I quit fighting with LIRC long ago and never looked back. I bought a cheap wireless keyboard, and a JP1 remote, and have been happy as can be since. I got so frustrated with LIRC crapping out for no reason. <br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">On 8/8/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Segall</b> <<a href="mailto:david@segall.net">david@segall.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br>Mike LaPlante wrote:<br>> Willy Boyd wrote:<br>>> That has _got_ to be something already in the Harmony DB, to keep us<br>>> from having to "teach" codes which we can't fire off (not having the
<br>>> physical device). The trick is finding out which one. Their app is<br>>> mostly nice but is definitely a tad slow. If you do happen to call<br>>> tech support and get some good info, please share! :-) I haven't yet
<br>>> simply because I know I don't have a good universal receiver anyway.<br>>><br>>><br>> Now, that I've already spent the money on this StreamZap I'm beginning<br>> to think I went about this all the wrong way. I should have just bought
<br>> an IR keyboard to begin with. Wouldn't even need to mess with LIRC then.<br>> ./sigh<br>><br>> May be going back to Fry's to see if they will let me return that<br>> StreamZap and get an IR keyboard. Keyboard should communicate with an IR
<br>> receiver that converts everything to PS/2. Harmony should learn those<br>> codes, and myth will think I'm just using a keyboard. Bah, why didn't I<br>> think of all that last night. :-/<br>Why bother with an IR keyboard? An ordinary keyboard can do everything
<br>an IR keyboard or a remote can do and is available at boot time or when<br>lirc is not running. I'm happy with my "Adesso Wireless Slimtouch Mini"<br><<a href="http://www.adesso.com/products_detail.asp?productid=281">
http://www.adesso.com/products_detail.asp?productid=281</a>>. It includes a<br>laptop-style touchpad. I liked the look of the Logitech DiNovo Edge<br><<a href="http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/192&cl=us,en">
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/192&cl=us,en</a>><br> but decided on the smaller, lighter and significantly cheaper Adesso.<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list
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