Fn+F4 does play, Fn+F5 is stop, Fn+F8 is RW, and Fn+F9 is FF. So I'm trying to map these 4 keys to my Harmony One and flirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yawor Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Have you already tried media keys in Flirc GUI? Select Media keys in Controllers menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatulator Posted December 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 I haven't - but it's missing a few that I need (F8=channel down, F9=channel up). The Mohu Channels device doesn't use the standard keys to do it's thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yawor Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Do the other media keys (like play, pause, ff etc) work for you? Is there a second set of symbols on the F1-F12 keys (possibly in another color) on your keyboard that can be accessed using the Fn key? Keyboards with Fn key usually have those. If yes then can you describe the symbols on the F8 and F9 keys? Or maybe make a photo? In my opinion the keyboard is sending some other media (or consumer) keys when pressing those keys with Fn. Maybe the symbols (if there are any) will point which keys they are. If there are no secondary symbols on F1-F12 keys then you need to do some work on your own to find out what code needs to be sent. You can use the same technique I've described recently for finding keys for Android TV device. Read this thread just don't worry about Android stuff. You need to use the method with recording consecutive key codes for each remote button and then test it on the device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatulator Posted December 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 yeah - the Fn + F4, F5, etc. have the secondary functions for play, stop, FF, and RW in orange - matching the orange function key. That's how I figured out I need to hit both to do the corresponding function. If Flirc can't map codes for function keys thru the GUI I guess I'll have to do the Android TV method. I appreciate your help on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yawor Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Can you take a picture of F8 and F9 keys if they also have a secondary function printed on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImCoKeMaN Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 fn is a keyboard modifier you just need to see what buttons it's really sending, channel up and down could be up or down, or + - or pgup pgdown etc. I really think playing with those mappings will get you further than trying to emulate fn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatulator Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Thanks! I'll give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomxp411 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I would suggest installing the free program EventGhost, then using its keyboard plugin to see what the FN+keys actually do. Then use FLIRC's control panel to map those keypresses directly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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