[mythtv-users] Is Nvidia Shield the future for Mythtv Frontend??

[James Abernathy]

> On Dec 26, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 4:49 PM David Engel <david at istwok.net <mailto:david at istwok.net>> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 04:16:24PM -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 4:02 PM David Engel <david at istwok.net <mailto:david at istwok.net>> wrote:
> > > Note that you only need one keyboard configured per hub.  Just include
> > > it in any activity that needs it.  For example, on one of my hubs, I
> > > have a Shield, FireTV Stick 4k and a ChromeBox and have the same
> > > keyboard device included in each device activity.  The keyboard
> > > actions always get sent to whatever bluetooth device you are connected
> > > to.
> > 
> > I am not sure what you mean here.  How can the single hub talk BT to any
> > device just by being included in it's activity?  They must be paired
> > individually.  I currently have my Hub paired with my linux frontend,
> > Windows10 Surface Book Pro and my Shield.  Of course they all show the
> > Harmony Keyboard entry, but it is in fact connected to them all separately
> > and simultaneously.  Care to explain more what you described?
> 
> You still have to pair the hub with each, "main", device.  For
> example, my hub is individually paired with my Shield, Stick and
> ChrhomeBox.  The keyboard does not need to be paired and, in fact,
> can't be paired with anything.  It just auto-magically works with
> whatever, paired device is currently connected.  When I press a button
> bound to a keyboard action while my Shield activity is active, they
> key gets sent to the shield.  If I switch to the Stick activity, the
> key gets send to the Stick.  The same goes for the ChromeBox.
> 
> 
> Ahh, I got you - you are referring to an actual keyboard, not the logical HarmonyKeyboard the hub emits to the devices.  Re-reading your email actually says that!
> 
> I'm a little slow today - too many holiday drinks and my liver is asking why it stopped today :)
> 
> So this brings a new question - I never knew you could add a BT keyboard to the hub and use it's keypresses with the remote - that is pretty slick - I will definitely re-work my hub to do that as soon as I get the original circle key figured out later.

So does this mean I could pair an old Apple Bluetooth keyboard I’m not using with the Harmony hub and and use it for each device just like I do the Harmony remote??

Jim A

> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  
> As I understand it, that's how Logitech designed it to handle cases
> where the basic, device profile/remote has limited key/button support
> but is actually capable of supporting full keyboards.  That way they
> only have to define one (really two when you include Mac too), generic
> keyboard device instead of defining all of the same keys over and over
> for every other device.
> 
> David
> -- 
> David Engel
> david at istwok.net <mailto:david at istwok.net>
>  
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