[mythtv-users] ATI Remote Bob I and II

[Cymen Vig]

On 3/4/06, Steve Daniels <steve.p.daniels at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I've seen the AT RF remote here:
> http://linitx.com/product_info.php?products_id=363
> But I have also seen version II here:
> http://linitx.com/product_info.php?products_id=594
> I was wondering what is the major difference?

There are 3 different ATI RF remotes. This site has a good overview:

http://remotew.free.fr/product.htm

I highly recommend the Remote Wonder Plus as it is a nicer remote because:
 - buttons are like tradition remote buttons (rubber)
 - range is increased
 - much slimmer and lighter (uses 2 x AAA batteries)
 - includes better receiver

I brought a Remote Wonder Plus and unfortunately neither the kernel
driver or LIRC supported it. I got it working with a patch sent to
this list and there are some details here:

http://raw-io.com/rwp/

It works 100% but the code still needs to be integrated back to LIRC
and it still needs a tiny bit of work so only one code needs to be
defined for each button.

> I'm assuming that the latter pricey one would be better for MythTV. I'll be
> going through one floor, and one internal single brick thick wall in a UK
> house. Range needed through this is about 5 metres total. Any ideas if this
> will work? I won't hold it against you if it doesn't as I'm sure I can find
> other uses for it!

I ran into an odd situation... I have my case sitting open emitting a
lot of RF no doubt but I found that with the Nvidia 6629 drivers my
remote was practically unuseable while with the newer drivers it works
great. I was able to reproduce this by switching back and forth. Maybe
my video card is part of the problem (AGP Nvidia MX440) but it is very
strange.

> One more thing, would it be possible to use two RF remotes on one system
> independently, with two copies of LIRC running different configs?

You would need two receivers to run two copies of lircd at the same
time but it would work without a problem. Another replier suggested
you could include both definitions in your lircd.conf for the remotes
but I haven't tried this yet.