Zeno99 Posted January 19 Report Posted January 19 I want to program the Flirc 1s for Raspberry Pi 5 OS. I have loaded both Kodi and a browser (Firefox) on the desktop and want to be able to interact with 1s for BOTH the Kodi program and the browser, which is where we watch PBS shows (PBS is the home page with autologin already set). The majority of interactions with this OS (and other OS in general) is with keystrokes. For example, opening the browser is = Ctrl+Alt+B. Yes, Ione could simply point a mouse at the icon and click to open a browser but the 1s is also not a mouse (too bad). For now,I am experimenting with a wireless mouse in combination with the Flirc 1s (mostly in Kodi). Is this the best I can do? Thanks for any ideas. Quote
jason Posted January 21 Report Posted January 21 You can configure the computer to control the mouse with numpad keys. Which you should then be able to use with the skip and a flirc usb, however you can use an application launcher and keyboard keys to switch between the two. I created apppad.io to try and solve this but we haven’t put much work into it and I don’t think the performance in the pi would be great. Quote
Zeno99 Posted January 26 Author Report Posted January 26 1. I found a wireless mouse to work wonderful with Raspberry Pi 5 OS. It allows one to use Kodi as well as a browser for PBS or other streaming networks. 2. I have not figured out a way to program the 1S for both Kodi as well as power up the Raspberry Pi and for now am doing it manually. 3. My biggest headache is during several reprogramming's of the 1S during testing to see what works and what does not is a persistent problem of "not connected" where the app does not see the wired remote. I finally traced the problem to the battery compartment where the anode connection (springs at negative end) were slowly slipping and only half on and half off (see poor picture). Taking a battery out and reinserting always fixed the problem. Visual inspection showed the spring was either slipping with normal movement (remote was never dropped) or the spring was not exactly centered. Interestingly, the spring compression was the strongest of any batter compartment in the hundreds of devices I have used. Even battery removal was challenging. Perhaps changing spring manufacturing position or strength of spring might help as the strength of the spring itself may gradually push the battery away slightly over time. I do not know as I am not engineer. So far, the remote is very impressive. P.S. Pic of problem is available. Quote
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