[mythtv-users] HP/Intervideo USB remote

[jedi at mishnet.org]

> I have an HP Pavilion zd7000 laptop that I'm going to use for a
> mythfrontend until I find a better solution.  As it has no serial input
> I decided to pick up a USB IR receiver and remote.  Looking back I
> probably should have gone with a serial IR and USB-to-serial converter,
> but I didn't.  Off to e-bay and back with an HP/Intervideo IR reciever
> and remote.  From what I can find, the receiver is model number
> XPC-RC01, and the remote is apparently model number PH839A (not marked
> on the remote as far as I can find).
>
> The issue is it comes up as a HID device, not an IR device.  I can use
> the remote as either a keyboard or a mouse, swapping between them with
> the toggle button.

    I dunno. I like the idea of a real remote better. lirc has the
ability to change repeat rates on a per key basis. you can also setup
lirc to do different things based on how many times the key has been
pressed. irexec is kind of handy too.

    I use that for a kill switch. I've got my remote's power button
set up for that. It resets my mythtv user without reseting anything
else. That's pretty handy for those the occasional bug.

[deletia]

     Then again, you might be able to do all of that and more with a
"real keyboard". Dunno. This would be a good subject for a howto or a
wiki.