[mythtv-users] Hauppauge remote; how to activate? [2nd of 2 questions]

[Leif Pihl]

On Sep 23, 2013, at 4:08 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:

> On 23/09/13 03:29, Leif Pihl wrote:
>> *** SEE ALSO IMAGES ATTACHED BELOW ***
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>> I upgraded the software from 0.25 to 0.27 , but I still did not see an explicit reference to the remote I have, from the Hauppauge HVR-2250.
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>>      Any further comments?
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>> As above states, please see images attached below.
>> * Under a separate post I've discussed the program-schedule problem (see "SECOND card in addition to...").
>> * I've also updated the "Blue Screen of death...." posting (about the MythTV upgrade).
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>> On Sep 21, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:25:18 -0500, you wrote:
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>>>> Along with my Hauppage HVR-2250 there came a remote that I'd like to use with my MythBuntu box.  I don't see much of a model number or serial number on the remote.  The only identifier is a sticker on the back that says "RC6".
>>>> 
>>>> Continued use of a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard for my own use isn't such a big deal.
>>>> HOWEVER
>>>> This is also the family's replacement for a regular TV.
>>>> 
>>>> ** I have to at LEAST get this one remote working, and can't figure out how.
>>>> 
>>>> Side issue:
>>>> Both my wife and I have Android phones, the Samsung Galaxy S (hers is a S2, mine is a S3).
>>>> Installed in both is the "mythmote" application.
>>>> A setting for this app that I can not recall HAS been set in the MythTV settings.
>>>> It would be nice if I could get all three remotes to work.
>>>> (Although not at the same time of course!)
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> Can anyone provide me with some advice on how to get the Hauppauge remote working?
>>> 
>>> It is not unlikely that the HVR-2200 remote is very similar to my
>>> Hauppauge Nova TD-500 and Hauppauge HVR-900R2 remotes, which are
>>> virtually identical.  If so, then you can try the config files for
>>> them that I have available for download from here (my personal web
>>> site):
>>> 
>>>  http://www.jsw.gen.nz/mythtv/Nova-TD-500-lirc.bz2
>>> 
>>> I made this config largely using the information on this page:
>>> 
>>> http://linhes.org/projects/linhes/wiki/Architecture_and_Customization
>>> 
>>> which describes how remotes work with the new kernel drivers and how
>>> to debug each stage of the config.  That page is for LinHes, so there
>>> are a few differences with Mythbuntu (some different commands and
>>> placement of files), but most of the detail is the same.
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>> Below is the only external label I can find on the remote (back side):
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>> BTW, the "fine" print, such as it is, on the back side's label says:
>>    "US Patent 5,877,702
>>     RRS9002-8601FC"
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>> The front side of the remote:
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> One place to look for a model no. is inside the battery compartment - with the batteries removed, of course. Of course, every manufacturer does something different, even across their own model ranges.


Yea, I tried that.  
There seem to be two different numbers inside, but each is cut off half way along the horizontal (by the plastic body of the battery compartment walls), so you only see the top or bottom of the text.  
i.e.: Next best thing to illegible. 






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> Mike Perkins
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