Sound bar, Flirc Volume Down on Raspberry Pi Kodi.

[bmac6996]

Hi.

I'm running a Raspberry Pi 3 with Kodi using Flirc with a Harmony 700 remote. 

I just purchased and integrated a VIZIO S5430W-C2 54-Inch.

Now when I move around in the menus in Kodi using directional pads, it turns the volume down on the sounds bar. Annoying.

Is there a conflict in code?  When I use the remote on the soundbar, it doesn't move the cursor in Kodi.

Anyone seen this issue before?

 

Thanks

 

[yawor]

Hi,

It looks like a conflicting protocol. I don't know what IR protocol is used by Vizio but the signal timings are probably very close to that of a volume down signal from Vizio remote. Maybe Vizio receiver logic is not very strict with signal timings and interprets Flirc codes as its own volume down function.

Such conflicts are usually very rare but they are possible (even with hardware like TV and DVR from different producers they can sometimes overlap).

You can use a different device profile on the Harmony and record your keys manually in Flirc instead of using built-in Kodi profile. That way you can choose any device profile and be sure there are no conflicts with your current hardware. Just do some tests if every button on the remote for selected profile is recognized as unique key.

Edited May 6, 2016 by yawor

[bmac6996]

Hi,

It looks like a conflicting protocol. I don't know what IR protocol is used by Vizio but the signal timings are probably very close to that of a volume down signal from Vizio remote. Maybe Vizio receiver logic is not very strict with signal timings and interprets Flirc codes as its own volume down function.

Such conflicts are usually very rare but they are possible (even with hardware like TV and DVR from different producers they can sometimes overlap).

You can use a different device profile on the Harmony and record your keys manually in Flirc instead of using built-in Kodi profile. That way you can choose any device profile and be sure there are no conflicts with your current hardware. Just do some tests if every button on the remote for selected profile is recognized as unique key.

When you say "different device profile",  you mean manually take a spare remote of something else and map out the flirc kodi keyboard profile? 

[yawor]

I mean take the Harmony software and select something different than Flirc/Kodi :). For example you can use some LG or Samsung TV profiles.

After that connect Flirc to your PC, open Flirc GUI software and record keys from the profile you've selected on the Harmony you want to control Kodi with.