[mythtv-users] Lite-On IR Keyboard and Learning Remotes

[Michael Haan]

Really?  Is there any confirm (or reasonably imply) that this is true
before I go buy another keyboard (not that $29 is over the top, just
don't need extra keyboards laying around)?


On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:45:50 -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON
<pwilliamson at mandtbank.com> wrote:
> That could be your problem (apparently) as well.  I think that
> keyboard (based on some other information I've been able to
> dig up) is not up to the task of being learned.  There are some
> strange exit codes that learning remotes can't quite capture.
> 
> I've looked at them on an IR protocol analyzer, and they are
> certainly different from normal IR codes.
> 
> Paul
> 
> >>> "Michael Haan" <michael.haan at gmail.com> 03/21/05 11:35 AM >>>
> I'm using this keyboard:
> http://www.smarterdeals.com/BuyNow.aspx?id=238429
> 
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:20:19 -0500, Doug Larrick <doug at ties.org>
> wrote:
> > Sent this to Paul directly because he cc'd me and it went in both
> folders.
> >
> >
> > PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
> > >> Really?  Do you hold the key down a long (>1 sec) time, or
> > >> does it matter?  Are you doing this in the dark on a dark
> > >> surface, or light surface in ambient light?  This is awesome
> > >> news, as I've tried a lot of combinations and never gotten
> > >> the basic naviation (arrow down, left, up, right, enter, etc.)
> > >> to work.  Not to mention my macros.  Now that I hear it can
> > >> be done, I'd love to hear the conditions under which you got
> > >> it working.
> >
> > I'm hoping I'm using the same keyboard as you are... LiteOn AirBoard
> > like this:
> > http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/keyboard/sk7100.asp ?  My
> > receiver looks a little different than that, but the keyboard is the
> same.
> >
> > I will generally put the keyboard and remote on the coffee table,
> which
> > is dark-ish wood, about 3-6 inches apart, IR windows facing each
> other
> > (of course).  Go into learning mode on the MX-500, then press and
> > release the key as if I were typing it, not holding it down at all.
> The
> > MX-500 may think a bit before flashing "GOOD".  Arrow keys, numbers,
> > spacebar, pgup/pgdown, and various letters (M, I, W, A at least)
> work
> > fine.  Like I said, Enter gives me problems.
> >
> > -Doug
> >
> >
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