[mythtv-users] Logitech Harmony 670 Remote +++++

[Andrew Close]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> On Dec 10, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Andrew Close wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> well, i just received a new Harmony Logitech 670 Universal Remote
>> yesterday in the mail (early Christmas present i guess :)
>
> <snip>
>
> I have a similar story with my Logitech 880 remote. Here's a tip for
> you.... Find a button you don't use (like the Power button) and assign
> it a key in .lircrc. Then remap that key to the Main Menu jumppoint.
> Then program your Logitech remote to issue that command when you hit
> the Power Off button. Now every time you hit Power Off on the Logitech
> remote, MythTV jumps from whatever it was doing to the Main Menu. I no
> longer worry that someone has left something playing or even worse -
> LiveTV using up valuable CPU/disk bandwidth while no one is watching
> it. It's been the single best thing about getting this remote.

cool tip, thanks.  i'll add that to my todo's.  i also want to add a
button specific to restarting the frontend.  it doesn't crash often,
only when the wife is watching and i'm not home :)


-- 
Andrew Close