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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/03/2018 07:36 PM, Jerry wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 7:18 PM James Abernathy
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<div>I’ll check out the wiki when I get
started. As to remotes, I’m going to try
the Harmony Smart hub remote I used on my
NUC. it supports Bluetooth and I think the
RP3+ does as well, at least the
advertising shows the WIFI and bluetooth
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<div>Remotes are always such a joy to work
with. :-}</div>
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<div>I have heard the WiFi is spotty but I
haven't tested it yet -- I have only had a
wired connection with my Pi so far. I think
that varies from user to user.</div>
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<div>The Pi 3B+ has Bluetooth. That could work
pretty well if you can figure out the keyboard
mappings. If it worked on the NUC, it should
work fine. I just have a basic Harmony remote
and I'm not familiar with the Smart hub, but I
like the basic software very much.</div>
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<div>If only that software ran in Linux.... I
have to start a VM to run it.</div>
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<div>What Doug said about the FLIRC is very
true. They are so simple to set up.<br>
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The reason I use the Harmony Smart Hub remote is because
I can get it to control all my devices in the family
room: Cable, Satellite, Bluray, FireTV, Roki, computer,
Mythtv, Kodi. It works on my Ubuntu, and Mac computers,
but I have not tested it on Windows, but I use the
Logitech Media Center PC to setup the Smart Hub.</div>
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<div>If that doesn’t work, I’ll look at the Flirc.<br>
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<div>I used that remote I linked to for an Odroid C2 running
Android. I was using that for a while and then put Arch
Linux on it and haven't used the remote in a few weeks. I'm
anxious to know about the Mythtv Android frontend as the C2
is a very capable machine, much faster than even the Pi
3B+. And they're pretty cheap, too. No Bluetooth or WiFi
support, but there is an IR receiver and much more capable
Gigabit Ethernet than the Pi 3B+'s 300Mbps. But I digress.<br>
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<div>When I travel, I bring the Pi3 along as a backup device
for watching media (along with a Fire TV stick which usually
works for Plex or Kodi). It's pretty much overkill but I
have an electronics addiction.</div>
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<div>The Smart Hub remote sounds great. I only have a few
devices but one is a Fire TV and I can't control that with
my basic Harmony remote. It would be nice to incorporate
that as well.</div>
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<div>Bluetooth would be great to get rid of that line of sight
limitation with IR. I have to be careful where I'm pointing
my remote or I'll miss the stereo receiver.</div>
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<div>Do you have a repeater for other devices like your cable
and satellite box or are they Bluetooth as well?</div>
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The smart Hub is an IR repeater. So the remote control that comes
with the hub communicates with BT to the hub and it sends IR to the
devices. The Hub itself is a repeater. It comes with remote IR
senders that can be plugged into the hub to send IR signals outside
the cabinet to the TV or whatever.<br>
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