[mythtv-users] HP MCE remote... same as MS MCE?

Bill Williamson bill at bbqninja.com
Fri Sep 4 02:08:11 UTC 2009


On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Jarod Wilson<jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On 09/03/2009 09:26 PM, Bill Williamson wrote:
>>
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HP-MCE-KIT-REMOTE-CONTROL-USB-IR-RECEIVER-EMITTER-VISTA_W0QQitemZ140343285254QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Input_Peripherals?hash=item20ad1c9606&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_5645wt_902
>>
>> Is this device the same as the MCEUSB2 that everyone uses?  The remote
>> doesn't match anything on the wiki, and it's branded HP.
>
> That looks to be the first-gen transceiver. It does work though, including
> transmit on port 2 now with current lirc cvs. I'm actually booting my
> thinkpad into Windows to do some usb traffic snooping with my own
> identical-looking transceiver to see if I can see what's necessary to enable
> port 1 as well...
>
> Only other caveat I'll note with these devices is that looping the blaster
> back to the receiver and transmitting and running irw simultaneously, the
> receiver fails to pick up many of the transmitted signals when they're
> rapidly fired. Its as if the device can't both send and receive at the same
> time, while the same works just fine with all other mceusb transceivers.
>
> Not typically going to be a problem in actual use though, only a small
> window in where it might be a problem -- perhaps when trying to rapidly
> change channels where you're sending signals to the receiver while its
> trying to pass along signals to your cable box. But it seems transmit has
> higher prio anyway, you'd just have to press buttons on the remote again.
> All moot if you don't care about transmitting, of course.


I do not care about transmitting.  I want a remote that will work with
myth AND allow suspend-to-ram and resume from STR.


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