<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Ryan Duffy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dusteur@excite.com">dusteur@excite.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
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I've got a dedicated frontend running on a Revo 3610.<br>
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I have a remote which came with my Hauppauge TD500 which I used to use, but the sensor for the remote plugs into the TV card, and as I have separated my frontend onto the Revo I can no longer use this.<br>
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I took the advice of buying an MCE remote which most people say will work, but alas the one I got has most of its buttons not working (I only have volume, numbers and a few others working but I need to be able to use all the buttons). irw shows nothing for the buttons that don't work, so it seems that this remote really isn't currently supported. I think I got unlucky and got a remote which happens to have some unusual hardware in it which happens to not be supported (yet?). I tried ubuntu 10.10 but still no luck.<br>
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I don't have the time to be messing around trying to hack stuff around to make it work, so I'd rather just buy a new one that is known to work.<br>
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I'd be happy to re-use my old hauppauge remote if someone can tell me what USB IR receiver I'd need, otherwise I just need a whole new remote (which presumably needs to have some sort of dedicated USB receiver to go with it).<br>
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Can someone point me to one that will definitely work and has enough buttons to keep me happy with myth? I live in the UK, so I need one that is available to buy here.<br>
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Thanks very much.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What I did is buy an IR keyboard and a learning JP1 remote. Using a JP1 cable, I was able to program the remote to send the keyboard signals. No LIRC. The remote sends actual keypresses to the box via the USB IR receiver. Bonus: You can still pull out the keyboard for remote use.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Slightly outdated (although still relevant) instructions : <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Programming_Remotes_as_Keyboards">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Programming_Remotes_as_Keyboards</a></div><div>
<br></div><div>Might be harder to find a keyboard with a JP1 keymap but if you do, update the page. It's a great configuration for Myth and once you get the idea about programming the remote, you can easily get it to manage all your AV devices from one remote</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kevin</div></div>