Dragon Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to switch HDMI inputs when pressing the A/B/C buttons. For example, I have an A/V receiver that has 2 HDMI inputs. When I press button A, I would like the receiver to switch to input 1, and button B to switch to input 2. This way I could automatically switch to the input source, and start controlling it rather than having to select input 2, then press B to control the second device. Is it possible to do this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Not currently. This is a feature that I think will be added in time, just because enough people have been asking for it. But no idea on a timeline for that. Fairly large list of features we'd like to get added. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas M. Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 It's a quite important feature. If we have a TV Box and a console, we need to switch from HDM1 to HDM2. If not, what the interest to create several activities ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas M. Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Actually I think it’s possible by adding a custom action through the interface. Selecting your TV on the right and drag n drop the « Set HDMIx » to the on/off button below « Power On ». didn’t test it but should work no ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 16 hours ago, Nicolas M. said: Actually I think it’s possible by adding a custom action through the interface. Selecting your TV on the right and drag n drop the « Set HDMIx » to the on/off button below « Power On ». didn’t test it but should work no ? Yes, that's how it currently works. Right now the power button is set up to send all of the commands for turning on and switching inputs. You can actually set up any Skip button to send multiple commands by dragging and dropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Metzler Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 25 minutes ago, Nathan said: Yes, that's how it currently works. Right now the power button is set up to send all of the commands for turning on and switching inputs. You can actually set up any Skip button to send multiple commands by dragging and dropping. FYI, If you re-run the wizard it will overwrite any customizations you've done to the power button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Doe Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 On 1/12/2023 at 5:36 PM, Dragon said: Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to switch HDMI inputs when pressing the A/B/C buttons. For example, I have an A/V receiver that has 2 HDMI inputs. When I press button A, I would like the receiver to switch to input 1, and button B to switch to input 2. This way I could automatically switch to the input source, and start controlling it rather than having to select input 2, then press B to control the second device. Is it possible to do this? Really can not believe this is not possible! How the hell are you going to switch from HDMI input then when you start an activity. They should look at how the Harmony remotes and software work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isoprene Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 (edited) I too am used to the Logitech way but I think I see now how to handle this here for now as my receiver has a combined action of Power On and Input selection in the list of commands. I don't think that's great though when switching activities... hm. Edited February 24 by isoprene more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhwalker Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 On 2/23/2023 at 6:11 PM, isoprene said: I too am used to the Logitech way but I think I see now how to handle this here for now as my receiver has a combined action of Power On and Input selection in the list of commands. I don't think that's great though when switching activities... hm. Right. If the Power button were always "Power ON," then this would be OK, but it's often (usually?) a toggle, so having two activities for a cable box and a streaming box on the same TV would turn the TV off when switching between the two. I'd rather have a set of commands that are sent when switching activities that are not required to include Power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergrimes Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 (edited) 7 hours ago, dhwalker said: Right. If the Power button were always "Power ON," then this would be OK, but it's often (usually?) a toggle, so having two activities for a cable box and a streaming box on the same TV would turn the TV off when switching between the two. I'd rather have a set of commands that are sent when switching activities that are not required to include Power. My LG TV defaulted to power toggle but I was able to change it to power on/off so switching activities should work better. Removing power from other activities would be an option as well? Modify the power button like any other button. Edited February 25 by cybergrimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergrimes Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Although after changing this I have no idea how the Skip knows if it needs to send power on or off, maybe that's why it's defaulting to power toggle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isoprene Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 4 hours ago, cybergrimes said: Although after changing this I have no idea how the Skip knows if it needs to send power on or off, maybe that's why it's defaulting to power toggle... I'm in a similar position. Combined with the firmware issues of inconsistent sending of signals, I'm going to set this remote aside and wait for an improved firmware release. I can't test effectively when I'm not sure signals are even being sent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Metzler Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 I mapped the "red" button as my power on/input select macro. When I want to watch TV, I hit Activity A, the Color button, then the Red/Up Arrow. I also set the power button to power off everything by configuring both the power on and power off to have only power off. The one downside to this is if I use the wizard to add device, it overwrites the customization. Fortunately going into the wizard generally only happens when creating the Activity. Also, I export my configuration and back it up to github so I can always revert back if I make a mistake. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am not affiliated with Flirc. I'm just a friendly guy with a (strange) passion for remote controls My Skip 1s Configuration: https://github.com/benjaminmetzler/skip_remote Find me on Mastodon at: https://mas.to/@benjaminmetzler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btouhey Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 On 2/25/2023 at 6:58 PM, Benjamin Metzler said: Also, I export my configuration and back it up to github so I can always revert back if I make a mistake. I did not know this was possible. This is great!! Already backed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Metzler Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 On 7/12/2023 at 6:15 PM, btouhey said: I did not know this was possible. This is great!! Already backed up! I'm hoping that "Add git support" is on on flirc's TODO list. One can dream :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPM Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 On 1/12/2023 at 11:36 AM, Dragon said: Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to switch HDMI inputs when pressing the A/B/C buttons. For example, I have an A/V receiver that has 2 HDMI inputs. When I press button A, I would like the receiver to switch to input 1, and button B to switch to input 2. This way I could automatically switch to the input source, and start controlling it rather than having to select input 2, then press B to control the second device. Is it possible to do this? On 1/12/2023 at 2:32 PM, Nathan said: Not currently. This is a feature that I think will be added in time, just because enough people have been asking for it. But no idea on a timeline for that. Fairly large list of features we'd like to get added. Hello... Is there a timeline for adding input switching to the A/B/C buttons as Dragon mentioned above? I just got my Skip 1s to replace my EOL Harmony remote, and I don't want to have to power everything off in order to switch inputs (my Samsung TV is an older LCD model and it takes a while to start). TV - Samsung LN52A650A1F STB - Cisco Explorer 9865HDC (Button A, HDMI-1) Fire Stick (Button B, HDMI-3) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomalee Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 On 11/6/2023 at 8:36 PM, HPM said: Hello... Is there a timeline for adding input switching to the A/B/C buttons as Dragon mentioned above? I just got my Skip 1s to replace my EOL Harmony remote, and I don't want to have to power everything off in order to switch inputs (my Samsung TV is an older LCD model and it takes a while to start). TV - Samsung LN52A650A1F STB - Cisco Explorer 9865HDC (Button A, HDMI-1) Fire Stick (Button B, HDMI-3) Plus 1 on this here too - same for me - it's dumb to be power cycling the TV all the time just to change between Kodi box and Apple TV box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Metzler Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 26 minutes ago, Solomalee said: Plus 1 on this here too - same for me - it's dumb to be power cycling the TV all the time just to change between Kodi box and Apple TV box Are you powering off, hitting an activity button, and then powering back on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPM Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 2 minutes ago, Benjamin Metzler said: Are you powering off, hitting an activity button, and then powering back on? Yes, that seems to be the only way. What I'd like is to use power to turn on the devices, then A/B/C to switch between activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Metzler Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 As noted above, that's not currently possible with the activity buttons. I'm hoping the developers will add the functionality sooner rather then later. Until the developers add macro support to the buttons, your best bet is to create a macro on one of the Color buttons that switch inputs after the Activity is set. It's an extra couple buttons to press to switch, but it saves you from shutting everything off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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