Marcus Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 With the Flirc IR receiver could be possible to wake up a PC (windows 7 x64) from a S3 / S4 hibernation mode by pressing the center button of the Apple silver remote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris! Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Sorry, not sure how to answer your question. However I want to jump on this thread to ask Jason/Yawor/anyone else about a helpdesk article about Wake that I've marked as out of date as it mentioned some old releases of Flirc. How applicable is this still? https://flirc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200904676--Out-of-date-Getting-flirc-to-wake-up-your-computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yawor Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Starting with some early 3.x firmware version any recorded button should wake the PC from S3 or S4 if those points are all true: 1. Suspend detection is enabled in the advanced settings 2. Windows power management settings are set to allow waking the system from the keyboard (can be set in device manager for specific keyboard and mouse devices) 3. No button is recorded to the wake key in flirc (if it is then only that button will wake the PC). There is no possibility to assign a wake key to button that is already assigned to a different keyboard key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris! Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks Yawor, amended the help doc - just need to replace the screenshots @Marcus: Sorry for hijacking your thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks for the reply. I understand the first two points, but I would like to ask you a little more on the third one, becouse I'm totally new to Flirc: what do you mean by "No button is recorded to the wake key in flirc"? If I would like to wake up the PC from S3 or S4 mode, using for example the "MENU" button of the Apple remote, I suppose I should record that button IR code (inside the Flirc configuration software) in order Flirc can wake up the PC when that IR code is listened, right? maybe the "No button" was intended for "That specific button"? sorry but is not clear to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yawor Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 You can threat it like 2 different wake modes. If no button is recorded for wake function at all then all the buttons that are recorded for any key in flirc will wake the PC. On the other hand if you record some button for wake key the only this button will wake the PC. But you need to remember that the button recorded for wake can't be used as a different key, so if you record you menu button to act as a wake then you won't be able to use it in any other way (for example to open a menu). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Perfect, now it totally clear. I'm going to buy it from modmypi (I live in Europe). Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I live in Spain and I see in the cart that if not in US I have to pourchase from a reseller: the cheaper one is ModMyPi with 40,5€ but I see now that it's also possible to specify Spain in your store and, with the "USPS Flat Rate International" total is 29,5$ (more or less 24€) that is definitely cheaper than ModMyPi and PiSupply. My questions are: it's possible to buy from your shop having the direct delivery to Spain? How many days with "USPS Flat Rate International" (becouse it's not specified)? I have to buy many Flirc, so the cost difference could be important. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yawor Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I don't know what tax laws are in the Spain but you may need to pay import tax and/or vat when buying something outside of EU. I know that small purchases often are exempted from extra taxes but if you buy a greater number of devices at once (or in a short period of time) you may not be so lucky. At least this is how things look in Poland which is also in EU. So check your tax and import laws before buying to be sure it's still better option than buying from an European shop. As for the purchase I think you can try contacting Jason (via PM or email - it is on his profile page here on forum). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Thank you, I sent a message to Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris! Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Modmypi/the pi hut should be easier as it's based in the EU so has free trade of goods (you shouldn't be taxed). They're good as well. There is a good chance you would get charged tax if Jason sent it from US (even if it were just one Flirc), the more flircs you buy the more you will be taxed. Also if it's sent from Jason then it's going to take weeks to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I wrote to Jason on Friday but I didn't get any reply, could you please confirm I can order directly from your store with direct shipping to Spain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris! Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I'm afraid only Jason can answer that, me and Yawor just help out where we can on the forums and the knowledge base. I'll ping Jason about this thread, he isn't ignoring you - he just gets very busy sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Yes although I limit the max weight so not much more than a couple is ordered. Keep in mind shipping out of the country usps takes anywhere from 3-8 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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