[mythtv-users] Myth Remote Control

[Ben Suffolk]

Mark,

I just bought myself a Sky Commander Remote from ebay. Only cost £10  
new inc postage. Basically its a sky+ remote that flips open to  
contain a qwerty keyboard.

This is the URL of the one I bought (auction now ended, but I'm sure  
there are lots more on ebay). I'm including it as it has a picture so  
you can see what we are talking about :-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
ViewItem&item=5853802124&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

I figured this would be a great way to have a general remote, but  
with keyboard access if you needed it for setup & searching etc.

Probably the only downside is that it does not have a menu button  
(but I used the info button to bring up the menu). My nova-t one did  
not have a separate menu button either anyway.

Its RC6 based so I had to build up a new receiver for lirc as the one  
on my nova-t card did not work with it. I also experienced an  
interesting problem. To start with I could not get it to work at all  
with lirc. The config file checking into cvs did not work for it and  
I could not get irrecord to pick it up, it kept thinking it was an  
RC5 unit, or it wanted to record in raw mode then woudl not work.

Anyway I solved the problem, and hopefully by posting it here anybody  
else who has a similar problem will be able to find a solution.

I was not close enough to the IR receiver for learning. It was the  
other side of the room. When I put the remote right by the receiver  
(couple of inches) it figured it was an RC6 and was happy to learn  
the commands. The file it produced however is subtly different from  
the one in CVS. If you want my file let me know.

I have configured the keyboard to send events via irxevent so it can  
be used in any application, and the main remote keys are configured  
in myth. Interestingly enough the keys on the keyboard that duplicat  
the remote keys (colour, mute, vol, navigation etc) send different ir  
commands, so if you want you can have then do different things.

Ben




> Hello there. I am currently using a full sized IR keyboard as my
> remote, but I would like to find something a little smaller that my
> wife can use to navigate.
>
> What are the most common solutions for MythTV?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>