[mythtv-users] Front-panel controls for MythTV box?

[Itai Tavor]

thanks, Cedar and Jules. This looks like a great solution. I now have 
three workable answers - the iPac, lcdproc-interfaced keypad, and my 
own solution (in the best tradition of this list, I'm now able to 
answer my own question :-) ) which is more complicated to build than 
the first two, and is based on the controller interface of the ELMP 
music player.

Now I just have to decide if I really want buttons... If I decide to do 
it I'll report my success (or lack thereof) here.

Itai


On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 05:57 AM, Jules Taplin wrote:
>
> The device you're talking about is probably the Ultimarc 'ipac'
> (http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html). I've got a similar Mame cabinet
> that sits at work, and that's how all it's keyboard interfacing works.
> Basically... it's accepts simple switches, and translates to a set of
> PS/2 or USB keyboard impulses.
>
> Out of the box, it comes pre-programmed for Mame use, but it's all
> programmable (IIRC, there's even a GUI for that).
>
> I've had one stuck in my mame box for at least a year now, and it's
> worked flawlessly. It might be slight overkill for your application 
> (the
> blurb talks about it being capable of handling many, many simultaneous
> presses), but it would be a pretty transparent solution, and dead easy
> to wire up.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Jules
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 17:42, Cedar McKay wrote:
>> check out the mame word. I have a friend with a home-built arcade 
>> style
>> cabinet with a machine inside running mame. I don't know much about 
>> it,
>> but as I understand it, to get the arcade style buttons working there 
>> is
>> a ps2 device that looks like a keyboard to the computer, but basically
>> has a bunch of slots to plug in buttons I think he bought his for not
>> much money. That sort of thing might work well for what you are 
>> talking
>> about.
>>
>> best,
>> Cedar
>>
>> .Itai Tavor wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm thinking about building a custom box for my MythTV system, which
>>> would sit with my A/V components, and probably have an LCD display. 
>>> So
>>> I thought, if it can be operated without a TV, maybe I should give it
>>> a way to be used without a remote.
>>>
>>> So the question is, does anyone have any ideas about how I could send
>>> key presses from front-panel buttons to myth? I can use a PIC to
>>> encode button presses, but I don't want to go as far as building a
>>> PS/2 keyboard interface.
>>>
>>> Itai