[mythtv-users] Non-IR Remote Recommendation

Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. webe3vt at aim.com
Mon Feb 4 19:24:26 UTC 2013


On Mon, 2013-02-04 at 12:56 -0500, Dan Wilga wrote:
> On 2/4/13 11:26 AM, Brian Long wrote:
> > I'm in the market for a non-IR remote for MythTV.  I've read reviews 
> > about the Motorola NYXboard (RF), PS3 Bluetooth, etc.  What do folks 
> > recommend for an inexpensive, no-hassle, non-IR setup?
> >
> > I've found one of my frontends is not getting much use because the TV 
> > (Samsung) interferes with my USB IR receiver.  I'd like an inexpensive 
> > (<$50) solution to get this frontend reliable again.  Right now, it 
> > takes anywhere from 10-20 minutes for the TV to stop interfering with 
> > the IR receiver.
> >
> Personally, I use a URC RFS200's:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FL9E6U
> 
> along with a separate remote of the same type (available separately) for 
> each frontend in the house. These remotes communicate very quickly with 
> the base, which then blasts the IR signal to the receiver on my 
> HDHomeRun. LIRC is running on the MBE, which decodes the signal. Each FE 
> connects to LIRC on the MBE via Ethernet.
> 
> This has several big advantages over using IR receivers on each FE:
> 
> - It's much faster. I've had to add delays to keep my main FE from 
> repeating too quickly.
> 
> - I don't have to point the remote directly at an IR receiver to control 
> Myth.
> 
> - I'm using a single remote configuration which is cloned to all of the 
> others. This allows me to use any remote in any room, just by choosing a 
> different "device" on the remote.
> 
> - I have the MBE power the appropriate FE on via wake-on-LAN when a TV 
> Power On signal is received from the remote.
> 
> Granted, this doesn't meet your <$50 criterion, but you can probably 
> find the combo on eBay for that price.
> 

This sounds interesting as I already have one of these remotes which is
very nice.  Do you have a howto or anything on the setup?  If there are
multiple frontends, is the backend able to distinguish which frontend to
send the lirc signal to?

Brent



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