XBMC remote control ??

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XBMC remote control ?? [ Solved / iSonic MCE Remote ]

Greets fellow forumites.

I have a Nettop which i'd like to install XBMC on, my issue is that I would like to find a dedicated remote control for it (non phone based). Any suggestions ?
 
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I made an IR to serial port adapter, and use my amp remote (Marantz) or any other spare remote (DVD player) to control XBMC... I like the fact that I can use one remote for everything :)
 
greg_SA said:
I made an IR to serial port adapter, and use my amp remote (Marantz) or any other spare remote (DVD player) to control XBMC... I like the fact that I can use one remote for everything :)
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I got half a dozen of those things lying in my office draw and they are useless now as serial ports are seldom available. The IR to USB sometimes does not sync well - our company is involved in a project that captured thousands of remote signals and we had problems using IR-USB recievers.
 
cbrunsdonza said:
I got half a dozen of those things lying in my office draw and they are useless now as serial ports are seldom available. The IR to USB sometimes does not sync well - our company is involved in a project that captured thousands of remote signals and we had problems using IR-USB recievers.
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Yip, have that problem right here :P, i take it the "Hauppauge Media Center remote" does not have this issue?
 
greg_SA said:
I made an IR to serial port adapter, and use my amp remote (Marantz) or any other spare remote (DVD player) to control XBMC... I like the fact that I can use one remote for everything :)
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Sounds interesting. Can you give more info regarding this?
 
NBS said:
Yip, have that problem right here :P, i take it the "Hauppauge Media Center remote" does not have this issue?
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The Hauppauge is good stuff and works 100%, the USB-IR receiver cable is also very long and thats a bonus. It looks so similar to my Sony MCE remote (reciver and remote) that I was convinced it was the same device.

One guy has had his for months and it super happy, no problems.
 
cbrunsdonza said:
The Hauppauge is good stuff and works 100%, the USB-IR receiver cable is also very long and thats a bonus. It looks so similar to my Sony MCE remote (reciver and remote) that I was convinced it was the same device.

One guy has had his for months and it super happy, no problems.
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cool stuff, im getting one of these then :)
 
Thanks for all the input guys. I actually forgot i posted this late last night :D I bought a cheapo iSonic Remote from Cafe Viva for R99 with an IR receiver this morning. So gonna see if i can get it going with an XBMC Linux install... i'm not too optimistic tho ;)
 
Sounds very interesting, keep us updated mccrack!
 
McGuywer said:
Sounds interesting. Can you give more info regarding this?
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Since my PC still has one normal RS-232 serial port, it works for me... Just need to find the schematics (see below). I use WinLIRC and Event Ghost to get the setup working. I use it with an old version of XBMC - newer version might work without EventGhost?

See here: http://www.voti.nl/ir-2/index_1.html

and here: http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html

I wonder if there is a IR to USB (like that which comes with the Hauppauge kit mentioned) will be able to learn codes from other remotes? Might still need to use some other software? I like the fact that I can use my Marantz amp remote for everything.
 
flarkit said:
Sounds very interesting, keep us updated mccrack!
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To be honest i'm pretty darn surprised, but the iSonic MCE Remote remote (R99 from Cafe Viva) works flawlessly with the current stable version of XBMC ;)

The only bug that I have found is that the power button on the remote disables the USB IR receiver :D
 
mccrack said:
To be honest i'm pretty darn surprised, but the iSonic MCE Remote remote (R99 from Cafe Viva) works flawlessly with the current stable version of XBMC ;)

The only bug that I have found is that the power button on the remote disables the USB IR receiver :D
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It's not a bug.Check your bios for "wake up from usb".If not some boards have a jumper for the setting.Hope this helps
 
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