[mythtv-users] ECS LIVA Frontend

Tom Bongiorno tbjr at bongohut.com
Wed Oct 7 17:34:54 UTC 2015


On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
wrote:

> On 07/10/15 18:14, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On 10/7/2015 10:00 AM, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> It does not use LIRC. It looks like a keyboard to the computer. There is
>>>> a program that you run on Linux, Windows, or Mac to map your remote's IR
>>>> codes to keyboard keys. It is extremely easy to program. The process is
>>>> similar to a learning universal remote.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can it use third-party, generic programmable IR remotes such as the ones
>>> recently put forward here? Is that what this program does?
>>>
>>>
>> The flirc receiver does not care what remote you use. Here is a picture of
>> the programming app:
>>
>> https://flirc.tv/image/catalog/keyboardDeluxepopUp.jpg
>>
>> The programming, or pairing as they call it, goes like this:
>> 1) plug receiver
>> 2) click the 'M' key on the virtual keyboard in the app
>> 3) press the "Menu" button on your favorite remote
>> 4) repeats steps 2 & 3 for every key/button combo you want to program
>>
>> Now every time you press the "Menu" button on your favorite remote, the
>> computer and MythTV frontend software think that you pressed the 'M' key
>> on
>> a real keyboard. The same goes for all the key/button combos that you
>> programmed.
>>
>> Of course that receiver is expecting some kind of input code from the
> remote. If you are using something like a Harmony remote, which is itself
> programmable, you will have to choose a suitable codeset to send to the
> receiver, one that includes /all/ the codes you wish to send.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
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You are correct. I use a JP1 remote as my universal macro based remote. It
acts similar to a Harmony, but with a much less user friendly programming
process. I used a spare MCE remote to program the JP1 remote and flirc.
Voila!
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