Dragon Posted January 12, 2023 Report Posted January 12, 2023 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
Nathan Posted January 12, 2023 Report Posted January 12, 2023 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
Nicolas M. Posted February 20, 2023 Report Posted February 20, 2023 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
Nicolas M. Posted February 21, 2023 Report Posted February 21, 2023 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
Nathan Posted February 22, 2023 Report Posted February 22, 2023 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
Benjamin1971 Posted February 22, 2023 Report Posted February 22, 2023 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
John Doe Posted February 23, 2023 Report Posted February 23, 2023 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
isoprene Posted February 24, 2023 Report Posted February 24, 2023 (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, 2023 by isoprene more info Quote
dhwalker Posted February 25, 2023 Report Posted February 25, 2023 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
cybergrimes Posted February 25, 2023 Report Posted February 25, 2023 (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, 2023 by cybergrimes Quote
cybergrimes Posted February 25, 2023 Report Posted February 25, 2023 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
isoprene Posted February 25, 2023 Report Posted February 25, 2023 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
Benjamin1971 Posted February 25, 2023 Report Posted February 25, 2023 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
btouhey Posted July 13, 2023 Report Posted July 13, 2023 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
Benjamin1971 Posted July 17, 2023 Report Posted July 17, 2023 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
HPM Posted November 6, 2023 Report Posted November 6, 2023 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
Solomalee Posted November 14, 2023 Report Posted November 14, 2023 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
Benjamin1971 Posted November 14, 2023 Report Posted November 14, 2023 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
HPM Posted November 14, 2023 Report Posted November 14, 2023 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
Benjamin1971 Posted November 17, 2023 Report Posted November 17, 2023 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
Nathan Palmer Posted August 4 Report Posted August 4 Really really would like to see this added! It's difficult to use with multiple inputs at the moment. Right now I have A) Apple TV B) BluRay Swapping between them.. while keeping the Projector and AV unit turned on requires hitting two buttons at the moment and is pretty slow. I mapped Power to swap inputs along with powering on. But I have to hit A and then Power to get it to swap. Adding actions nto the A/B/C would make this really quick and seamless. Quote
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